Transport in Great Nortend

Great Nortend has a large, albeit arguably outdated, public highway, railway and waterway network. Highways form the bulk of the public transport network, which is funded by a road tax on most vehicles. The majority of private vehicles on the highways are horse-drawn, and owing to extremely high registration and licence fees, motor vehicles are limited to wealthy households, or for public, business or official use. As such, there are no high speed motorways in the country.

Instead, long-distance transport mostly depends on the public railway network controlled by the Board of Railways. Railways stretch forth into nearly every region of the country over nearly 22,000 miles of track and 7,358 railway stations. Though routes are not centralised, the major lines, such as the Eastern Main Line and the Great Central Main Line run out from the capital, Lendert-with-Cadell. The railways were quasi-nationalised in 1919 owing to numerous small railway companies facing bankruptcy, despite their importance in the Erbonian economy. Nowadays, railway travel extremely common, and reasonably priced.

Royal Saint Christopher's Airport is the only airport in Great Nortend open for private passengers. It first opened in 1923 as St Christopher's Aerodrome and is located on the Isle of Dalwater, a peninsular twenty five miles away from Lendert-with-Cadell. Air flight is only for international travel, usually upon the flag carrier, Royal Airways.

Waterways also remain a mode of transport, through the network of canals and rivers. They are mainly used for goods transport, although passenger services are also often available of secondary importance. Sea freightage remains important for international trade, whilst passenger ships continue to ply the oceans to connect Great Nortend with surrounding lands.