Physical Education A-Level
Railway expansion
What Railway expansion means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Railway expansion
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Reference: AQA
Improvements in the railway network allowed teams and spectators to travel further, so fixtures could be arranged between distant towns.
Topics that use Railway expansion
- Industrial and post-industrial (1780–1900) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Access, patronage and participation
- Amateurism and payment
- Athleticism
- Class and racial inequality in sport access
- Codification of sport
- Governance and regulation
- Gradual and limited expansion of women's participation
- Imperial expansion and global trade
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