The Transportation Museum Andrew Mancini, Director
England has a dense and modern transportation infrastructure. From rail, ferries, highways, and of course, the Tube, England's transit can get you almost anywhere. Read below to learn more about England's transit.
Cities
Currently, there are 69 official cities in the United Kingdom, 51 in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, 7 in Scotland, and 6 in Wales. In the Greater Area of London, there are only two actual, official cities, the City of London and the City of Westminster that currently hold official city status.
In fact, the Greater London Built-Up Area was 9,787,426 as of the 2011 census, where the actual City of London's population is 7,375.
Maps
The landmass of England was attached to the mainland of Europe for quite a long time, before the last Ice Age melted away. New bodies of water formed including the English Channel and Irish Sea, and Britain and Ireland were now islands, and Stone Age settlers came ashore.
England
Trains
Rail transport in Great Britain is the oldest in the world, the world's first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825. There are 9,789 miles of track, with 3,262 being electrified. Also, there are 2,552 stations across the miles of track. In 2010 alone, there were 1.33 billion journeys on the rail services, making the British network the fifth most used in the world, even though Great Britain ranks 23rd in world population.
Learn more about England by watching this video, with music and pictures of the country.