Advantages & Disadvantages of Transport

Some Important Advantages and Disadvantages of Transport

1.  Rail:
Advantages:

* Ability of loading and unloading goods and services is more.

* Frequency of delivering the goods over long distances is more.

* No traffic or congestion easy movement of the vehicle.

* Climatic conditions have no effect

Disadvantages:

• Capital and initial investments are more.
• The above are some of the advantages and disadvantages of using the rail.
• High material usage for the construction and even the fuel consumption

2.  Road:

Advantages:

• High flexibity and ability to move the vehicles fastly.
• Uses different routes to reach the destination quickly.
• Does door to door service
• High safety for the cargo.

Disadvantages:

• It mostly depends on climatic conditions.
• High cost for long distances.
• Productivity is low.