The document outlines the various types of transport, including roadways, waterways, railways, and airways, detailing their characteristics and uses. Roadways are commonly used for short distances and connect rural and urban areas. Waterways are cost-effective for heavy goods, railways offer fast land transport, and airways provide rapid and comfortable travel, though they can be affected by weather conditions.

1. • UNIT -7
• MEANING
• TYPES OF TRANSPORT

2. MEANING
 Transport is the means by which
movements of humans, animals
and goods from one place to
another.

3. TYPES OF TRANSPORT
Roadways
Waterways
Railways
Airways

4. ROADWAYS
 Roadways commonly used mean of
transport are the roads, especially for short
distance like cars, bus etc.
 Roads can be metalled (pucca) and
unmetalled (Kutcha).
 Roads are the mean to link the rural and
urban place across the country.
 There are state highway and district roads
which connects all cities and towns.

6. WATERWAYS
 Waterways are the oldest and the cheapest
mean of transport to carry heavy goods
from one country to other country.
 Waterways are mainly of two types:-
 Inland Waterways
 Sea route/ Oceanic routes

8. INLAND WATETRWAYS
 Inland waterways are any of the water
(as lake, canals, rivers etc.) Within the
territory of a state.{as contrasted with
the open sea or marginal} which may or
may not be connected to the Ocean.

10. SEA ROUTES
Sea routes are connected with
ports. Some of the important
ports of the world.
Eg:- Visakhapatnam, Chennai
and Mumbai

12. RAILWAYS
 Railways is the fastest and cheapest
means of land transport. Diesel and
electric engines have the largely
replaced the steam engine. Electric
engines are fast and eco-friendly
and don’t pollution.

14. AIRWAYS
 Airways is the fastest and most comfortable means of
transport and also the most expensive due to the cost of
fuels.
 Air traffic is adversely affected by bad weather like fog
and storms etc.
 It is the only mode of transport to reach the most remote
and distance areas especially where there are no roads and
railways etc.
Eg:-Helicopter are extremely useful in most
inaccessible areas and in time of calamities for receiving
people and distribution of foods, cloths etc.

16. TYPES OF AIRWAYS
Domestic Airways
 International Airways

17. DOMESTIC &
INTERNATIONAL
AIRWAYS
 Domestic Airways fly within the
boundaries of a country.
Eg:- Port Blair to Chennai
 International fly abroad and
connects major cities of the world.
Eg:- Kochi to Saudi