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Mode of transport (or means of transport or transport mode or transport modality or form of transport) is a general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo. Where more than one mode of transport is used for a journey, or for transport analysis, the journey can be described as multi-modal.
[edit] Components of a mode of transportA transport mode is a combination of the following:
[edit] Examples of modes of transportThere are some differences in British English and US English in terms for individual modes. These are indicated by (US) or (UK) after the alternative terms
[edit] Worldwide comparison of the most important transport modesWorldwide, the most widely-used modes for passenger transport are the Automobile (16,000 bn passenger km), followed by Buses (7,000), Air (2,800), Railways (1,900), and Urban Rail (250) [1]. The most widely used modes for freight transport are Sea (40,000 bn ton km), followed by Road (7,000), Railways (6,500), Oil pipelines (2,000) and Inland Navigation (1,500) [2].
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