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Why did the development of time zones make train schedules more reliable?
Time zones set the entire country to the same time.
Time zones measured time locally instead of country-wide.
Time zones made sure that each state was in only one zone.
Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed. Before time zones, towns used local solar time, so clocks differed from place to place and schedules were confusing. Standard time zones gave railroads a common timetable to follow, making schedules reliable.