Under the government's rail-led transport policy, the MTR system is a common mode of public transport in Hong Kong, with over five and a half million trips made on an average weekday consistently achieving a 99.9% punctuality rate on its arrivals and departures. As of 2018, the MTR has a 49.3% share of the franchised public transport market, making it the most popular transport option in Hong Kong. The integration of the Octopussmart card fare-payment technology into the MTR system in September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting. (Full article...)
Image 22The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 23A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 25Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 26Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 27German 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"). (from Rail transport)
Image 30Bardon 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England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 31Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 32An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 51A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
Image 52The engineering of this roundabout in Bristol, United Kingdom, attempts to make traffic flow free-moving.
Image 53Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
Image 54Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 59A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 60According 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). (from Rail transport)
Image 65The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 66The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional roundhouse was the turntable, which facilitates access when the building is used for repair facilities or for storage of steam locomotives. Early steam locomotives normally travelled forwards only; although reverse operations capabilities were soon built into locomotive mechanisms, the controls were normally optimized for forward travel, and the locomotives often could not operate as well in reverse. Some passenger cars, such as observation cars, were also designed as late as the 1960s for operations in a particular direction. A turntable allowed a locomotive or other rolling stock to be turned around for the return journey.
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