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The Transport System of the United Kingdom

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In the previous chapter we have examined the place of the transport industry and of its ancillaries in the economy of the country as a whole. Some idea of the extent and the complexity of the British transport system has emerged incidentally. In this chapter, the structure of that system and the relative roles of the various transport modes are analysed. To do this it is necessary to break down the whole system into its component sub-systems. These may be regarded as being the various modes: road, rail, air, water (sea and inland), pipelines and innovatory systems.

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  1. University of Salford, UK

    D. Maltby (Reader in Civil Engineering) & H. P. White (Professor of Geography)

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Maltby, D., White, H.P. (1982). The Transport System of the United Kingdom. In: Transport in the United Kingdom. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16835-4_2

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