Editing Duisburg (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Rhine river 3.PNG|thumb|Watershed of the Rhine]]

=== Duisburg Port ===
[[Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duisport.de/?lang=en/ |title=Führende Logistikdrehscheibe in Zentraleuropa – Duisburger Hafen AG |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> is the city's inland port. It is officially regarded as a seaport because seagoing river vessels go to ports in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Numerous docks are mostly located at the mouth of the Ruhr where it joins the Rhine.

Each year more than 40 million tonnes of various goods are handled with more than 20,000 ships calling at the port. The public harbour facilities stretch across an area of {{convert|7.4|km2|1|abbr=out}}. There are 21 docks covering an area of {{convert|1.8|km2|1|abbr=on}} and {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=off}} of wharf. The area of the Logport Logistic Center Duisburg stretches across an area of {{convert|2.65|km2|2|abbr=on}}. With 2.5 million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]] it is also the largest inland container port, based on 2011 figures.<ref>[http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2012/index.php Top 100 Container Ports 2012] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604022703/http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/informa/ci_top100ports2012/index.php |date=4 June 2013}}</ref> A number of companies run their own private docks and 114 million tonnes of goods yearly (2010) are handled in Duisburg in total.

=== Roads ===
Duisburg is served by several [[autobahn]]s, with 3 east–west routes and 2 north–south routes. [[Bundesautobahn 3|A3]] forms a bypass east of the city and mostly serves through traffic. [[Bundesautobahn 59|A59]] runs parallel to A3 and serves the city from north to south with 14 interchanges, much more than most other cities in the Ruhr area. The [[Bundesautobahn 40|A40]] and [[Bundesautobahn 42|A42]] are two east–west routes that serve central and northern Duisburg. Autobahn A40 also serves major through traffic from the Netherlands to Berlin and points east. A short spur, [[Bundesautobahn 524|A524]] serves southern Duisburg. Most Autobahns have six lanes or are upgraded to six lanes (A59).

Apart from the autobahns, no [[Bundesstraße]]n serve the city directly. [[Bundesstraße 8|B8]] runs through the city, but uses A59's alignment. B288 runs in the extreme south of the city, and serves traffic to and from [[Krefeld]]. Several bridges span the Rhine, most prominently the A40 and A42 bridges, but also the L287 [[suspension bridge]] and the L237 [[arch bridge]], a three-lane bridge with 2 lanes per peak direction with dynamic lane usage.

=== Public transport ===
[[Duisburg Hauptbahnhof]] is served by the [[Intercity-Express|InterCityExpress]] and [[InterCity]] long-distance network of the [[Deutsche Bahn]], in addition line {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|1}} of the [[Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] line connects Duisburg with other cities of the [[Rhine-Ruhr]] area.

The [[Duisburg Stadtbahn]], the [[Trams in Duisburg|Duisburg tramway network]], and a bus system, all operated by the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft, provide local services. Stadtbahn line U79, the so-called "D-Bahn" ("D-Line"), connects to the neighbouring city of [[Düsseldorf]] and is operated jointly with the [[Rheinbahn]] of Düsseldorf. All S-Bahn, Stadtbahn, and bus lines operate under the umbrella of the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr]].