Editing Ashland, Kentucky (section)

===Transportation===
====Air====
Located just northwest of the city in [[Worthington, Kentucky|Worthington]] is the [[Ashland Regional Airport]]. This airport is used for general aviation. The then-named ''Ashland-Boyd County Airport'' opened in 1953 and featured a {{convert|5600|ft|m|abbr=on}}. runway with a {{convert|3000|ft|m|abbr=on}}. clearance.<ref name="HIS_ASHLAND_1954"/>

[[Tri-State Airport]], located in nearby [[Huntington, West Virginia]], provides commercial aviation services for the city.

====Rail====
{{See also|Ashland, Kentucky (Amtrak station)}}
[[Amtrak]] serves Ashland with the three-days-a-week [[Cardinal (train)|''Cardinal'']], connecting [[New York City]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[Charlottesville, VA]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Indianapolis]], and [[Chicago]]. Westbound trains are scheduled to stop Sunday, Wednesday, Friday in the late evening. Eastbound the stops are early morning Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. The Amtrak station is located at the [[Ashland, Kentucky (Amtrak station)|Ashland Transportation Center]], formerly the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] freight depot, located on 15th Street near the [[Ohio River]]. It does not have an Amtrak ticket counter or QuikTrak ticket machine, but E-tickets can be obtained from either Amtrak's [[website]] or [[mobile app]].

The former C&O passenger depot, at 11th Street and Carter Avenue, had been completed in 1925 but abandoned in the 1970s in favor of a downsized depot in nearby [[Catlettsburg, Kentucky|Catlettsburg]].<ref name="HIS_ASHLAND_1954"/> The rail lines to the building have since been removed. Today the building itself serves as the downtown branch of [[PNC Bank]]. Passenger rail service was moved from Catlettsburg to the Ashland Transportation Center in March 1998.

====Bus====
[[File:Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge and Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge|Ben Williamson]] and [[Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge|Simeon Willis]] Memorial Bridges connect Ashland to Southern Ohio]]

[[Greyhound Lines]] is the main provider of intercity bus transportation out of Ashland. It operates out of the [[Ashland Transportation Center]], along with the [[Ashland Bus System]] that provides five local bus routes. Mor'Trans, Licking Valley Community Action, Sandy Valley Transportation Services and Northeast Kentucky Community Action Agency provide connections to Ashland from surrounding counties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Intercity Bus|publisher=Federated Transportation Services of the Bluegrass, Inc.|url=http://www.ftsb.org/intercity-bus-mortrans.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206065210/http://www.ftsb.org/intercity-bus-mortrans.html|archive-date=2022-12-06|date=2024-08-19|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lvcap.com/services/public-transport/|title=Public Transit &#124; LVCAP &#124; SUPPORT ACCESS EDUCATION HEALTH HOPE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nkcaa.net/programs/transportation-services/|title=Transportation Services|website=nkcaa.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.svtransport.org/Intercity/Intercity.html|title=Intercity|website=www.svtransport.org}}</ref>

====Roads====
Ashland is served by [[U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky|US 23]] and [[U.S. Route 60|US 60]], several state routes, and is in close proximity to [[U.S. Route 52|US 52]] and [[Interstate 64]]. The state routes include:
* [[Kentucky Route 5|KY 5]] never enters the city limits of Ashland, however does serve a sizable area surrounding the city.
* [[Kentucky Route 168|KY 168]] crosses through the south Ashland region and is referred to as Blackburn Avenue and South Belmont Street.
* [[Kentucky Route 766|KY 766]] Connects US 60 and 13th Street with [[Kentucky Route 5|KY 5]]
* [[Kentucky Route 1012|KY 1012]] is known as Boy Scout Road.
* [[Kentucky Route 1134|KY 1134]]