Baggage cart
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Baggage carts or Trolleys are small vehicles pushed by travellers (human-powered) to carry individual luggage, mostly suitcases. There are two major sizes: One for big luggage and one for small luggage. Carts have usually two parts for carrying luggage: A small section (basket) for Carry on luggage at the same level as the handle, and a lowered large section for suitcases and large bags.
The carts are provided in airports, large Bus stations or train stations for comfort in their infrastructure predominantly free of charge. They are owned by the operator of the establishement.
Baggage carts are usually built out of steel and equipped with four wheels. For security reasons, a handle has to be pushed down in order to move the cart. Very few carts, e.g. in developing countries such as Sri Lanka, do not have this feature.
Most of the time the carts are collected by personell. Large amounts of carts can be collected by an electric vehicle for towing. A worldwide leadership for these vehicles has the US based company Custom Design Systems, Inc. at Palmdale, CA with its cart mule® product family [1].
