Editing Gelsenkirchen (section)

=== Transport ===
Gelsenkirchen lies on [[autobahn]]s [[Bundesautobahn 2|A 2]], [[Bundesautobahn 40|A 40]], [[Bundesautobahn 42|A 42]] and [[Bundesautobahn 52|A 52]], as well as on Bundesstraßen (Federal Highways) B 224, B 226 and B 227. [[Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof]] (central station) lies at the junction of the [[Duisburg–Dortmund railway|Duisburg–Dortmund]], the [[Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway|Essen–Gelsenkirchen]] and the [[Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway|Gelsenkirchen–Münster]] lines.

The [[Rhine–Herne Canal]] has a commercial-industrial harbour in Gelsenkirchen. {{Interlanguage link|Gelsenkirchen Harbour|de|3=Hafen Gelsenkirchen}} has a yearly turnover of 2 million tonnes and a water surface area of about {{convert|1.2|km²|1|abbr=off}}, one of Germany's biggest and most important canal harbours, and is furthermore connected to [[Deutsche Bahn]]'s railway network at Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof.

Local transport in Gelsenkirchen is provided by the [[Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen|Bochum/Gelsenkirchen tramway network]] and buses run by the [[BOGESTRA|Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahn AG]] (BOGESTRA), as well as by buses operated by Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH in the city's north (despite its name, it nowadays runs only buses). Some [[Stadtbahn]] and tram lines are operated by {{Interlanguage link|Ruhrbahn|de}}. All these services have an integrated fare structure within the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr|VRR]]. There are three tram lines, one light rail line, and about 50 bus routes in Gelsenkirchen.