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Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel'' *
TC Transcontinental Transcontinental Inc., operating as TC Transcontinental, is a Montreal-based packaging, commercial printing and specialty media company. Transcontinental is publicly-traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and has over 7,400 employees—the majori ...
, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary of Transcontinental Inc * ''
The Transcontinental ''The Transcontinental'' is a weekly newspaper published in Port Augusta, South Australia which dates from October 1914. Formerly owned by Rural Press and Australian Community Media, since 2022 it has been owned by the Star News Group. Histor ...
'', a South Australian weekly newspaper published in Port Augusta


Transport

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First transcontinental railroad America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the exis ...
, United States, 1869 * Ford Transcontinental, a truck manufactured by Ford of Britain *
National Transcontinental Railway The National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) was a historic railway between Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Moncton, New Brunswick, in Canada. Much of the line is now operated by the Canadian National Railway. The Grand Trunk partnership The completion o ...
, an historic Canadian railway company * Transcontinental airspeed record * '' Transcontinental Express'', a train that arrived in San Francisco in 1876 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City *
Transcontinental flight A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other. The term usually refers to flights across the United States, between the East and West Coasts. History The first transcontinental multi-stop f ...
, a flight across a continent, such as from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific across the U.S. *
Transcontinental railroad A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous rail transport, railroad trackage that crosses a continent, continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks may be via the Ra ...
, a railway that crosses a continent, typically from coast to coast * Transcontinental walk, crossing a continent on foot * Transcontinental SA, an Argentine airline; see
Invicta International Airlines Invicta International Airlines Ltd was a Air Charter, charter airline based at Manston Airport in the United Kingdom. It operated non-scheduled passenger and freight services between 1965 and 1982. Company history Invicta Airways (1964–69) In ...
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Trans-Australian Railway The Trans-Australian Railway, opened in 1917, runs from Port Augusta railway station, Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie railway station, Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, crossing the Nullarbor Plain in the process. Built to standa ...
, a railway linking eastern and western Australia *
Trans Continental Airlines Express.Net Airlines was a cargo airline based in Naples, Florida, United States. It operated all-cargo charter and ACMI services in the United States and to Canada, Mexico, South America and the Far East. Its main base was Naples Municipal Airp ...
, original name of Express.Net Airlines


Other uses

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Transcontinental country This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states. Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have one continuous or immediately-adjacent pie ...
, a country that straddles more than one continent **
List of transcontinental countries This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states. Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have one continuous or immediately-adjacent p ...
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List of former transcontinental countries This is a list of transcontinental former countries, i.e. countries which covered land on two or more continents, including islands associated with a continent other than the one where the country was based. The examples below are listed in chrono ...
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Transcontinental Hotel Transcontinental Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 462-468 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1883 to 1884. It was added to the Queens ...
, a heritage-listed hotel in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia *
Transcontinental Pipeline Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the Gulf coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania to deliver ...
, a US gas pipeline *
Transcontinental Race The Transcontinental Race (TCR) is an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across Europe. It is one of the world's toughest ultra-endurance races. The route and distance varies for each edition between about 3,200 and 4,200 km ...
, an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across Europe *
Transcontinental Traverse The Transcontinental Traverse (TCT) was a geodetic survey Traverse (surveying), traverse conducted in the continental United States by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey between 1961 and 1970 and the U.S. National Geodetic Survey between 1 ...
, a geodetic survey traverse conducted in the Continental United States *
Transcontinental Treaty Transcontinental may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel'' * TC Transcontinental, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary ...
or Adams–Onís Treaty, a US—Spain agreement that settled a border dispute * First transcontinental telegraph, first telegraph line to connect eastern and western United States


See also

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Continental (disambiguation) Continental may refer to: Places * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' (album), an album by Saint Etienne * Continen ...
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Intercontinental (disambiguation) InterContinental Hotels & Resorts by IHG is a British-American luxury hotel brand created in 1946 by Pan Am founder Juan Trippe. It has been part of UK-based InterContinental Hotels Group since 1998. As of January 2023, there were 208 InterC ...
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Pluricontinentalism Pluricontinentalism () was a geopolitical concept, positing that Portugal was a transcontinental country and a unitary nation-state consisting of continental Portugal and its overseas provinces. With origins as early as the 14th century, plu ...
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