Question

Differentiate between:

Railways and roadways

Answer 1

Basis	Roadways	Railways
Services	Provides Door-to-door service. Since the roadways are highly connected to Everywhere, We can travel everywhere.	Railways do not provide door-to-door services. From the station, We have to move to the specified place by roadways.
Cost	Compared to railways, roadways are very expensive since most roadway transportation is by diesel or petrol, both of which are costly.	Railways are one of the cheapest modes of transport. Railways have both diesel engines and electric engine.
Connectivity	Roadways are connected immensely to all the places in our country. Even in the toughest terrain roads are built, For example, Manali-Leh Highway is one of the highest roadways in the world.	Even though the railways are connected to many parts of the country, there is difficulty in connecting the hilly terrains. Therefore, roadways should be used to travel to hilly terrain.
Time	For the long journey, the roadways are time-consuming. It is time-consuming because of the road conditions, traffic jams…etc.	It is the fastest mode of transportation compared to roadways. Some special trains are there which makes the journey even faster such as superfast train, bullet trains…etc.