Editing Salisbury (section)

==Transport==

===Road===
The main transport links for the city are the roads. Salisbury lies on the intersection of the [[A30 road|A30]], the [[A36 road|A36]], and the [[A338 road|A338]], and is at the end of the [[A343 road|A343]], [[A345 road|A345]], [[A354 road|A354]], and [[A360 road|A360]]. Car parks around the periphery of the city are linked to the city centre by a park-and-ride scheme (see details in the bus section below). The A36 forms an almost complete ring road around the city centre. The A3094 comprises the southwestern quadrant of the ring road, passing through the city's outer suburbs.

The lack of adequate roads is a cause of concern to the people of Salisbury as there are no motorway links to the ports of [[Southampton]] and [[Bristol]]. The closest motorway access is at junction 2 of the [[M27 motorway|M27]] at Southampton, and at junction 8 of the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3]] near [[Basingstoke]]. Traffic passes around the city centre on the A36 to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].

===Bus===
[[File:Salisbury bus station 2010.jpg|thumb|Salisbury bus station in 2010 (since closed)]]
There are bus links to [[Southampton]], [[Bournemouth]], Andover, [[Devizes]], and [[Swindon]], with limited services on Sundays. [[Salisbury Reds (bus company)|Salisbury Reds]], a brand of [[Go South Coast]], is the main local operator. Wheelers Travel provide services to [[Shaftesbury]] and Andover, as well as intermediate-distance services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus times |url=http://www.wheelerstravel.co.uk/index.php?p=20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416200931/http://www.wheelerstravel.co.uk/index.php?p=20 |archive-date=16 April 2018 |access-date=16 April 2018 |website=Wheelers Travel}}</ref> Other operators include [[Stagecoach South|Stagecoach]] (Amesbury, Tidworth, Andover) and Beeline (Warminster).

Salisbury has a [[Park and Ride]] bus scheme with five sites around the city. The scheme attempts to relieve pressure on the city centre, but as of 2010, ran at an annual loss of £1&nbsp;million.<ref name="sjpr">{{Cite news |last=Riddle |first=Annie |date=25 February 2010 |title=Park and ride losing £1million |work=Salisbury Journal |url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/5024727.Park_and_ride_losing___1million/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414013025/http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/5024727.Park_and_ride_losing___1million/ |archive-date=14 April 2010}}</ref>

[[Salisbury bus station]], which opened in 1939, closed in January 2014 due to high operating costs and low usage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=4 January 2014 |title=Bus station closes after 75 years |language=en-GB |work=BBC News: Wiltshire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-25603828 |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027003020/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-25603828 |archive-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> Situated in Endless Street, on the northeastern edge of the city centre, the site was later developed into retirement homes, which opened in February 2018.

===Railways===
[[Salisbury railway station]] is the crossing point of the [[West of England Main Line]], from {{stnlink|London Waterloo}} to {{stnlink|Exeter St Davids}}, and the [[Wessex Main Line]] from {{stnlink|Bristol Temple Meads}} to {{stnlink|Southampton Central}}. The station is operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]. [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] hourly trains call from {{stnlink|Cardiff Central}}, Bristol Temple Meads, {{stnlink|Bath Spa}} to Southampton Central and {{stnlink|Portsmouth Harbour}}.