transportation system

Noun
  1. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (synset 104480667)
    is a type of: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    subtypes:
    • air transportation system - a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air
    • highway system - a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport
    • public transit - a public transportation system for moving passengers
    • short line - a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances
    • telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity
    has:
    • airfield, field, flying field, landing field - a place where planes take off and land
    • bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
    • line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
    • public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
    • depot, terminal, terminus - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
    • way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
    is a part of: base, infrastructure - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    same as: transit, transportation

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