Transport in Europe

Transport in Europe provides for the movement needs of over 700 million people
and associated freight. The political geography of Europe divides the
continent into over 50 sovereign states and territories. This
fragmentation, along with increased movement of people since the
industrial revolution, has led to a high level of cooperation between
European countries in developing and maintaining transport
networks. Supranational and intergovernmental organisations such as
the European nion !E", #ouncil of Europe and the $rgani%ation for
Security and #o&operation in Europe have led to the development of
international standards and agreements that allow people and freight
to cross the borders of Europe, largely with uni'ue levels of freedom
and ease.( a samo %elim da budem sa tobom, i srcem celim daa budem sa tobom)
"Tako mi je prirasla srcu, ne znam zato, i ne znam kako, znam samo da mi je odjednom nakon
toliko vremena srce brzo zakucalo, i to ba zbog nje. Ne viam je esto, nemam nita
njeno, osim onog osmijeha koji mi je zapeo u glavi, i nikako da izae."
*+elika prava l(ubav poka%at ,e svo(u punu snagu samo onda ako uspe od dvo(e l(ubavnika, slabih l(udi,
napraviti stvoren(a ko(a se ne bo(e ni promena, ni nesre,a, ni rastanka, ni bolesti, ni -ivota, ni
smrti.*
Dopusti mi da ti pokaem koliko mi znai, kolika si potreba u mom ivotu, koliko si moje sve.
!ogledaj u moje oi."oje oi ne mogu te slagati, ne mogu sakriti sva ona iskrena
ose#anja koja su ve# dugo vremena nastanjena u mom srcu.
Road, rail, air and water transportation are all prevalent and important across Europe.
Europe was the location of the world's first railways and motorways and is now the
location of some of the world's busiest ports and airports. The Schengen Area
enables border control-free travel between ! European countries. "reight
transportation has a high level of intermodal compatibility and the European
Economic Area allows the free movement of goods across #$ states.
.na/ pri(atel(u mo(, n(o( ,e nedosta(ati tvo(e poruke %a laku no,, pa i ona( na0in na ko(i si osmeh %nao da
i%mami/ s n(enog lica. 1(o( ,e nedosta(ati va/i dani, i ono va/e, al2 kad n(o( prestane sve to da
nedosta(e, onda ,e ona pri(atel(u nedosta(ati tebi. 3l2 bi,e kasno, pri(atel(u, kasno..44
%acina cove&a ni'e u tome &oli&u povredu mo(e naneti. )ego &oli&i bol mo(e
oprostiti,
5ail transport
5ail transport in Europe is characterised by its diversity, both technical and
infrastructural.
Rail networ&s in *estern and +entral Europe are often well maintained and well
developed, whilst Eastern and Southern Europe often have less coverage and
infrastructure problems. Electrified railway networ&s operate at a plethora of
different voltages A+ and ,+ varying from -!$ to !,$$$ volts, and signalling
systems vary from country to country, hindering cross-border traffic.
+id(ela ga (e u %agrl(a(u druge d(evo(ke.6io (e srecan. n(egovim ocima blistao (e novi s(a(.$setila (e neki
(ak bol a %atim neobicnu pra%ninu,s(ela (e na klupicu i (ako %aplakala.1eki stranac,sluca(ni
prola%nik potapsao (e po ramenu i upitao sta (o( (e,a ona mu (e odgovorila) *$na( tamo decko
me (e iskreno volio svim srcem a (a sam ga povred(ivala,sada shvatam da ga volim,da ne mogu
be% n(ega.*
#ov(ek (o( (e na to odgovorio) *+oli on tebe (os ,ali n(egovo srce (e preumorno,%eli da se
oporavi..* )"
The European .nion aims to ma&e cross-border operations easier as well as to
introduce competition to national rail networ&s. E. member states were able to
separate the provision of transport services and the management of the infrastructure
by ,irective 91/440/EEC. .sually, national railway companies were split to separate
divisions or independent companies for infrastructure, passenger and freight
operations. The passenger operations may be further divided to long-distance and
regional services, because regional services often operate under public service
obligations, while long-distance services usually operate without subsidies.
/owered rail transport began in England in the early 01th century with the invention
of the steam engine. The modern European rail networ& spans the entire continent
and provides passenger and freight movement. There are significant high-speed rail
passenger networ&s such as the T23 in "rance and the 4A3 in Spain. The +hannel
Tunnel connects the .nited 5ingdom with "rance, 6elgium and thus the whole of
the European rail system, and is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern
world,
3arious methods of rail electrification are used, as well as much unelectrified trac&.
7n all European countries, standard gauge is the most important rail gauge e8cept for
Russia, "inland and the e8-Soviet states. The European Rail Traffic 9anagement
System is an E. initiative to create a Europe-wide standard for train signalling.
Rail infrastructure, freight transport and passenger services are provided by a
combination of local and national governments and private companies. /assenger
tic&eting varies from country to country and service to service. The Eurail /ass is a
rail pass for 0: European countries; it is only available for persons who do not live in
Europe, 9orocco, Algeria and Tunisia. 7nter Rail passes allow multi-'ourney travel
around Europe for people living in Europe and surrounding countries.
* Smi(e/no (e to, kako ignori/emo one ko(i nas ho,e,
ho,emo one ko(i nas ignori/u, volimo one ko(i nas povre7u(u
i povre7u(emo one ko(i nas vole... *
3ir transport
,espite an e8tensive road and rail networ&, most long distance travel within Europe
is by air. A large tourism industry also attracts many visitors to Europe, most of
whom arrive into one of Europe's many large international airports. <eathrow
Airport, 4ondon is the busiest airport in the world by number of international
passengers =third busiest overall>. The advent of low cost carriers in recent years has
led to a large increase in air travel within Europe. Air transportation is now often the
cheapest way of travelling between cities. This increase in air travel has led to
problems of airspace overcrowding and environmental concerns. The Single
European S&y is one initiative aimed at solving these problems.
+heap air travel is spurred on by the trend for regional airports levying low fees to
mar&et themselves as serving large cities ?uite far away. Ryanair is especially noted
for this, since it primarily flies out of regional airports up to 0!$ &ilometres away
from the city it has said to serve. A primary e8ample of this is the *ee(e-S&avsta
flight, where *ee(e mainly serves the )i'megen@5leve area, while S&avsta serves
)y&Aping@B8elAsund. Ryanair however, mar&ets this flight as ,Csseldorf-
Stoc&holm, which are both :$D1$ &ilometres away from these airports, resulting in
up to four hours of ground transportation 'ust to get to and from the airport.
Sea and river transport
The /ort of Rotterdam, )etherlands is the largest port in Europe and one of the
busiest ports in the world, handling over E$$ million metric tons of cargo in $$:.
*hen the associated Europoort industrial area is included, Rotterdam is by certain
measurements the world's busiest port.
The English +hannel is one of the world's busiest seaways carrying over E$$ ships
per day between Europe's )orth Sea and 6altic Sea ports and the rest of the world.
As well as its role in freight movement, sea transport is an important part of Europe's
energy supply. Europe is one of the world's ma'or oil tan&er discharge destinations.
Energy is also supplied to Europe by sea in the form of 4)2. The South <oo& 4)2
terminal at 9ilford <aven, *ales is Europe's largest 4)2 terminal.
8o/ (edna su%a, (o/ (edno vra,an(e uspomena.6ateri(a telefona polupra%na, poruke obrisane. 9o%ivi
%ape0a,eni. .apam,eni svi momenti, svi datumi, sva s(e,an(a.S(e,an(a ko(a t(era(u bol da
uni/tava l(ude. :a ih slomi do kra(n(ih granica. :ok ne odlu0e da odustanu %auvi(ek od svega.
;ada prestanu da se bore, kada i%gube svaku nadu, bol (e pobi(edila.Ta( pogled ubi(ao (u (e
no,ima. Ta( savr/eno&nesavr/en pogled 0inio (e da polako i%mure dio po dio. <%me7u = %ida,
i%me7u samo,e i straha, bori se sa na(dubl(im os(e,an(ima ko(e (e on i%a%ivao u n(o(. 6ori se, (er
%na da ga voli. :a ,e u0initi sve da mu to poka-e, u%alud.<li (e previ/e glupa pa ne shva,a, ili (e
previ/e pametna pa opet poku/ava. 9ri(e ,e biti ovo prvo, samo glupi i ludi l(udi rade takve
stvari i nakon sa%nan(a da su niko i ni/ta %a tu osobu.;a-u da (e lako da ,e vremenom da pro7e,
ali vri(eme prola%i a on (e (o/ uvi(ek tu. n(eno( glavi, u n(enom srcu. <ako mu ne pripada, sve (e
n(egovo. $n se smi(e, mo-da ni on ni(e sretan, samo prekriva tugu. 3li %a/to uporno t(era l(ude
od sebe, %a/to ih uporno povre7u(e. 1(u ko(a ga (e vol(ela na(vi/e. 1(u ko(a se borila svom
snagom, ko(a se borila srcem. 8ednostavno prestao (e odgovarati na poruke, prestao se (avl(ati.
1i(e bio kao pri(e. 1i/ta ni(e bilo kao pri(e, kao pri(e > m(esec, kada (e sve i%gledalo tako
savr/eno. 6orila se sa osobom u sebi, borila se da mu ne po/al(e poruku, da ga ne po%ove. 3li bilo
(e (a0e od n(e. 1i(e mogla be% n(ega. 8edan dan be% n(ega, bila (e na(te-a ka%na %a n(u.Te/ko (e
podni(ela opro/ta(, ako se uop,e mo-e na%vati opro/ta(em. 1i(e dobila ob(a/n(en(e, ni(e dobila
odgovore, dobila (e samo kra(. 3 on (e dobio ono /to (e oduvi(ek -elio. ?elio (e da ga %auvi(ek
ostavi, da ga %aboravi. 3 ona to ni(e ra%um(ela, previ/e (o( (e %na0io.< dan danas, bori se da ne
po/al(e poruku, da ga i%nova ne po%ove, ali opet napravi to i na kra(u se poka(e. 3 on kao i svaki
mu/karac ignorira. 8o/ se ni(e pomirila sa tim da (e on %auvi(ek oti/ao, %aboravio sve i ostavio
pro/lost i%a sebe. 1i(e se osvrtao ni u prola%u kada bi (e sreo, ta( hladan pogled govorio (e sve.
.aboravit ,e i ona n(ega (ednog dana, (ednog dana, sigurno ho,e.