Editing Covent Garden (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Covent Garden stn building.JPG|alt=Covent Garden Underground Station|thumb|The 1907 [[London Underground]] tube station]]

[[Covent Garden tube station]] is situated on the corner of [[Long Acre]] and James Street. It is served by [[Piccadilly line]] trains, which link the area directly to important Central London destinations including [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station|King's Cross St Pancras]], [[South Kensington]], and [[Heathrow Airport]] ({{Rint|air}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf |title=London's Rail and Tube Services |website=[[Transport for London]] |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125210513/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The station opened in 1907, and is one of the few in Central London for which platform access is only by lift or stairs.<ref>{{cite book |author=Oliver Green |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2CHCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT132 |title=The Tube: Station to Station on the London Underground |date=20 November 2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-7478-1287-6 |page=132 |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729180935/https://books.google.com/books?id=b2CHCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT132 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The journey from Covent Garden to Leicester Square is London's shortest tube journey, at less than 300 yards. [[Leicester Square tube station]] is on the Piccadilly and [[Northern line|Northern]] lines. The Northern line links Covent Garden directly to destinations such as [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]], [[Euston railway station|Euston]], and [[Camden Town]].<ref name="short" />

Other nearby tube stations include [[Charing Cross tube station|Charing Cross]], [[Embankment tube station|Embankment]], and [[Holborn tube station|Holborn]]. [[Charing Cross railway station|Charing Cross]] is the nearest [[National Rail]] ('mainline') station to Covent Garden.<ref name="short" />

More than 30 [[London Buses]] routes run along Covent Garden's perimeters, although no routes run directly through Covent Garden following the permanent withdrawal of the [[London Buses route RV1|RV1]] route in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9898 |title=TfL confirms RV1 will be axed in central London bus changes |website=London SE1 |language=en |access-date=2020-02-18 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234959/https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9898 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coventgarden.uk.com/getting/Covent-Garden-by-bus.html |title=Getting to Covent Garden by bus |publisher=Covent Garden London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502030154/http://www.coventgarden.uk.com/getting/Covent-Garden-by-bus.html |archive-date=2 May 2016 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref>

The [[Quietway|Quietway 1]] cycle route passes through Covent Garden. The route is signposted and runs on quieter roads or [[Contraflow lane|contraflow]] [[Bike lane|cycle lanes]]. The route runs northbound towards the [[Bloomsbury]], and southbound to the [[Strand, London|Strand]] and [[Waterloo Bridge]], via [[Bow Street]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/cycle |title=Cycle |website=[[Transport for London]] |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127041719/https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/cycle |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Santander Cycles]] [[Bicycle-sharing system|bike sharing scheme]] operates in Covent Garden, with several docking points throughout the area.<ref name=":0" />