Transient Communities: Travel, Knowledge, and the Victorian Railway Carriage, 1840-90

Joseph De Sapio

Mobilities, 2013, vol. 8, issue 2, 201-219

Abstract: This paper explores the temporary connections formed between passengers within the Victorian railway carriage during the development of Britain's early railway systems. Railway travel has long been established as a democratising experience. Yet the role of the passengers is not well understood. The prevailing viewpoint contends that inter-carriage communication died out over the century, but with the amalgamation of second- and third-class travel, the opportunities for mixing became much greater. The opportunities for experiencing new mobilities as a group established temporary bonds between passengers, made stronger by delay or accident.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.659472

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