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Transport Modes Comparison

The document compares various transportation modes including roadway, railway, airway, pipeline, and water transport across several factors such as accessibility, speed, capacity, initial capital cost, operating cost, and efficiency. Roadway offers very high accessibility but low capacity, while railway has high capacity and moderate costs. Airway is very fast but has high costs and low accessibility, whereas pipeline and water transport are efficient for bulk cargo but have limited accessibility.

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Transport Modes Comparison

The document compares various transportation modes including roadway, railway, airway, pipeline, and water transport across several factors such as accessibility, speed, capacity, initial capital cost, operating cost, and efficiency. Roadway offers very high accessibility but low capacity, while railway has high capacity and moderate costs. Airway is very fast but has high costs and low accessibility, whereas pipeline and water transport are efficient for bulk cargo but have limited accessibility.

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Comparison of Transportation Modes

Factor Roadway Railway Airway Pipeline Water


Transport
Accessibility Very high – Moderate – Low – Very low – Low –
door-to- fixed tracks airports only fixed routes limited to
door only ports &
waterways
Speed Moderate Moderate to Very high Slow Slow to
high moderate
Capacity Low to High Moderate Very high Very high
moderate (bulk (bulk cargo)
fluids/gas)
Initial Low to High Very high Very high High
Capital Cost moderate
Operating Moderate to Moderate Very high Low Low
Cost high
Efficiency Low to High Moderate Very high Moderate
moderate

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