What is Transport hub?
A '''transport hub''' (also '''transport interchange''') is a place where [[passenger]]s and [[cargo]] are exchanged between [[wikt:transport|transport]] [[wikt:mode|mode]]s. [[Public transport]] hubs include [[train station]]s, [[metro station|rapid transit station]]s, [[bus stop]]s, [[tram stop]], [[airport]]s and [[ferry slip]]s. Freight hubs include [[classification yard]]s, [[seaport]]s and truck [[wikt:terminal|terminal]]s, or combinations of these. For private transport, the [[parking lot]] functions as a hub. [[Delta Air Lines]] first used the hub and spoke system for [[aviation]] in 1955 from its hub in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delta.com/about_delta/corporate_information/delta_stats_facts/delta_through_decades/index.jsp |title=Delta through decades |author=[[Delta Air Lines]]}}</ref> This was to [[compete]] with [[Eastern Air Lines]]. [[FedEx Corporation|FedEx]] adopted the hub and spoke model for overnight package delivery during the 1970s. When the airline industry was [[Airline Deregulation Act|deregulated]] in 1978, Delta's hub and spoke system was used by several airlines.<ref>Robert M. Kane, ''Air Transportation'' (Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing , 2003), p. 138</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Transport]]