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Different modes of road transport, on a road in India

Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Transport infrastructure consists of fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, as well as terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft, and aircraft. (Full article...)

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The Hellingly Hospital Railway was a British light railway owned and operated by East Sussex County Council, used for transporting coal and passengers to Hellingly Hospital, a psychiatric hospital near Hailsham, from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Cuckoo Line at Hellingly railway station.

The railway was constructed in 1899 and opened to passengers on 20 July 1903, following its electrification in 1902. After the railway grouping of 1923, passenger numbers declined so significantly that the hospital authorities no longer considered passenger usage of the line to be economical, and that service was withdrawn in 1931. The railway closed to freight in 1959, following the hospital's decision to convert its coal boilers to oil, which rendered the railway unnecessary. (Full article...)

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Image 11940 Piper Cub. (from Aviation)
Image 2Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 3The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 4A push-pull train at Napoli Centrale (from Rail transport)
Image 5Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain. (from Road transport)
Image 6Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
Image 7Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Image 8Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 9A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, 1795; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 10Elephant transporting a person and some cargo on a highway between Delhi and Jaipur, India (from Transport)
Image 110-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964 in Japan, started the high-speed rail boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 12A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 13Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 14Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport. (from Aviation)
Image 15A bulk carrier, BW Fjord (from Transport)
Image 16Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 17Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
Image 18A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 taxiing on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport in January 2011. The Boeing 777 is a popular choice for airlines that operate a wide-body aircraft. (from Aviation)
Image 19Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 20Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 21Lichterfelde tram, 1882 (from Rail transport)
Image 22Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom (from Transport)
Image 23Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire (from Road transport)
Image 24A local transit bus operated by Transperth in Perth, Australia
Image 25A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-323 taking off at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in July 2017 (from Aviation)
Image 26German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 27Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the eighth longest in Europe. (from Rail transport)
Image 28The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history. (from Aviation)
Image 29Eastlink - Wellington Rd Northbound Toll Gantry (from Road transport)
Image 30Technology trends in Air transportation: patent landscape in air transport. (from Aviation)
Image 31The Italian Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway" in the 1950s; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9), the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world (from Road transport)
Image 32The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 33A dragging equipment unit with hot bearing detector (from Rail transport)
Image 34A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 35A Boeing 747 in 1978 operated by Pan Am. (from Aviation)
Image 36An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 37Tunnels, such as the Tampere Tunnel, allow traffic to pass underground or through rock formations. (from Transport)
Image 38An Air France Airbus A318 landing at London Heathrow Airport
Image 39A bullock team hauling wool in Australia (from Transport)
Image 40European rail subsidies in Euro per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 41Road transport (from Transport)
Image 42LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936. (from Aviation)
Image 43Automobile ferry in Croatia (from Transport)
Image 44Various modes of transport in Manchester, England (from Transport)
Image 45Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895. (from Aviation)
Image 46Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation. (from Aviation)
Image 47A replica of Trevithick's steam engine at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales (from Rail transport)
Image 48Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 49Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 50A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006 (from Rail transport)
Image 51NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight. (from Aviation)
Image 52San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 53First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. (from Aviation)
Image 54Highway D1 in Slovakia. (from Road transport)
Image 55Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 56The VR Class Sm3 Pendolino high-speed train (from Rail transport)
Image 57A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003. (from Aviation)
Image 58The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 59According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 60Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries. (from Transport)
Image 61A Sr1-pulled lumber train crossing the drawbridge along the Savo railway in Kuopio, Finland (from Rail transport)
Image 62A 16th-century mine-cart, an early example of un-powered rail transport, used man power to operate. (from Rail transport)
Image 63Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland (from Rail transport)
Image 64Inauguration of the electric tram in Saint Petersburg in 1907. By the early 1900s, most street railways were electrified. (from Rail transport)
Image 65Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 66The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance.^[which?] (from Aviation)
Image 67Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 68Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 69A BMW 2 Series Active Tourer in 2022 (from Transport)
Image 70A22LS-Foxbat taxing after a student solo. (from Aviation)
Image 71The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 (from Transport)
Image 72Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although electrical switches have replaced the original mechanical lever frame. (from Rail transport)
Image 73The New York City Subway is the world's largest single-operator rapid transit system by number of stations. (from Rail transport)