The rail roads affected growth of cities and industries because it allowed for goods, mail, people, livestock, etc. to move from place to place quicker. You were then able to go west in 4 days where it would have taken 40 weeks on a wagon train. The train also opened jobs for many people. Immigrants did much of the work on the railroad, but it allowed for the world to change. The cities grew vastly because people could reach your city safer and cheaper. The industry boomed, with more workers and consumers coming west.
The simple presence of railroads could bring a city economic prosperity. Railroads even helped shape the physical growth of cities and towns, as steam railroads and then electric street railways facilitated growth along their lines and made suburban living feasible.
Explanation:
The railway allowed people to flock to cities and allowed people to travel newer places as well. Business boomed due to the railway with the mass increase of people and goods. All in all, the railway was a major success in all aspects of the Industrial Revolution, especially in time and distance.
Railroads led to the growth of cities in the Northeast and the Midwest and led to the development of new cities in the West.
