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Types of Transport in Britain

Roads and motorways are the primary means of domestic transport in Britain, accounting for 85% of passenger travel. Cars are the most common form of transport, with 75% of households owning at least one. Public transport options include trains, which have an extensive rail network, buses, the London Underground ("The Tube"), and domestic flights which operate out of airports like Heathrow and Gatwick. International travel involves the Eurotunnel, Eurostar trains to Europe, and ferries to locations like Ireland and France.

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Types of Transport in Britain

Roads and motorways are the primary means of domestic transport in Britain, accounting for 85% of passenger travel. Cars are the most common form of transport, with 75% of households owning at least one. Public transport options include trains, which have an extensive rail network, buses, the London Underground ("The Tube"), and domestic flights which operate out of airports like Heathrow and Gatwick. International travel involves the Eurotunnel, Eurostar trains to Europe, and ferries to locations like Ireland and France.

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Types of Transport in Britain

Roads and motorways are Britain's primary domestic transport routes.


There are some 225,000 miles (362,000 km) of roads in Britain.

Travel by car, van or taxi is by far the most common means of transport,
accounting for 85 per cent of passenger mileage in Great Britain.
(London Transport)

Cars

Most people in Britain travel by car. About 75% of households have at


least one car.

Motorcycle s

Motorcycling is popular in Britain, both as a means of transport and as a


pastime with over one million motorcyclists.

A moped with an engine capacity up to 50cc can be ridden at the age of 16


with a provisional licence. The maximum legal speed a moped can be ridden
is 30 mph (50kph).

A full motorcycle licence can be obtained at the age of 17 after passing a test.

Lorries

Most goods are transported by roads in lorries

At the beginning of the 20th century, railway trains and canal barges were the
main means of transporting heavy goods. Now around 65% are carried by
lorries.
Buses and Coaches

We have single decker and double decker buses. You


can see them in our towns and cities. We use coaches
for travelling longer distances or for going on school
outings.

The red double decker buses (pictured below) are


famous all over the world. You can see loads of them
in London.

There are two main kinds of buses in London: the red


double-decker and the red single-decker.

The main places a bus goes to are shown on the front


of the bus. Some double-deckers have automatic
doors and you pay the driver when you go in. On
single-deckers you sometimes buy your ticket from a
machine in the bus. Most London buses have a
conductor who will come round and collect fares.

Sightseeing buses

There are many sightseeing, open top, buses in London and other cities.

A sightseeing bus

Tra ms

A tram in Blackpool

Taxis

In London, the taxis are black but in the rest of the country they are
different colours.

Black Cabs are the only taxi you can hail from the street (though they now
come in other colours as well). With the "for hire" sign lit, the driver is
obliged to stop for you.
Trains

The rail network in Britain is one of the most


extensive in Europe with over 11,000 miles
(17,500km) of lines, some 2,500 stations and around
1,500 trains a day.

Interesting Facts Britain pioneered railways.

The Stockton and Darlington railway (1825) was


the first public passenger railway in the world.

The major stations in London are: Euston, St


Pancras, Victoria and Charing Cross.

The Tube

"The Tube" is the name of London's underground system

The London underground railway system


(or 'tube', as it is known locally) celebrated
its centenary in 1990 and is internationally
famous, ranking alongside the Paris metro
and the New York subway. London's tube
network covers the largest area of any underground rail system, with 242
miles (391km of tracks, of which around 106 miles (171 km) is
underground, and 267 stations. The tube runs to all areas of central and greater London, connecting all mainline stations.

When in London, "the Tube" is a great means of getting around!

Interesting Fact London was the first city in the world to have an underground railway, called the 'tube'. The first line was
built in 1890.

Euro Trains

The trains travel under the sea in a very long tunnel called the Channel Tunnel. The tunnel was completed in 1995 and is 50
metres below the sea bed. Eurostar is the high-speed train service linking London, Ashford, Paris, Brussels, Lille, Avignon,
Calais, Disneyland Resort Paris and the French Alps.

Journey Times

London to Paris - 2 hours 15 mins


London to Brussels - 1hr 51 mins
London to Lille - 1hr 20 mins

Eurostar only transports people, if you would like to take you car you have to go on the Euro Shuttle. The "Shuttle" service
joins Calais to Folkestone in 35 minutes. We drive our cars onto the Shuttle trains.
Airports

ENGLAND : There are 470 airports in England.

London has five airports : Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead, London City and Luton. The first three have underground
connections to the centre of London and are the main London airports.

Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are the two main centres for overseas flights. London (Heathrow) Airport is one of the largest
airports in the world and has two tube stations.

The number of passengers arriving and departing to or from London's airports equalled over 120 million in 2004. Heathrow
handled 67m passengers, making the airport the busiest and best connected in the world. Source; CAA, BAA

SCOTLAND : Prestwick airport.

Ships

Shipping still remains the main form of cargo transport in to and out
of Britain, despite the opening of the Channel Tunnel to France in
1994. The busiest sea port is Dover.

Many ferries cross the seas between England and Spain, Ireland, the
Netherlands and France.

Below is some information about ferry crossings from England to


Ireland, France, Isle of Wight and Holland

Dover to Calais : Once an hour - Crossing time 75min

Portsmouth to Le Havre: Once a day - Crossing time 5 to 8 hours

Portsmouth to Cherbourg: Once a day - Crossing time 7 to 10 hours

Hull to Rotterdam: Once a day - Crossing time 10 hours

Hull to Zeebrugge: Once a day - Crossing time 15 hours

Liverpool to Dublin: Twice a day - Crossing time 8 hours

Southampton to Isle of Wight: Once an hour - Crossing time 1 hour

Swansea to Cork : Once a day - Crossing time 10 hours

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