Editing Lancaster, Lancashire (section)

===Road===
[[File:King Street, Lancaster, with the castle in the background - geograph.org.uk - 945333.jpg|thumb|King Street, with the castle in the background]]
The [[A6 road (England)|A6 road]], one of the main historic north–south roads in England, passes through the city centre, with northbound and southbound traffic on separate streets, and crosses the Lune at [[Greyhound Bridge]] northbound and [[Skerton Bridge]] southbound (these are the two furthest-downstream road crossing points of the Lune).<ref name=citymap /> The road leads south to [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Chorley]] and [[Manchester]] and north to [[Carnforth]], [[Kendal]], [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] and [[Carlisle]]. 

The [[M6 motorway]] passes to the east of Lancaster with junctions 33 and 34 to the south and north. The [[Heysham to M6 Link Road|Bay Gateway]], a dual carriageway opened in 2016, links Heysham to the M6.<ref name=itvnews>{{Cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-10-31/heysham-link-road-opens/ |title=Heysham link road opens |website=ITV News |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721214427/https://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2016-10-31/heysham-link-road-opens/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lancaster's main bus operator, [[Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]], operates network of services from [[Lancaster bus station]] throughout the Lancaster District and services to more distant places such as [[Kendal]], [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and [[Blackpool]]. There are buses to [[Lancaster University]], the No. 1 and No. 1A services run every 10–15 minutes using double-deckers, with less frequent services 4, 41 and 42.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/cumbria-and-north-lancashire/lancaster-network-change-jan-2019 |title=Lancaster Network Change Jan 2019 |access-date=18 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121338/https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/cumbria-and-north-lancashire/lancaster-network-change-jan-2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other routes are covered by Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire, including the 582 to [[Kirkby Lonsdale]], Settle and [[Skipton]] and the 89 to [[Knott End-on-Sea]].