Transportation in Europe Transportation in Europe Autobahn (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high- speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. In English, the word "Autobahn" is used to refer only to these roads in German-speaking countries and usually refers to the German Autobahn specifically. German autobahns have no general speed limit (though about 50% of the total length is subject to local and/or conditional limits), but the "recommended speed" is 130 km/h (81 mph). Austrian and Swiss autobahns have general speed limits of 130 km/h and 120km/h, respectively. In German, the word is pronounced as described above, and its plural is Autobahnen; in English, however, the segment "auto" is typically pronounced as in other English words such as "automobile", and the plural is almost always autobahns. The official name of the Autobahn in Germany is Bundesautobahn (BAB) . ...more on Wikipedia about "Autobahn"
The Eurail Group G.I.E. is a Netherlands-based company, registered in Luxembourg, that sells passes and tickets for European railroads to non-Europeans. It is owned by a group of European rail carriers and shipping companies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eurail"
EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes a train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" ( InterCity) label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria described below. ...more on Wikipedia about "EuroCity"
== European Car of the Year award == ...more on Wikipedia about "European Car of the Year"
In the European Union, number plates of a common format are issued throughout (albeit still optional in some member states). Nevertheless, individual member states use differing numbering schemes, and even colours (e.g. the United Kingdom and France have yellow plates at the rear; see British car number plates). The common design consists of a blue strip on the left of the plate. This blue strip has the EU motif (12 yellow stars), along with the country code of the member state in which the vehicle was registered. With this European number plate, vehicles do not require international code stickers for travelling between member states. ...more on Wikipedia about "European vehicle registration plates"
An Inter Rail (or Inter-Rail) pass is a train ticket that allows unlimited 2nd class passage throughout the "Inter Rail Community" (IRC) for a defined period of time; as of April 2005, the IRC includes 30 countries, organized into eight zones: ...more on Wikipedia about "Inter Rail"
InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at major stations only. ...more on Wikipedia about "InterCity"
The InterCity Express or ICE is a type of high-speed train operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany and neighboring countries, for example to Zürich, Switzerland or Vienna, Austria. ICE-trains also run at lower speeds to Amsterdam, Netherlands and to Liège and Brussels, Belgium on the Belgian highspeed way. The Spanish railway operator RENFE also employs these trains, and the Russian state ordered 60 for new high-speed routes between Saint Petersburg and Moscow. The new management of the Russian railways is reviewing the order and apparently plans to reduce it to six trains. Another 60 trains were ordered for the Chinese Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail line. ...more on Wikipedia about "InterCity Express"
The international E-road network is a network of roads in Europe, numbered E1 and up. They cross national borders and are the responsibility of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). In some countries like Germany, roads carry the European route designation beside national road numbers. Other countries like Sweden have roads with exclusive European route signage. Other continents have similar international road networks: e.g. the Pan-American Highway in the Americas, and the Asian Highway Network. ...more on Wikipedia about "International E-road network"
A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some other Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. Motorways are highways designed to carry a large volume of traffic where a normal road would not suffice or would be unsafe, usually between cities. In the UK they are predominantly dual-carriageway roads, usually with three lanes in each direction, although four-lane and two-lane carriageways are also common, and all have grade-separated access. ...more on Wikipedia about "Motorway"
The New European Driving Cycle is a driving cycle consisting of four repeated ECE-15 driving cycles and a Extra-Urban driving cycle, or EUCD. The NEDC represents the typical usage of a car in Europe, and is used, among other things, to assess the emission levels of car engines. ...more on Wikipedia about "New European Driving Cycle"
The ten Pan- European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997. Therefore, these corridors are sometimes referred to as the "Crete corridors" or "Helsinki corridors", regardless of their geographical locations. A tenth corridor was proposed after the end of hostilities between the states of the former Yugoslavia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pan-European corridors"
Swissmetro is a futuristic project of national transportation for Switzerland, based on high-speed trains circulating in low-pressure tunnels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Swissmetro"
The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service, developed by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France. ...more on Wikipedia about "TGV"
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Trans Europe Express is a former international train network in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trans-Europe Express"
(Trans-European Networks) TEN re-directs here; for alternate uses, see Ten. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trans-European Networks"
The Trans-European road network (TERN) was defined by Council Decision 93/629/EEC of October 29, 1993, and is a project to improve the internal road infrastructure of the European Union (EU). The TERN project is one of several Trans-European transport networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trans-European road network"
The Trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) were created by European Union legislation in the 1980s. The networks are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Trans-European transport networks"
This page links to several topics related to transport in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transport in Europe"
This article is about transportation in Poland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transportation in Poland"
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