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Some modes of road transport, on a road in India.

Transport (commonly used in the U.K.), or transportation (used in the U.S.), is the easiest way of movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A (a place in space) to a point B. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport enables trade between people, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

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

Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, spacecraft and aircraft. (Full article...)

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The Port of Constanța is located in Constanța, Romania, on the western coast of the Black Sea, 179 nautical miles (332 km) from the Bosphorus Strait and 85 nmi (157 km) from the Sulina Branch, through which the Danube river flows into the sea. It covers 3,926 ha (9,700 acres), of which 1,313 ha (3,240 acres) is land and the rest, 2,613 ha (6,460 acres) is water. The two breakwaters located northwards and southwards shelter the port, creating the safest conditions for port activities. The present length of the north breakwater is 8.344 m (27.38 ft) and the south breakwater is 5.560 m (18.24 ft). The Port of Constanța is the largest on the Black Sea and the 17th largest in Europe.

The favourable geographical position and the importance of the Port of Constanța is emphasized by the connection with two Pan-European transport corridors: IV (high speed railway&highway) and the Pan-European Corridor VII (Danube). The two satellite ports, Midia and Mangalia, located not far from Constanța Port, are part of the Romanian maritime port system under the coordination of the Maritime Ports Administration SA. (Full article...)

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Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. Its first mission, STS-1, lasted from April 12 to April 14, 1981. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, on its 28th mission, killing all seven crew members.

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The following are images from various transport-related articles on Wikipedia.

Goods station in Lucerne, Switzerland
An ambulance from World War I
A replica of Trevithick's engine at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Water vapor contrails left by high-altitude jet airliners. These may contribute to cirrus cloud formation.
Long freight train crossing the Stoney Creek viaduct on the Canadian Pacific Railway in southern British Columbia
Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks.
Bulk cargo of minerals
0-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom.
Human-powered transport remains common in developing countries.
Japanese E5 Series Shinkansen
A public transport bus in Perth, Western Australia
Bike parking in Amsterdam
Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
According 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).
A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901
Lichterfelde tram, 1882
Diagram of Priestman Oil Engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry
The Locomotion at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
Tire components -- NHTSA The Pneumatic Tire
The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance.
San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8
Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908)
The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903
The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
A USAF Thunderbird pilot ejecting from his F-16 aircraft at an air show in 2003
A Fiat Uno in 2018
The Boeing 747
Railway in the 1890s in Helsinki, Finland
Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914
The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history
Interior view of the top deck of a VR InterCity2 double-deck carriage
The Harbor Freeway is often heavily congested at rush hour in Downtown Los Angeles.
German 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).
Baltimore & Ohio electric engine
1947 Cessna 120
French National Police use several modes of transport, each with its distinct advantages and disadvantages.
A bullock team hauling wool in Australia
NASA's Helios researches solar powered flight.
Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company ironworks for the Cromford and High Peak Railway (1831). These are smooth edgerails for wheels with flanges.
A DR2800 series passing Sijiaoting railway station in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan
KTT set operating the Guangdong Through Train service on the Guangshen railway, used by the MTR Corporation Limited, an example of modern rail transport
Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches.
Map of world railway network (interactive map)
Interior view of a high speed bullet train, manufactured in China
European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008
Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain.
Highway D1 in Slovakia.
First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903
German Intercity Express (ICE)
Incheon International Airport, South Korea
An Air France A380 on approach to Washington Dulles International Airport
The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks.
A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, the tracks are plateways
The Salamanca locomotive
BNSF Railway freight service in the United States
The SL Hitoyoshi steam-hauled excursion train operating between Kumamoto and Hitoyoshi in Kyushu, Japan
Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon's first commercially AC-driven locomotive, the tramway in Lugano, Switzerland, 1896
Russian 2TE10U Diesel-electric locomotive
Intercity Express, a German high-speed passenger train
A local transit bus operated by ACTION in Canberra, Australia
SEPTA Regional Railroad Train
Automobile ferry in Croatia
A RegioSwinger multiple unit of the Croatian Railways
16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport
Map of railways in Europe with main operational lines shown in black, heritage railway lines in green and former routes in light blue
Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland
Eastlink - Wellington Rd Nortbound Toll Gantry
Reisszug in 2011
Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water.
Air traffic control towers at Amsterdam Airport
A Hot bearing detector with dragging equipment unit
Freight train with shipping containers in the United Kingdom
A bulk carrier, BW Fjord
Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-323
In the United States, railroads such as the Union Pacific traditionally own and operate both their rolling stock and infrastructure, with the company itself typically being privately owned.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline for crude oil
An Air France Airbus A318 lands at London Heathrow Airport.
LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936
The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land.