What was the significance of the construction of railways for the development of the country’s economy?

An important event for the huge empire was the beginning of the construction of railways. Remote regions of the country, thanks to railway transport, connected with the central part. Millions of poods of grain and many other goods were transported by rail. Metal and coal were transported by railways. The emergence of railways contributed to the reduction in the cost of transportation of goods, the growth of commodity exchange. The territory has become a single economic space. Along the route of the railway line, new cities were built, remote desert areas were settled.