Editing Eisenach (section)

=== Transport ===
[[File:Thuringia Eisenach asv2020-07 img32 Railway station.jpg|thumb|Eisenach Hauptbahnhof (Hbf)]]
[[File:Eisenach-4.jpg|thumb|A tram at Marktplatz in 1974]]
[[File:Rennsteig.JPG|thumb|The "R" is the symbol of the [[Rennsteig]] hiking trail in the Thuringian Forest, which starts in Eisenach.]]

Eisenach is connected by the [[Thuringian Railway]] to [[Erfurt]] and [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]/[[Leipzig]] to the east and to [[Kassel]] and [[Frankfurt]] to the west. Furthermore, there is the [[Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway|Werra Railway]], a former main-line railway between north and south Germany from Eisenach via [[Meiningen]] to [[Eisfeld]], which since the division of Germany after World War II has served only for regional transport. At the former inner German border, it is still interrupted between Eisfeld and [[Coburg]], but rebuilding is in discussion. [[Eisenach Hauptbahnhof]] is a stop of all long-distance trains from Frankfurt to Leipzig/[[Dresden]], running once an hour. Local trains, also once an hour, start in Eisenach to Halle via Erfurt, to [[Sonneberg]] via Meiningen and Eisfeld and to [[Bebra]] via [[Gerstungen]]. Freight transport is important at Eisenach's Opel factory which has its own terminal. Further local passenger stations are Eisenach-West, Eisenach-Opelwerk and Hörschel.

Eisenach is located on the [[Bundesautobahn 4]] from Frankfurt in the west to Erfurt and Dresden in the east. Since 2010, the Autobahn has been moved to a new route farther away from the town to protect the residents from noise and air pollution. Moreover, it was not possible to expand the old route because of the mountainous topography. After 2010, parts of the old route became a town highway, whereas other parts were renaturalized. A second Autobahn between Eisenach and Kassel is in construction ([[Bundesautobahn 44]]). There are four [[Bundesstraße]]n connecting Eisenach: The [[Bundesstraße 7]] runs to Kassel in the north-west, whereas its eastern branch to [[Gotha]] was annulled in 2010. The [[Bundesstraße 19]] leads to Meiningen in the south, the [[Bundesstraße 84]] to [[Bad Langensalza]] in the north-east and to [[Fulda]] via [[Vacha, Germany|Vacha]] in the south-west and the [[Bundesstraße 88]] is a connection to [[Ilmenau]] in the south-east. Furthermore, there are two important secondary roads to [[Mühlhausen]] via [[Mihla]] in the north and to [[Herleshausen]] in the west through the Hörsel valley. Downtown traffic is concentrated on Rennbahn street, which often leads to congestion due to a large number of commuters and the town's narrow topography.

The next local airports are the [[Erfurt-Weimar Airport]], about {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}} to the east and the [[Kassel Calden Airport]], roughly {{convert|90|km|0|abbr=on}} to the north-west. Both offer service to tourist destinations. The next major international airport is [[Frankfurt Airport]], circa {{convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south-west. Kindel Airfield, {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Eisenach, is a former Soviet military base, today used for private aviation.

Biking is getting more and more popular since the construction of quality cycle tracks began in the 1990s. Long distance trails include the ''Werra trail'', the ''[[Rennsteig]] trail'' and the ''Radweg Thüringer Städtekette'' ("Thuringian town string trail"). These all connect points of touristic interest, the first along the [[Werra]] valley from the [[Thuringian Forest]] to the [[Weser]] river in [[Hann. Münden]], the second through the Thuringian Forest along its crest to the [[Saale]] river near [[Hof, Bavaria|Hof]] and the third follows near the medieval [[Via Regia]] from the Werra valley/Eisenach via Gotha, Erfurt and [[Weimar]] to [[Altenburg]].

Public transport in Eisenach is by a bus network servicing the downtown areas as well as the neighbouring towns and villages. The three-line tramway system of Eisenach was in operation between 1897 and 1975.