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edit   The Transport Portal Transport is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Industries which have the business of providing transport equipment, transport services or transport are important in most national economies, and are referred to as transport industries. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport, and may be roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines or terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations and seaports. Vehicles traveling on the network include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, people and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including the financing, legalities and policies. More... Animal-powered • Aviation • By country • Cable • History • Human-powered • Outline • Pipeline • Public • Rail • Road • Ship • Space edit   Selected article Portal:Transport/Selected article/Week 47, 2011 edit   Selected picture Credit: Daniel Schwen The Glacier Express from Zermatt to St. Moritz (or Davos Platz [Summer only]) in Switzerland is one of the great train journeys in the world. It is not an "express" in the sense of being a high-speed train (it isn't) but rather in the sense that it provides a one-seat ride from end to end, even though the train travels over several different railroad lines; reputedly it is the slowest "express" in the world. The trip on the Glacier Express is a 7½ hour railway journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2,033 metres in altitude. The entire line is metre gauge, and large portions of it use a rack-and-pinion system both for ascending steep grades and to control the descent of the train on the back side of those grades. ...Archive/Nominations More... edit   Did you know... ... that Kristiania Sporveisselskab (pictured) established the first tramway in Oslo, Norway, in 1875? ... that the U.S. and Canadian ships escorting the British merchant ships of Convoy ON-67 in 1942 had one working radar between them, lacked sufficient binoculars and had never operated together before? ... that New York State Route 192 and its suffixed route, 192A, were two of only three decommissioned routes in Franklin County's section of Adirondack Park? ... that the sinking of the year-old United States cargo ship SS Washingtonian with her $1,000,000 cargo of raw sugar in January 1915 contributed to a 9% rise in the price of sugar in the United States? ...Archive/Nominations edit   Featured content Articles: American Airlines Flight 11 · American Airlines Flight 77 · BC Rail · Baltimore Steam Packet Company · Ben Gurion International Airport · Sophie Blanchard · Biman Bangladesh Airlines · Boeing 747 · Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport · Isambard Kingdom Brunel · Căile Ferate Române · Canadian Pacific Railway · Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway · Chickasaw Turnpike · Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway · City and South London Railway · Cogan House Covered Bridge · Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra railway line, Sydney · El Al · Forksville Covered Bridge · General aviation in the United Kingdom · Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway · Hellingly Hospital Railway · Holden · Holden VE Commodore · Hours of service · Indian Railways · Interstate 15 in Arizona · Interstate 355 · Interstate 70 in Utah · John Bull (locomotive) · Kansas Turnpike · London congestion charge · LSWR N15 class · M-35 (Michigan highway) · M62 motorway · Manila Light Rail Transit System · Manila Metro Rail Transit System · Maserati MC12 · Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) · Mini · Mini Moke · MTR · New Carissa · New York State Route 28 · New York State Route 32 · New York State Route 174 · New York State Route 175 · New York State Route 308 · O-Bahn Busway · Panama Canal · Pan American World Airways · Pioneer Zephyr · Pulaski Skyway · Rail transport in India · Ridge Route · Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works · Royal Blue (B&O train) · San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge · SkyTrain (Vancouver) · SR Merchant Navy Class · SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes · SS Andrea Doria · SS Christopher Columbus · Talbot Tagora · Talyllyn Railway · Tunnel Railway · United Airlines Flight 93 · Warren County Canal · Winter service vehicle Lists Numbered highways in Maryland · Highways in Warren County, New York · Interstate Highways in Texas · Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal · Longest suspension bridge spans · London Underground stations · Railway stations in the West Midlands · Timeline of the London Underground Topics New York State Route 20N Portals Aviation Portal · Trains Portal More... edit   Related portals Aviation Bridges Buses Cars Cycling Energy Engineering Infrastructure London Transport Nautical Roads Spaceflight Trains UK Railways U.S. Merchant Marine U.S. Roads edit   Things you can do Write requested articles Expand stubs: transport stubs, aviation stubs, rail transport stubs, road stubs, transport company stubs, vehicle stubs, water transport stubs Add {{Portal|Transport}} to the see also section of Transport-related articles. 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Rate the unassessed transport articles in the WikiProject Transport. edit   WikiProjects WikiProject Transport Aviation (Airlines • Airports • Aircraft • Gliding) Bridges Highways (Automobiles • Buses • Canada Roads • Cycling • Motorcycling • Trucks • UK Roads • U.S. Roads) Ships (Australian Maritime History • Irish Maritime • Lighthouses • Maritime Trades • Piracy • Ports • Shipwrecks) Spaceflight (Human spaceflight • Rocketry • Unmanned spaceflight) Trains (Streetcars • Stations • Rapid Transit • NZ Railways • UK Railways • UK Trams • London Transport • New York City Public Transportation • Washington Metro) edit   In the news Wikinews Transport category November 20: Three-car accident in Birmingham, England leaves eight injured October 22: Chinese girl who was hit and run by two drivers, ignored by eighteen people, dies September 25: Nepal plane crash kills 19 August 14: Thirty injured as bus crashes in Belfast, Northern Ireland August 9: BMW announces 7.6% sales rise as US, China demand grows edit   Transport topics By country • History • Topics • Wikipedia Book Animal Camel • Cart • Chariot • Carriage • Dog • Donkey • Elephant • Pigeon • Horse • Horse-drawn boat • Mule • Llama • Ox • Pack animal • Reindeer • Sled • Stagecoach • Yak Aviation Aircraft (list) • Airline (list) • Airport (list) • Airship • Air traffic control • Helicopter • Heliport • History • Military • Safety • Supersonic Human Aircraft • Bicycle • Ice skate • Pedestrian • Pulled rickshaw • Cycle rickshaw • Watercraft rowing • Roller skate • Skateboard • Walking • Wheelbarrow • Wheelchair Public Aerial tramway • Class • Elevator • Escalator • Fare • Intermodal • Moving walkway • Passenger • Private • Share taxi Rail By country • Cable car • Car • Freight train • Funicular • High-speed • History • Locomotive (list • diesel • electric • steam) • Light rail (list) • Maglev • Monorail • Multiple unit • Passenger train • People mover • Personal rapid transit • Track • Rapid transit (list) • Station • Terminology • Train (list) • Tram Road All-terrain vehicle • Automobile (list) • Bus • Continuous track • Engineering • Freeway • Highway • History • Junction • Moped • Motorcycle • Off-road • Parking • Auto rickshaw • Road (list) • Road pricing • Safety • Sidewalk • Snowmobile • Tractor • Trolleybus • Truck • Van Shipping Bulk • Cargo • Containerization • Conveyor belt • Intermodal • Mail • Logistics • Transshipment Space Interplanetary • Rocket • Spaceport • Spacecraft Technology Bridge • Cable • Conveyor • Engine • Engineering • Pipeline transport • Vehicle propulsion • Tunnel • Wheel Theory Behavior • Congestion • Economics • Efficiency • Finance • Forecasting • Law • Navigation • Planning • Psychology • Queueing • Spoke-hub • Traffic engineering Water Amphibious • Barge • Boat (types) • Bulk carrier • Canal • Coastal trading vessel • Container ship • Cruise ship • Ferry (list) • Harbor • Hovercraft • Hydrofoil • Lighthouse • Naval ship • Port (list) • Reefer ship • Roll-on/roll-off • River • Sailing ship • Sea mark • Ship (list) • Submarine • Tanker • Tugboat • Vessel [−] Transport [+] Transport by continent [+] Transport by country [+] Transport by city [+] Transport by mode [+] Transport associations [+] Transport authorities [+] Transport by cargo [×] Commuting [+] Transport companies [+] Transport culture [+] Transport economics [+] Energy in transport [+] Transport engineering [+] Transport and the environment [+] Transport in fiction [+] History of transport [+] Transport incidents [+] Transport infrastructure [+] Intermodal transport [+] International transport [+] Transport law [+] Transport lists [+] Logistics [+] Transport media [+] Military transport [+] Transport museums [×] Transport non-governmental organizations [+] Transport occupations [+] Transport operations [+] People in transport [+] Transportation planning [+] Private transport [+] Public transport [+] Redirects from transport routes [+] Transport safety [+] Shipping [+] Transport software [+] Student transport [+] Sustainable transport [+] Transport systems [+] Terrorist incidents against transport [+] Test tracks [×] Transport reliability [+] Vehicles [+] Vertical transport devices [+] Wikipedia books on transport [+] Transport images [+] Transport stubs [+] Transport portals edit   Associated Wikimedia Transport on Wikibooks  Transport on Wikimedia Commons Transport on Wikinews  Transport on Wikiquote  Transport on Wikisource  Transport on Wikiversity  Transport on Wiktionary  Manuals and books Images and media News Quotations Texts Learning resources Definitions What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals Purge server cache