Editing Marlborough District (section)

== Transport ==
Marlborough is served by four [[New Zealand state highway network|state highways]]: [[State Highway 1 (New Zealand)|State Highway 1]], {{NZlSH|6}}, [[New Zealand State Highway 62|State Highway 62]], and [[New Zealand State Highway 63|State Highway 63]]. State Highway 1 is the main highway in the region, connecting Picton and Blenheim, and connecting the region south to [[Christchurch]] via Seddon and [[Kaikōura]]. State Highway 6 connects Blenheim and Renwick, and connects the region to [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and [[Tasman District|Tasman]] via [[Havelock, New Zealand|Havelock]]. State Highway 63 leaves State Highway 6 at Renwick and travels via the Wairau Valley and [[Saint Arnaud, New Zealand|Saint Arnaud]] to meet SH 6 again at Kawatiri, providing a direct route to the [[West Coast, New Zealand|West Coast]] and bypassing Nelson. State Highway 62 is a short highway linking SH 1 at Spring Creek with SH 6 north of Renwick, providing a direct route between Picton and Nelson and bypassing Blenheim.

The [[Main North Line, New Zealand|Main North Line]] railway serves the region, running roughly parallel to State Highway 1. The first section of the line in Marlborough opened on 18 November 1875 between Blenheim and Picton. The line south of Blenheim opened to Seddon in October 1902, to Ward in April 1911, and to [[Wharanui]] in December 1915. The line finally opened across the present-day Marlborough border in October 1942 when the line was extended to [[Clarence, New Zealand|Clarence]]. The entire line through to Christchurch opened on 15 December 1945 when the railheads met at Kaikōura.<ref name="NZRmileage">{{cite web|url=http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/NZR_MILEAGE_TABLE_1957.pdf|title=Geographical Mileage Table 1957|publisher=New Zealand Railways|access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> Today, the line is used by the [[Coastal Pacific]] passenger train, which operates one return journey per day during the summer months. The line is also heavily used by freight trains between Christchurch and the Cook Strait rail ferry at Picton.

[[Woodbourne Airport]] (trading as Marlborough Airport) is the region's main airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marlboroughairport.co.nz/|title=Home – Marlborough Airport|website=www.marlboroughairport.co.nz|access-date=2019-07-01}}</ref> [[Air New Zealand Link]] operates flights from Woodbourne to [[Auckland Airport|Auckland]] and [[Wellington International Airport|Wellington]] and [[Sounds Air]] operates flights from Woodbourne to Wellington and [[Christchurch International Airport|Christchurch Airport]]. Sounds Air also operates flights from [[Picton Aerodrome]] to Wellington.

Port Marlborough at Picton is the region's main seaport. [[Interislander]] and [[StraitNZ|Bluebridge]] both operate roll-on-roll-off ferry services between Picton and Wellington.