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Transportation in England — Транспорт в Англии

England is well served by roads, railways, ports, and airports. Highways radiate from London in all directions, and the increase in traffic is visible in the congested highways. London, other large cities, and towns are linked by an intercity network of trains.
High-speed freight trains serve the major industrial centres.
London’s underground train system, the «tube,» covers some 250 route miles.
Inland waterways were developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly to carry bulky raw materials such as coal, iron ore, and limestone between the industrial centres of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Kingston upon Hull, Birmingham, and London.
By the end of the 18th century, a «cross» system of canals connected the Thames, Humber, Mersey, and Severn estuaries.
Most canals are now in disuse.
During the 1980s, Britain’s trade with Europe has increased sharply, and the ports in southern and southeastern England now handle

significantly higher traffic than the major ports of London, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Leading ports that handle container traffic are Felixstowe, London, and Southampton.
Major airports around London are Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted, which together handle more than 40 mln passengers annually.

Транспорт в Англии

В Англии существует развитая система дорог, железных дорог, портов, аэропортов. Автомагистрали выходят из центра Лондона в другие районы, и происходит рост уличного движения на перегруженных автомагистралях. Лондон, а также другие большие города и поселки, соединяются действенными междугородными железнодорожными сетями.
Некоторые скоростные грузовые поезда соединяют главные промышленные центры.
Лондонская подземная

система поездов охватывает около 250 миль маршрута.
Наземные водные пути сообщений были развиты в XVII-XVIII в. в основном для перевозки объемного сырья: угля, железной руды, известняка между промышленными центрами Манчестера, Лидза, Шефилда, Кингстона и Хала, Бермингема, Лондона.
В конце XVIII ст. перекрестная система каналов соединяла дельты рек Темзы, Хамбер, Мереей, Северн.
Большинство каналов в настоящий момент не используются.
Во время 1980-х гг. торговля Британии и Европы значительно выросла, и порты в южной и юго-восточной части Англии в настоящий момент регулируют значительно больше движения, чем в основных портах Лондона, Ливерпуля, Манчестера.
Ведущие порты, которые руководят грузовым движением, — Феликстоун, Лондон, Саутхемптон.
Главные аэропорты неподалеку от Лондона — Хитроу, Гетвик, Стенстед, которые вместе принимают боле 40 млн пассажиров ежегодно.

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