Editing South East England (section)

==Transport==
[[File:166206 at Redhill.jpg|thumb|[[Redhill railway station|Redhill]] with the diesel [[British Rail Class 166|Class 166]] service run by [[First Great Western]] to [[Reading railway station|Reading]] as the line has not got the [[Third rail electrification]] fully installed on the [[North Downs Line]]]]
[[File:A21Pemburynorthbound.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Most main routes in the region are radials from London. Shown here is the [[A21 road (England)|A21]]. It is one of the major north–south routes connecting London and [[commuter town]]s and the coast]]
[[File:Rail transport infrastructure map - UK - South East England.svg|thumb|Rail transport infrastructure map - UK - South East England]]
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The main road transport routes are along the [[M1 motorway|M1]] through Buckinghamshire; the [[M40 motorway|M40]] through Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; the [[M4 motorway|M4]] through [[Berkshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]]; the [[M2 motorway (Great Britain)|M2 motorway]]/[[A2 road (Great Britain)|A2]] and [[M20 motorway|M20]] through Kent; the [[M23 motorway|M23]] through Surrey and West Sussex; the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3]] through Surrey and Hampshire. All these routes connect to the [[M25 motorway|M25]], which runs near to and occasionally through the region's border with Greater London.

The [[A34 road (England)|A34]] provides a north–south road link through Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. The east–west corridor through the south of the region is provided by the [[A27 road|A27]] and the [[M27 motorway|M27]].

The main intercontinental airport is [[Gatwick Airport]], with regional airports at [[Kent International Airport]] ([[Ramsgate]]), [[Shoreham Airport]] and [[Southampton Airport]]. [[Heathrow Airport]] is in [[Greater London]] but also serves (and is serviced by) the South East region.

The [[Great Western Main Line]] passes through Berkshire, Oxfordshire and southern Buckinghamshire. The [[South Eastern Main Line]] and [[High Speed 1]] pass through Kent; the latter connects to the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The [[Brighton Main Line]] passes through Surrey and West Sussex. The [[North Downs Line]] runs from [[Berkshire]] then through [[Surrey]] to connect with [[Sussex]] and [[Kent]]. The [[West Coast Main Line]] passes through northern Buckinghamshire. The [[Chiltern Main Line]] is a major commuter line between Birmingham and London passing through central Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The [[Port of Dover]] and the port at [[Folkestone]] have many ferry services to [[France]] and though none currently run to [[Belgium]].

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As part of the transport planning system the Regional Assembly is under statutory requirement to produce a Regional Transport Strategy (RTS) to provide long term planning for transport in the region. This involves region wide transport schemes such as those carried out by the [[Highways Agency]] and [[Network Rail]].<ref name=GoE1>
{{cite web |url=http://www.gos.gov.uk/gose/transport/regTransportStrat/?a=42496 |title=Regional Transport Strategy: the National Picture |publisher=[[Government Offices for the English Regions|Government Office for the South East]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719000308/http://www.gos.gov.uk/gose/transport/regTransportStrat/?a=42496 |archive-date=19 July 2006}}</ref> Within the region the local transport authorities carry out transport planning through the use of a [[Local transport plan|Local Transport Plan (LTP)]] which outlines their strategies, policies and implementation programme.<ref name=DfT1>{{cite web |url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/ltp/theltpprocess |title=The LTP Process |publisher=[[Department for Transport]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816091752/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/ltp/theltpprocess |archive-date=16 August 2009}}</ref>

The most recent LTP is that for the period 2006–11. In the South East region the following transport authorities have published their LTP online: 
[[Bracknell Forest]] U.A.,<ref name=BFTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/env-transport-plan.htm |title=Bracknell Forest 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Bracknell Forest Borough Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127001906/http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/env-transport-plan.htm |archive-date=27 January 2008}}</ref> [[Brighton & Hove]] U.A.,<ref name=BaHLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1146323 |title=Brighton and Hove 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Brighton & Hove|Brighton and Hove City Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501034723/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1146323 |archive-date=1 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Buckinghamshire]],<ref name=BkLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/transport/ltp2_enhancing_access.page? |title=Buckinghamshire 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Buckinghamshire|Buckinghamshire County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525203320/http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/transport/ltp2_enhancing_access.page |archive-date=25 May 2011}}</ref> [[East Sussex]],<ref name=ESLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/localtransportplan/default.htm |title=East Sussex 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[East Sussex|East Sussex County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207082116/http://eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/localtransportplan/default.htm |archive-date=7 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hampshire]],<ref name=HmLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hampshire-transport/local-transport-plan.htm |title=Hampshire 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Hampshire County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512175943/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hampshire-transport/local-transport-plan.htm |archive-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Isle of Wight]],<ref name=IoWLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwight.com/living_here/environment/Transport_strategies/apr/ltp2.asp |title=Isle of Wight 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Isle of Wight Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202184233/http://www.iwight.com/living_here/environment/Transport_strategies/apr/ltp2.asp |archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref> [[Kent]],<ref name=KLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.kent.gov.uk/publications/transport-and-streets/ltp-provisional-plan.htm |title=Kent 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Kent County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506212742/http://www.kent.gov.uk/publications/transport-and-streets/ltp-provisional-plan.htm |archive-date=6 May 2009}}</ref> [[Medway]] U.A.,<ref name=MwLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/environment/transplanning/43663.htm |title=Medway 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Medway|Medway Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411200819/http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/environment/transplanning/43663.htm |archive-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> [[Milton Keynes]] U.A.,<ref name=MKLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/transport/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=13775 |title=Milton Keynes 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Milton Keynes Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026054134/http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/transport/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=13775 |archive-date=26 October 2007}}</ref> [[Oxfordshire]],<ref name=OLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council+Services/Roads+and+transport/Plans+and+policies/Local+Transport+Plan/ |title=Oxfordshire 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Oxfordshire County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Portsmouth]] U.A.,<ref name=PmLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk/living/5178.html |title=Portsmouth 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Portsmouth City Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907115827/http://www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk/living/5178.html |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] U.A.,<ref name=RdLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/ltp/GeneralM.asp?id=SX9452-A7817040 |title=Reading 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Reading Borough Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008045654/http://www.reading.gov.uk/ltp/GeneralM.asp?id=SX9452-A7817040 |archive-date=8 October 2009}}</ref> [[Slough]] U.A.,<ref name=SlLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.slough.gov.uk/services/1031.aspx |title=Slough 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Slough Borough Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110926215025/http%3A//www.slough.gov.uk/services/1031.aspx |archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref> [[Southampton]] U.A.,<ref name=ShLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.southampton.gov.uk/transport/transportplanning/localtransportplan/default.asp#0 |title=Southampton 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Southampton City Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920025842/http://www.southampton.gov.uk/transport/transportplanning/localtransportplan/default.asp |archive-date=20 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Surrey]],<ref name=SuLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Surrey%27s+second+Local+Transport+Plan+2006-07+to+2010-11?opendocument |title=Surrey 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Surrey County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927182434/http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Surrey's+second+Local+Transport+Plan+2006-07+to+2010-11?opendocument |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Windsor and Maidenhead]] U.A.,<ref name=WaMLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/ltp_index.htm |title=Windsor and Maidenhead 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Windsor and Maidenhead|Windsor and Maidenhead Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011014319/http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/ltp_index.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref> [[Wokingham (borough)|Wokingham]] U.A.<ref name=WoLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/transport-roads-waste/transport-policy/local-transport-plan-2-2006-2011/ |title=Wokingham 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[Wokingham (borough)|Wokingham Borough Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100518100411/http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/transport-roads-waste/transport-policy/local-transport-plan-2-2006-2011/ |archive-date=18 May 2010}}</ref> and [[West Sussex]].<ref name=WSLTP>{{cite web |url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/your-council/plans--policies--reports-and-initiatives/west-sussex-transport-plan/1--west-sussex-transport-plan-2006-2016/west-sussex-transport-plan---full-version/ |title=West Sussex 2006-11 Local Transport Plan |publisher=[[West Sussex|West Sussex County Council]] |access-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429233208/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/your-council/plans--policies--reports-and-initiatives/west-sussex-transport-plan/1--west-sussex-transport-plan-2006-2016/west-sussex-transport-plan---full-version/ |archive-date=29 April 2009}}</ref>