The Invention of the Timetable: How the Railways Reshaped Time — and Humanity
“Those who cannot keep time are not lost — they are simply the last people still living in it.” 1. When Time Was Felt, Not Measured Before the timetable, time was alive.It bent, breathed, and followed the body’s pulse.Farmers rose with light, artisans worked until the day grew dim, and people met when everyone arrived…