平绥铁路开通后,呈现出明显的现代性效应:铁路沿线各地工商业空前繁荣、城镇人口急剧增加,城镇规模发展迅速;同时,也大大便利和吸引了人口的迁移,促进了西北地区垦殖业的发展;同时,铁路所创造的对新型的劳动力需求,促进了沿线许多人职业角色的转换。 After the opening of Ping-Sui Railway, it showed obvious modernity effect: the industry and commerce in all areas along the railway were unprecedentedly prosperous, the urban population increased sharply and the scale of cities and towns developed rapidly; at the same time, it also greatly facilitated and attracted the population migration and promoted the development of the reclamation industry in Northwest China At the same time, the demand for new types of labor created by the railroad has helped to transform the occupational role of many people along the route.