roofs and were open developing industry was made possible by the upholstered, second class offered padded horse drawn and often over very poor roads Gladstone’s act forced the railways to provide carriages with seats and roofs. class system: First class was sumptuously to the elements. growing network of newly built railways. land before the railways. Land transport was From the start there were three classes of travel that equated to the Victorian social and tracks. 7 Songbook cover c1845