Question

Mention one disadvantage of rail transport.

Give one disadvantage of railways.

Answer 1

1. Rail transport lacks flexibility of routes. Train tracks cannot be laid in every region of the country, like in the hilly areas or remote forested areas.
2. Train travel can be very long and tedious, especially when compared to air travel.
3. Train tracks cannot be laid in every industrial region and trains have to travel to a station, where the cargo is loaded from one form of transportation to another. Most industrial locations have roads leading to them, but not all of them have train tracks leading to them.
4. The trains which run on coal produce a lot of air and noise pollution.
5. Trains cannot cross the oceans. They are limited to land travel and cannot normally haul products from one continent to another.