List of transportation forms

The Friendship Express train in The Crystal Empire - Part 1.

The following is a list of forms, methods, and devices for transportation used in the show and accompanying promotional material, merchandise,etc. Items that appear in multiple mediums are listed only once in the topmost section that relates to them.

Depiction in the series

Ponies and other animals travel in the series through their natural and magical means: walking, running, jumping, trotting, hopping, teleporting, hovering in a magic bubble, flying, swimming, etc.

Air

Lighter-than-air

• "Twilight Sparkle's Twinkling Balloon", the hot-air balloon in the My Little Pony theme song, Fall Weather Friends, Sonic Rainboom, Party of One, The Return of Harmony Part 2, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Wonderbolts Academy, Spike at Your Service, Magical Mystery Cure, The Hooffields and McColts, Cover RI-A of comic book Issue #2, the toys, the Comic Con 2011 poster, one or more promotional images, show, toy, and Tesco commercials, and the WeLoveFine merchandise designs Flight of the Ponies and Around the World
• The Lavender Spirit Airship, an air yacht (semi-rigid airship), and its model counterpart in Sweet and Elite, the Season 2 poster, and Apple Family Reunion
• The Lilac Sky Airship, a metal-clad blimp (non-rigid airship), used by three members of Apple family in Apple Family Reunion and appearing flying over Maretropolis
• Party balloons in Griffon the Brush Off and It's About Time

Heavier-than-air

• Pegasus-drawn chariot that carries Twilight Sparkle and Spike in Friendship is Magic, Part 1, Princess Luna in Luna Eclipsed, Princess Celestia in Swarm of the Century and Keep Calm and Flutter On, Twilight in Magical Mystery Cure, and Discord in Three's A Crowd.
• Rotor-propelled flying contraption used by Pinkie Pie in Griffon the Brush Off.
• Hang glider from Call of the Cutie and The Cutie Pox
• Tank's magic helicopter rotor in May the Best Pet Win!, Just for Sidekicks, page 3 of comic book Issue #1, the season two poster, Rainbow Dash's Rainboom Game, and the WeLoveFine merchandise designs Tank is Best Pet, Dash and Tank, Ponies with Pets, and RD Mare Of The Sky
• Jet Set's cutie mark of three jets in Sweet and Elite and Hearth's Warming Eve
• Pinkie Pie's Rainbow Helicopter, the helicopter pedal-operated by Cherry Berry in Testing Testing 1, 2, 3

Land

Drawn

• Railway train drawn by Earth ponies. See also the section rail below.
• Cart from the My Little Pony theme song, The Ticket Master, Applebuck Season, Bridle Gossip, Winter Wrap Up, Feeling Pinkie Keen, Green Isn't Your Color, Over a Barrel, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Party of One, The Return of Harmony Part 1, The Return of Harmony Part 2, Lesson Zero, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Secret of My Excess, Family Appreciation Day, The Last Roundup, Hearts and Hooves Day, A Friend in Deed, Putting Your Hoof Down, possibly Ponyville Confidential, Magic Duel, Sleepless in Ponyville, Apple Family Reunion, Magical Mystery Cure, Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1, the toys, Adventures in Ponyville and possibly Discover the Difference, and the formerly-available WeLoveFine merchandise design Strength
• The chariot in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, and Adventures in Ponyville
• Carriage from Friendship is Magic, part 2, Swarm of the Century, Green Isn't Your Color, Over a Barrel, The Best Night Ever, Luna Eclipsed, Sisterhooves Social, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Family Appreciation Day, The Last Roundup, Putting Your Hoof Down, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, Apple Family Reunion, Rarity Takes Manehattan, the toys, the Castle Creator, and The Hub's Canterlot Castle site
• Trailer from Boast Busters and Feeling Pinkie Keen
• Wagon from The Show Stoppers, A Dog and Pony Show, Over a Barrel, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Owl's Well That Ends Well, possibly The Return of Harmony Part 1, The Return of Harmony Part 2 in flashback, Luna Eclipsed, Family Appreciation Day, A Friend in Deed, Putting Your Hoof Down, possibly Ponyville Confidential, Too Many Pinkie Pies, Apple Family Reunion, the toys, possibly Discover the Difference
• Baby carriage from The Ticket Master and The Mysterious Mare Do Well
• Photo Finish's litter from Green Isn't Your Color
• Four-wheeled platform from Baby Cakes and MMMystery on the Friendship Express
• In The Saddle Row Review, Rarity mentions car horns.

Drawn or Self-propelled

• A sports car hitched up to dogs in Micro-Series #10, Princess Luna
• The Applewood Derby in The Cart Before the Ponies involves a go-kart race.

Self-propelled

• Ice skates from Winter Wrap Up, Keep Calm and Flutter On and Tanks for the Memories and Hastings exclusive Cover RE of comic book Issue #2
• Roller skates from Call of the Cutie, The Show Stoppers, a FashionPlaytes merchandise design, and a piece of Italian merchandise
• Wheelchair from Feeling Pinkie Keen, A Bird in the Hoof, Read It and Weep, Rainbow Falls and Trade Ya!
• Scootaloo's scooter from The Show Stoppers, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, The Cutie Pox, Secret of My Excess, Hearts and Hooves Day, Sleepless in Ponyville, Flight to the Finish, the first two pages of the German magazine comic Apple Blooms großes Abenteuer, and the formerly-available WeLoveFine merchandise design Scootaloo Chicken Winona
• Zip-line from The Cutie Mark Chronicles
• Flim and Flam's Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 from The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 and WeLoveFine merchandise design Daring Do
• Float from One Bad Apple
• Blythe Baxter's electric scooter from Littlest Pet Shop as used by Discord in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1

Continuous tread

• Construction crane from The Mysterious Mare Do Well
• Cheese Sandwich's Cheese Supreme Cannonball Surprise from Pinkie Pride

Rail

• Rail tracks from the My Little Pony theme song, Over a Barrel, Sweet and Elite, Hearth's Warming Eve, Family Appreciation Day, The Last Roundup, It's About Time, MMMystery on the Friendship Express, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, The Crystal Empire - Part 1, The Crystal Empire - Part 2, One Bad Apple, My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1, Flight to the Finish, the toys, the Season 2 and Equestria map posters, the printables Friendship Express Train™ Maze, luggage tags, and All Aboard the Friendship Express Train, one and more promotional images, the front and back cover of the DVD The Friendship Express, Treehouse TV's Canadian My Little Pony Friendship Express Train Contest site, a toy commercial, and the WeLoveFine merchandise design Equestria Map
• Train, both pulled by Earth ponies in Over a Barrel, and engine-piloted in Family Appreciation Day and when using the design of the Friendship Express. The Friendship Express usually includes "Sweetie Belle's Ice Cream Train Car" and "Fluttershy's Nursery Train Car", and is depicted in the My Little Pony theme song, Hearth's Warming Eve, The Last Roundup, It's About Time, MMMystery on the Friendship Express, A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, The Crystal Empire - Part 1, The Crystal Empire - Part 2, One Bad Apple, Just for Sidekicks, Games Ponies Play, My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1, Flight to the Finish, Cover B of comic book Issue #3, the toys, the Season 2 poster, the printables Friendship Express Train™ Maze, Cheerilee and Big Mac, luggage tags, and All Aboard the Friendship Express Train, one and more promotional images, the front and back cover of the DVD The Friendship Express, Treehouse TV's Canadian My Little Pony Friendship Express Train Contest site, a toy commercial
• Handcar from The Last Roundup
• Minecart from A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

Seafaring

• Sailing ship silhouette in May the Best Pet Win! and from the Equestria map poster and the WeLoveFine merchandise design Equestria Map
• Toy block bearing image of a sailboat in Baby Cakes
• Toy ship in Baby Cakes and A Friend in Deed
• Inflatable rowboat from Baby Cakes and Too Many Pinkie Pies
• Timber raft from Dragon Quest
• Newspaper boat from Ponyville Confidential
• Cruise ship from Rarity Takes Manehattan
• Hoofbeard's pirate ship, the Salty Sea Mare, from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #13 (the Mane 6 briefly serves as its crew)
• Pinkie Pie's swan boat, the Row & Ride Swan Boat, from The Gift of the Maud Pie and in toys
• Applejack and Rarity watch a show with a Pegasus-drawn boat in Friends Forever Issue 8

Other depictions

Film

• In My Little Pony Equestria Girls, a public transport bus appears outside Canterlot High School. Human Twilight Sparkle rides the bus in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games.
• In Equestria Girls, Flash Sentry's human counterpart drives an automobile (resembling the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro) to the Canterlot High School Fall Formal.
• In My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, DJ Pon-3's human counterpart drives a convertible that is able to turn into a DJ station.
• In My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, a public transport bus appears in the cold open, as well as a special bus for the CPA Shadowbolts. The Friendship Express makes a cameo speeding down a hill in one of the dimensional rifts opened by Midnight Sparkle.

Commercials

• Silver Surfer's surfboard from a Hub commercial
• Santa's sleigh from Boomerang's British Make it a My Little Pony Christmas site and commercial
• Motor vehicle from 6v Mini Quad, toy, and Hub commercials

WeLoveFine merchandise

• F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet from "Exceed the Speed"
• Hot air balloon, Jetpack, rocket, and mechanical wings from "Steampunk Ponies", "Steampunk Buddies", "Steampunk Dash", and "Engineered Alicorn".
• Train engine car from "Daring Do"

Other merchandise

• Apple-turned-sleigh from the last page of the Sparkle World magazine story Winter Wonderland!
• Snowboard from Hastings exclusive Cover RE of comic book Issue #1
• Time machine in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #24
• Applejack's truck
• Twilight Sparkle's car
• Trike from the toys and the merchandise Trike with Handle
• Pinkie Pie's unicycle from the first and last pages of a German magazine comic
• Water slide from the last page of a German magazine comic
• Banana boat from the last four pages of the German magazine comic Apple Blooms großes Abenteuer