Editing Transport on Saint Helena (section)

== Saint Helena ==

=== Road traffic ===
The island of [[Saint Helena]] has a {{convert|138|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} road network, consisting of {{convert|118|km|mi}} of paved and {{convert|20|km|mi}} of unpaved road.<ref name="ciafact15">{{cite web |url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha/ |title = St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |work = CIA World Factbook |year = 2015 |access-date = 1 February 2016 }}</ref> Most roads are single-lane, and uphill traffic has a right of way. A general speed limit of {{convert|30|mph|km/h}} applies to the entire island. On Saint Helena there is a public bus network that in January 2015 served five routes,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Public-Transport-Timetable-from-January-2015.pdf |title = Public Transport Timetable – from January 2015 |publisher = St Helena Government |access-date = 1 February 2016 }}</ref> but was expanded in September 2015,<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.sams.sh/sentinel/Sentinel_160121.pdf |title = SHG Breaks Public Transport Promises Again |work = The Sentinel |date = 21 January 2016 |page = 11 }}</ref> March 2016<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.sams.sh/sentinel/Sentinel_160211.pdf |title = Finally Here! – Bus Contract Arrives Behind Schedule |work = The Sentinel |date = 11 February 2016 |at = S. 11 |access-date = 27 August 2018 |archive-date = 16 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160216082552/http://www.sams.sh/sentinel/Sentinel_160211.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> and October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/transport-and-infrastructure-division/ |title = Public Transport Timetables – Effective from 1 Oct 2017 |publisher = St Helena Government |date = 1 October 2017 |access-date = 27 August 2018 |archive-date = 1 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201081711/http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/transport-and-infrastructure-division/ |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== Shipping ===
The M/V ''Helena'' serves the island from [[Cape Town]] on a monthly basis.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.sams.sh/sentinel/Sentinel_160317.pdf |title = AW Ship Management Release Cargo Ship Schedule |work = The Sentinel |date = 17 March 2016 |page = 12 |access-date = 27 August 2018 |archive-date = 25 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325155254/http://www.sams.sh/sentinel/Sentinel_160317.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://sthelenashipping.com/ |title = Home - St Helena Shipping and Marine Cargo Service |last = Shipping |first = St Helena |website = St Helena Shipping |language = en |access-date = 2019-01-11 |archive-date = 7 June 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220607234827/https://sthelenashipping.com/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> The ship was built in 1998 in China and can take {{convert|4924|t}} of cargo, or 218 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]].

Saint Helena has a feeder and a harbour:

*[[Jamestown, Saint Helena|Jamestown]] (feeder)
*Rupert's Wharf in the Rupert's Valley (harbour)

=== Air traffic ===
[[File:St Helena Airport Terminal (16331626258).jpg|thumb|200x200px|Airport Saint Helena]]
With the opening of [[Saint Helena Airport]], scheduled flights have been operated since 14 October 2017, twelve years after the British government agreed to fund it in order to encourage tourism to the island.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Julia |date=2017-12-17 |title=How it feels to fly into the 'world's most useless airport' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/st-helena-flights-how-to-get-there-airport-wind-shear-airlink-ticket-price-is-it-dangerous-a8130011.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> 

The new airport is served weekly from [[Johannesburg]] (South Africa).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cropley |first=Ed |date=2017-10-15 |title=Tears and joy on Britain's St. Helena as 'world's most useless airport' finally opens |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/tears-and-joy-on-britains-st-helena-as-worlds-most-useless-airport-finally-idUSKBN1CJ0QF/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=Reuters}}</ref> During the pandemic 2020-2021 this service were temporarily cancelled and instead monthly flights operated from [[London]] (UK), but from 2022 there were flights from Johannesburg again, and by 2023 the flights came twice weekly in the summer season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=St Helena Air Services |url=https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/press-releases/st-helena-air-services/ |website=Saint Helena Government}}</ref>

=== Rail traffic ===
[[File:Jamestown Jacobs Ladder.jpg|thumb|229x229px|Ladder Hill Railway]]
In 1829, the Saint Helena Railway Company opened a horse-drawn railway from Jamestown to Half Tree Hollow,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY30482B |title = Views of St Helena |publisher = Cambridge University Library; Royal Commonwealth Society Library |access-date = 1 February 2016 }}</ref> which was also known as Ladder Hill Railway, or [[Jacob's Ladder (Saint Helena)|Jacob's Ladder]]. The main purpose was to transport goods from the port of Jamestown to the higher houses. The service was discontinued in 1871 because it was damaged by termites.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://sainthelenaisland.info/jacobsladder.htm |title = Jacob's Ladder |work = Saint Helena Island Info |access-date = 1 February 2016 }}</ref>

Another [[Ruperts Railway|small rail network]] was built for the seawater desalination plant in [[Ruperts, Saint Helena|Ruperts]]. Details of the track are not known.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://sainthelenaisland.info/railway.htm |title = Our (other) Railway |work = Saint Helena Island Info |access-date = 1 February 2016 }}</ref>