A radial road network of a total of 29 145 miles (46 904 km) from the main road, 2173 miles (3497 km) of highway and 213 750 miles (344 000 km) of paved roads [99] In the year 2009. There are a total of 34 million vehicles licensed in Great Britain. National Rail network of 10,072 route miles (16 116 km) in Britain and 189 route miles (303 km route) in Northern Ireland to bring over 18,000 passengers and 1,000 freight trains daily. Plans are now being considered to build a new high speed railway line in 2025.
In the year from October 2009-September 2010 as many UK airports handled 211.4 million passengers. In that period the three largest airports are London Heathrow Airport (65.6 million passengers), Gatwick Airport (31.5 million passengers) and London Stansted Airport (18.9 million passengers). London Heathrow Airport, located 24 kilometers (15 miles) west of the capital, has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the world and is central to the UK flag carrier British Airways, BMI and Virgin Atlantic as well.
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