List of modes of transport

The list of means of transport gives a selection of different means of transport .

Transport in the countryside

Freely movable means of transport

Road-rail vehicle

Velocipede

Velomobile Milan-SL

Coil springs strapped to the legs

Muscle-powered means of transport

Driven by people
- Rickshaw (hand pulled)
- Litter (possibly also of beasts of burden borne)
- Draisine (walking machine)
- bicycle
  - Cycle rickshaw
  - ConferenceBike
  - Folding bike (folding bike)
  - Recumbent
  - Travel bike
  - Tandem (bicycle)
  - Velomobile
  - Mountain bike
  - Fat bike
  - Penny farthing (historical)
  - and much more.
- Wheelchair if operated without a motor
- Ice skates
- Inline skates / roller skates / roller ski
- skateboard
- stroller
  - Roller buggy
  - Pullchair (single-axle stroller, foldable)
  - Bassinet
  - Crib wagon
  - Sports car
- scooter
- tricycle
- Poweriser (springs)
Operated with animals

Sleigh

Ox cart with yoke as a utility vehicle in Nepal

- Resources with draft animals
  - Dog sled
  - Reindeer sleigh
  - Sleigh
  - cart
  - coach
  - Ox cart
  - Horse omnibus
  - Horse tram
  - Chariot (historical)
  - Troika
  - Car u. a.
- Mounts and / or pack animals
  - horse
  - ass
  - Trample
  - dromedary
  - camel
  - Elephant etc.

Use of gravity

Use of wind power

Motorized means of transport (D / A: motor vehicles , CH / FL: motor vehicles)

Fire truck

Automobile (officially D / A: motor vehicle , CH / FL: transport
motor vehicle )
- Trucks (possibly as a team, officially in D / A: trucks , Swiss / Liechtenstein: heavy motor vehicles )
  
  Articulated truck
  
  Road Train (multiple trailers)
  
  EuroCombi (synonym Giga-Liner ; extra-long truck)
  
  Low loader SLT 50-3 Elefant (payload 59.7 t) of the German Bundeswehr
  
  Low loader
  
  Tow truck
  
  sweeper
  
  Fire truck
  
  Aircraft tractor (also called "pushers" at airports)

Motorized two-wheeler

Motorcycle (in Germany: Kraftrad, abbreviation Krad)

motorcycle
- Electric motorcycle
Small motorcycle (moped, abbreviation in Germany KKrad)
Leichtkraftrad ( moped , scooter )
Motor scooter (scooter, scooter)
- Electric scooter
Motorbike (abbreviation moped)
Pedelec (e-bike, in Germany: bicycle with auxiliary motor , abbreviation FmH)

Small electric vehicle (e.g. electric scooter)

Sick lift (disabled vehicle, " wheelchair " with motor), if operated with a motor ( E-Block )

Rehabilitation scooter (4 wheels)

Golf cart ("caddy")

Road -rail vehicle (rail-bound or non-rail-bound)

Public transport

articulated bus

Omnibus ( Austrian also: autobus; Switzerland: social car, coll. Car, coach)
- Kraftomnibus (abbreviation KOM) ( articulated bus , double-decker bus , midibus , minibus ; combination of tractor-trailer and bus: tractor-trailer bus ; combination of KOM and truck: combination bus )
- Bus (track bus)
- Taxi (see also water taxi )
- Autorickshaw ("Tuk Tuk")

Tracked vehicles

Rocket car (high-speed vehicles)

Means of transport of goods

Industrial trucks

Monowheel

Two-wheeled e-board "Hobertrax"

- Electric hand fork lift truck ("E-Ant")

Special vehicles

Electric carts

Self-balancing vehicle

Segway PT (self-balancing single-axis scooter with electric motor)

Monowheel (Rollercycle = motorized unicycle)

E-Board (electrically operated, two-lane roller board without handlebars)

E-Trailer ("Supertrailer" = motorized trailer that pushes bicycles)

Air cushion sled ( airboard ), etc. a. on snow

Track-bound means of transport

Modern railroad multiple units

Light rail train

Towing engine

Rail transport

Railway ( high-speed train , express train , regional train , field train and works train )

Subway

Light rail

Multi-system light rail

Tram , also hand-operated tram

Personal Rapid Transit

Mountain railway ( rack railway and funicular railway )

Monorail ( H-Bahn ), suspension railway
Road-rail vehicle
Bus train
Tow locomotive
Horse tram
Mine train
Rail bus , rail car , rail bicycle
Railroad trolley
Trolleybus (also called "O-Bus")

Levitation techniques

Air cushion lift , for example Aérotrain
Magnetic levitation train , for example Transrapid

Cable / pulley systems

Cable car

Elevators
- Passenger elevator (colloquially also elevator), also in mining
  - Inclined stair lift
  - Paternoster elevator
- Freight elevator
- Climbing elevator
crane
Escalator (coll. "Escalator")
Moving walkway (inclined and horizontal)
Cable car

Funicular
- Cable car
- Funicular
- Chairlift
- Cable car
- Zip line
Lift systems
- T-bar lift
Pull rope (for skiers to hold on for transport)
Towing ship (horse-drawn barge for goods transport; historical)
Conveyor belt
Dahlbuschbombe (steel capsule to rescue buried miners in mining)

Traffic in the air

Aircraft lighter than air

Aircraft heavier than air

The Zaschka muscle power aircraft , Berlin 1934

Non-motorized aircraft

Antonov 225

Motorized aircraft

Sikorsky X-wing

Powered aircraft
- Jet plane
- Motor sailer
- Microlight
- Aircraft tow (also F-tow for glider pilots)

helicopter

Gyroplane

Ornithopters

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Airship

Traffic on the water

Traffic on the surface

Ship , e.g. B. Warship , merchant ship , mega yacht
Boat (small ship) e.g. B. Sports boat
Pontoon (mostly stationary use)
Aqua scooter or water sledge

kayak

Non-motorized watercraft

Museum ship "Gorch Fock" in Stralsund

A tree
Rush boat
Baidarka
Folding boat
Raft , including sail raft , e.g. B. Jangada

canoe

Rowing ship (galley) (historic)

dinghy

Sailboat

Sailing ship , sailing yacht , clipper

Surfboard with or without a sail

Towing (pulling a watercraft from land)

Pedal boat

ferries not moving freely

Watt wagon (not floating)

Container Ship

Motorized watercraft

Motor ship / motor boat / motor yacht with

the uses of ferry , tugboat , pilot ship , work ship , cargo ship , passenger ship , ferry ship , warship (also aircraft carrier ) etc.

the drive types steamship and with

the type of repression

Hydrofoil (plane)

Hovercraft (hover ride)

Personal watercraft

USS San Francisco (SSN-711)

Traffic below the surface of the water

Submarine including commercial submarine
Diving boat
Diving bell
Diving scooter (drive for divers)
Eurostar (train in the underwater tunnel under the English Channel )

Transport in space ( space travel )

Space Shuttle "Columbia"

rocket
Spaceship
- space shuttle
- Supply spaceship (also called space transporter)
Space station (e.g. ISS )
- Room laboratory
Space probe

Combinations

Martin model 130 China Clipper

Air Water

Amphibious vehicle Amphi-Ranger 2800SR of the water and shipping authority Saarbrücken with blue and yellow all-round light (in road traffic) and blue sparkling light (in ship traffic)

Water / land

Water / land / air

Amphibious aircraft

Air / space

Mass transportation

Freighters and station wagons

Demarcation

Does not belong to the means of transport (in Switzerland a distinction is made between vehicle-like devices (fäG) and non-vehicle-like devices according to Art. 50 VRV):

Sports equipment

Sports and children's play equipment
- Roller skates , including inline skates ( counts as a pedestrian in Switzerland )

Children's play equipment

Amusement facilities:

Unicycle (is considered a pedestrian in Switzerland)
roller coaster

It is disputed whether strollers or sliding chests belong to the means of transport.

Scheme of the hyperloop

Fictions and Future Developments

Web links

Commons : Unusual Transport - Album with pictures, videos and audio files