Airfields are public facilities that are primarily used for air transport and have a certain level of size and facilities. From London...In the city center, there are a number of national railway stations in a circular arrangement, including Victoria Station, which leads to the continent, Euston Station and King's Cross Station, which connect to the north, Paddington Station, which connects to the west, Liverpool Street Station, which connects to the east, and Waterloo Station, which connects to the south, and these are connected by the subway. Heathrow Airport, 24 km west of the city center, is the main international airport, and Gatwick Airport, 43 km south, is complementary, but the construction of a third international airport is planned to ease congestion. The Eurotunnel, which opened in 1994, has made it possible to travel between London and Paris in about three hours by Eurostar express train. ... *Some of the terms mentioned in "Gatwick Airport" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…航空機を発着させるための施設のうち,主として航空運送の用に供される公共用の民間飛行場で,ある程度以上の規模と設備をもつものを指していう。 【ロンドン】より…都心には大陸へ通じるビクトリア駅をはじめ北部地方へのユーストン駅,キングズ・クロス駅,西部へのパディントン駅,東部へのリバプール・ストリート駅,南部へのウォータールー駅などの国鉄の始発駅が環状に配列され,それらを地下鉄が結んでいる。また国際空港としては都心より西方24kmにあるヒースロー空港が主役であり,南方43kmにあるガトウィック空港がそれを補っているが,混雑緩和のため第3の国際空港の建設が計画されている。なお,1994年開通のユーロトンネルにより,ロンドン~パリ間は特急列車ユーロスターで約3時間で結ばれることになった。… ※「ガトウィック空港」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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