1. Read and retell the text

Transport

Road, rail and air services offer good connections between London and the rest of the country. An orbital motorway, the M25, from which motorways radiate into London and off across Britain, rings the outskirts of London. From Grand Victorian terminal in the centre of London trains run across the country, linking cities, towns, ports and the continent through the Channel.

Train passengers to mainland Europe arrive or depart at Victoria or Charing Cross stations for the channel ferry ports, while the passengers on the new channel link travel from the terminus at Waterloo International that opened in 1994.

The underground system in London is known locally as the “Tube”. With buses, it is the principal means of public transport around and into the centre of the capital. The Tube’s 270 stations carry 735 million passengers a year; Victoria Tube station is busier than all of London’s airports put together.

The Tube is entirely underground only in central London; in the suburbs most lines are above ground. Nevertheless, with 171 km of tunnels it is one of the largest underground systems in the world. It was extended in the 1970s with the Jubilee Line (named after HM The Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977), which was itself extended to Docklands in 1988.

Public transport in London is also provided by buses, taxis and the Docklands Light Railway. London’s bus network links with the rail and underground services, with large bus stations next to important rail interchanges. Buses provide commuter services, local services and orbital links around the London suburbs. Many main roads have bus-only lanes.

Buses have played an important part in the integrated transport planning in the redevelopment of Docklands. Bus services are coordinated with the Docklands Light Railway in the Jubilee Line underground extension. For instance, the bus interchange at the DLR’s Prince Regent station provides a three-minute connection to London City airport.

Література: [6, c. 280-281, c.21].

3 Питання до заліку

1. Ways of traveling.

2. Travelling by train.

3. Travelling by sea.

4. Travelling by air.

5. Travelling by car.

6. Geographical position of Ukraine.

7. Geographical position of the United Kingdom.

8. Geographical position of the USA.

9. Big cities of Ukraine.

10. Big cities of the USA.

11. Big cities of Great Britain.

12. Post-office.

13. City Traffic.

14. Types of transport. Types of connections.

15. The biggest airports.

16. Hotels. Staying at the hotel.

17. Hotel Services and Facilities.

18. Hotel industry in Ukraine.

19. Hotel industry in the USA.

20. Hotel industry in Great Britain.

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