London traffic

English report

Today my report is about London traffic

I have divided my report into 3 main categories. That is    1.) local traffic

2.) traffic

3.) and finally the airport

First of all I'd like to give you some information about London's population in general.

London's area has got 1579 square kilometres. (km²). 6,8 million people live there.

The municipal area itself offers more than 1,5 million jobs. Every day 1 Million people go from the suburbs to their jobs. Most of them use public transport. Most important are the suburb trains and the Underground. On the British Island cars drive on the left lane, take over on the right. However in London one should avoid to drive a car. It's not driving on the left lane that causes problems but traffic chaos and looking for parking place. Maximum speedlimit on free ways is 112 kilometres per hour and 96 kilometres per hour on all other streets.

"Mind the gap" the voice from the loudspeaker tells, everybody tries to get into the trains, the doors shut and the journey starts. 1863 the first Underground in London was set up. It was not very much like the Underground nowadays. Actually it was not different from a train having some first to third class wagons, which laid under the earth. It was pulled by a steamengine which had a special device against excessive smoke development.

The London Underground is the cheapest and fastest transport. It has got 273 stations and transfers people in a network from about 420 kilometres. Every day more than 5,5 million people use the underground. There are 11 big lines: Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, East London, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria. With these lines you can go nearly everywhere in London without any big problems. The trains run frequently and at an interval of 3 - 10 minutes.

Tickets for the tube are very cheap.

It seems as if the underground hasn't got any advantages. There can be a technical defect, a bomb attack or only a delay. But if these happen then the whole underground traffic stands still, absolutely still. But London has got an alternative. The busses, which also transport about 5,1 million people every week. If there's no traffic jam or

Rush -  hour you can also be very quick by using a bus.

Last but not least there are the taxis. The so called Black cabs are very popular in Britain. You can hire a taxi by calling it or simple hail a taxi. 

London has got a lot of important motorways and  motorwayjunctions of the island. The ringmotorway M25 with its 185 km is one of them.

Driving a car in the city is more a patience test than fluent driving. There are always traffic jams and most of the time the cars stand still. In the rushhours it's very difficult to get on. With the underground you are faster.

Finally I'd like to give you some information about London airports.

Greater London has got 5 big airports. The biggest of all is Heathrow, 24 kilometres west of London. It has got 160 000 take offs and landings a year. Heathrow has got 45,2 mio. Flightguests and it is the 4 th biggest airport in the world.

Gatwick is the 2nd biggest airport in London. Most of the flights in Gatwick are charter and tourist flights.

The London City airport was built in 1987 and is only for domestic and short flights, the other two airports are about 50 km away from London. These are Luton and Stansted.

I hope that I could give you a small impression on London traffic and hope that you have enjoyed my report, thanks for listening.
English - Report

March 12th, 1997

London and it`s traffic

Informations:

Area: 1579 km²

Population: 6,8 million

Currency: Pound Sterling

Time Difference to home: -1:00

Underground

273 stations

over 5,5 million people use it everyday

11 big lines
Bakerloo
Central
Circle
District
East London
Hammersmith & City
Jubilee
Metropolitan
Northern
Picadilly
Victoria

run frequently and at an interval of 3- 10 mintures

Busses

5,1 million people every week

doppeldeck busses = attraction

cheap

quickly

Taxis

you can hire it at any place and time

Airports

Heathrow

Gatwick

London city airport

Luton

Stansted

Felix Winkler

Worksheet on London traffic !

Questions:

London's area has got..km².

Population..million.

Most important for the people are..and.. .

On which lane drive the cars in Britain?..

They take over on the..lane.

Maximum speedlimit on freeways is..andon the other streets.

The first Underground was set up in

Underground is the..and..transport.

Underground has gotstations; transfers people in a network from.

Write 5 big, important Underground - lines.
_____ _______ ______ ______
_____ _______ ______ ______
_____ _______ ______ ______
_____ _______ ______ ______
_____ _______ ______ ______

Frequency of the trains?.

Ringmotorway.with its..km is one of the most important motorways on the island.

There arebig airports.

The biggest in London is..,withtake - offs and landings a year.

The 2nd biggest is.

The 3 others are *.*.*.