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jan 1, 1844 - The Railway Regulation Act

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Peel encouraged the railway boom because he saw the railway as needing protection. The act allowed parliament to control the railway industry and limit what railway companies could make. He also made railway companies reinvest in the railways and subsidise working class passengers.

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jan 1, 1844
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~ 181 years ago