Airports
London has five international airports. Heathrow located
24 km west London is the most important one. The others
are Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and the London City Airport.
In others parts of the country, there are international
airports in the cities of Birmingham, Manchester and
Newcastle.
Airplane
British Airways is
the English flag line. It covers international destinies
and domestic flights. The great majority of international
companies has flights to the most important centres
of England. Other aerial companies that cover domestic
destinies are: KLM
UK, EasyJet, Aer
Lingus and BMI
British Midland.
Train
The United Kingdom is covered by 16,500 km of rails,
that are the fastest way of communication between London
and all the major cities in the country. The system
has reasonable prices, although the tourist can choose
special tickets offered by Britrail,
with limitless passages. These must be acquired in the
country of origin of the visitor and allows him to save
money.
Automobile
England discriminates between main roads (classified
"A"), that connects the main cities of the
island, and rural roads, classified "B", slower
and winding, sometimes impossible to travel in winter.
There is a good service of buses and is possible to
rent charter cars for groups wishing to cross England
throughout their roads. It must be remembered that England
it’s a left side driving country. The allowed
speed limits are 50 km/h in urban zones, 120 km/h in
the freeways and between 80 and 100 km/h in other roads.
The use of the lap belt is obligatory as well as to
have the driving licence in use and an insurance.
Rent: all the main car rent companies
are in England.
Urban transport
Subway London, Newcastle, Liverpool
and Glasgow have an underground network. Those of Glasgow
and London are the oldest. The urban areas of Glasgow,
Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham have a
good network of street cars. In London, they cover a
wide area, being the greatest underground network of
the world.
Bus All the English cities have urban
buses networks that combine their tickets with the suburban
buses and trains. The central stations usually are near
the train stations.
Taxis Could be found in all the main
cities and the habitual thing is to leave a 2 or 3 %
tip. It can have small surcharges in holidays, week
ends, nocturnal passages or excess luggage.
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