Editing Gloucester (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Gloucester c1798.jpg|thumb|Cargo boats, known as [[trow]]s, navigating under a bridge at Gloucester]]

===Roads===
The [[M5 motorway]], opened in 1971, runs east of the city boundary. Junction 12 serves south Gloucester and Quedgeley; junction 11a serves central Gloucester; and junction 11 serves north Gloucester. The [[A38 road|A38]] runs north–south through Gloucester, connecting the city with [[Tewkesbury]] and Bristol. The [[A40 road|A40]] runs west to east, connecting Gloucester with [[Cheltenham]] to the east (via a dual carriageway section known as ''The Golden Valley Bypass'') and the [[Forest of Dean]] and [[South Wales]] to the West. The [[A46 road|A46]] and [[A4173]] links [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], and the [[A417 road|A417]] links [[Cirencester]] in the south-east and [[Ledbury]] in the north-west. Gloucester has a network of [[Cycling infrastructure|cycle paths]].

Until the construction of the [[Severn Bridge]] in 1966, Gloucester was the lowest road bridging point on the river and hence was an important settlement between [[South Wales]] and the southernmost counties of England including London. The Severn has a small [[anabranch]] here to reach [[Alney Island]] and then the main western bank. [[Over Bridge|A bridge at Over]], built by [[Thomas Telford]] in 1829, still stands, notable for its very flat arch, but its fragility and narrowness means it is disused; since 1974, it has been paralleled by a modern bridge. The [[Gloucester to Newport Line]] railway bridge is close to both, the lowest crossing of the UK's longest river until the [[Severn Railway Bridge]] 1879–1960, which was coupled with the [[Severn Tunnel]] in 1886, the present holder of that status.

===Railway===
[[Gloucester railway station]] is served by several [[train operating companies]]:
* [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] operates a route between [[Maesteg railway station|Maesteg]], {{stnlnk|Bridgend}}, [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff Central]], {{stnlnk|Chepstow}} and [[Cheltenham Spa railway station|Cheltenham Spa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Transport for Wales |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=7 January 2024 |url=https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables |quote= |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107041402/https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] operates Cardiff Central – [[Nottingham railway station|Nottingham]] services, via [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=7 January 2024 |url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables |quote= |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121114722/https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] operates services to [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]], [[Swindon railway station|Swindon]], [[Westbury railway station|Westbury]], [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]], Cheltenham, [[Worcester Shrub Hill railway station|Worcester]], [[Great Malvern railway station|Great Malvern]] and [[Weymouth railway station|Weymouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=Great Western Railway |title=Train Times |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=7 January 2024 |url=https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times |quote= |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619135439/https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gloucester was the site of the [[Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company]] railway works, which have now closed. A new station at Hunts Grove has been considered on the southern edge of the city near [[Quedgeley]], as part of ''MetroWest'' plans to extend Bristol commuter services to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |work=Bristol Rail Campaign |title=MetroWest plans extended to Gloucester and Westbury |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=25 June 2020 |url=https://bristolrailcampaign.org.uk/metrowest-plans-extended-to-gloucester-and-westbury/ |quote= |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107090827/https://bristolrailcampaign.org.uk/metrowest-plans-extended-to-gloucester-and-westbury/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Buses and coaches===
Most local buses are run by [[Stagecoach West]], centred at a depot on London Road, with connections to [[Cheltenham]], [[Stroud]], [[Ross-on-Wye]] and other smaller communities. For many years, there were both stopping and express services to [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] and [[Birmingham]] operated by [[Midland Red]] and later [[Midland Red West]], but this connection was lost due to service reductions. [[National Express Coaches]] operate the 444 route to London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloucester Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2024 |access-date=7 January 2024 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/gloucester |quote=}}</ref>

===Canals===
Gloucester is linked to the [[Severn Estuary]] by the [[Gloucester and Sharpness Canal]], which is navigable by small [[Coastal trading vessel|coasters]]. The city is linked to the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]] and [[Stourport-on-Severn]] by the navigable part of the [[River Severn]], which is navigable by river craft of a few hundred tonnes' [[Hull (watercraft)|displacement]]. [[Gloucester Docks]] mark the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the river.<ref>{{URL|1=http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=p&gazString=GLOUCESTER}} ''getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk''</ref> Gloucester was formerly linked to [[Ledbury]] and [[Hereford]] by the [[Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal]]; and subsequently by the [[Ledbury and Gloucester Railway]], which used the southern section of the former canal, until it also closed in 1964. This canal is now being restored and the restored canal basin in the adjacent village of Over is a local attraction.

===Air===
[[File:Aerial of Gloucestershire Airport, Gloucestershire, England 24May2017 arp.jpg|thumb|Gloucestershire Airport in 2017, looking east. On the left is the straight [[A40 road]] and at the bottom the [[M5 motorway]]. [[Innsworth]] and Gloucester are at the top.]]

Commercial airports with scheduled services are [[Bristol Airport|Bristol]], [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]] and [[Cardiff Airport|Cardiff]] 40–60 miles away; global hub [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] is about 100 miles by road and shares with Gloucester its main rail interchange at London Paddington.

[[Gloucestershire Airport]], sited 8 miles east of the city, is a private and special charters airfield.