Editing Gomel (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2010-built Gomel AKSM-321 trolleybus 1797 on route 1 in 2015.jpg|thumb|right|A [[trolleybus]] in the city centre in 2015]]
The public transportation system uses over 1,000 buses and [[trolleybus]]es. Over 210 million passenger rides were registered in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorod.gomel.by/page.aspx?module=text&page_id=70&section_id=97 |title=Gomel Transportation Statistics (Russian language) |date=2007-12-13 |access-date=2014-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213171337/http://www.gorod.gomel.by/page.aspx?module=text&page_id=70&section_id=97 |archive-date=13 December 2007 }}</ref> [[Taxicab|Taxi]] services ($10 for a one-way intracity ride) are available 24 hours a day. The city is an important railroad hub in the southeastern part of Belarus, as it is situated midway on the [[Minsk]]–[[Kyiv]] rail link. The strategic location of Gomel near the border with Russia and Ukraine provides a direct connection to both countries’ vast railroad networks.

The trolleybus network opened on 20 May 1962<ref name="murray">{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Alan |title=World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia |year=2000 |page=74|publisher=Trolleybooks |location=Yateley, Hampshire, UK |isbn=0-904235-18-1}}</ref> and now consists of 23 routes (not counting variations). On 15 December 2010, following the construction of an [[overhead wire]] network in Egorenko, Sviridov, and Chechersk Streets, a new trackless trolley line opened to the terminus "Klinkowski Neighborhood," which resulted in a change of the trolleybus routes 9, 16, and 17. The length of the network is about {{convert|74|km|0|abbr=on}}, and the total length of the trolleybus routes is {{convert|475|km|0|abbr=on}}. The rolling stock comprises [[ACSM-201]], [[ACSM-321]], MAZ-203T, and ACSM-213 types.
There are more than 60 bus routes totaling {{convert|670|km|0|abbr=on}}, and a number of express routes. The rolling stock consists mainly of MAZ-105, MAZ-107, MAZ-103 buses, and to a lesser extent MAZ-203, MAZ-206, and since 2014, the extra-large-capacity, low-floor [[MAZ-215]]. Express routes use Rodemich-A type buses. The 24 minibus lines use Ford Transit, GAZelle, Mercedes-Benz, and Peugeot vans.

[[Gomel Airport]] is located {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of the city.