Sentence examples similar to completion of railway from inspiring English sources

Dresden's prosperity grew rapidly during the 19th century, accelerated by the completion of railways connecting the city to Berlin and Leipzig.

Completion of a railway from Concepción, 20 miles (32 km) north, in 1888 stimulated growth.

The completion of a railway line between New York and Albany, a few decades later, changed that.

The completion of the railway system based on Chi-lung ensured the latter's dominance.

The first is the imminent completion of a railway linking central Tibet with China.

The Xiang, an important waterway, was the chief artery of communications for the province until the completion of the railway in the 1930s.

In this year's campaign, Kenyatta has cited as one of his main accomplishments the completion of a railway connecting the port of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi.

Mineral extraction began in 1949, and development was further stimulated by the completion of a railway westward to the Noranda smelter in 1959.

Datong's growth as a modern city began in 1917 with the completion of the railway linking it to Beijing and Tianjin.

The completion of the railway has, however, taken away some of its former trade, which now goes directly to Chongqing by rail, while much of the export trade from Neijiang has been diverted to Yibin.

Prior to the completion of the railway from Guizhou to Guangxi in 1959, the Guizhou-Guangxi highway was the principal freight and passenger route to Guangdong and Guangxi and to central and eastern China.