Editing Hampshire (section)

==Transport==
{{See also|Transport in South Hampshire}}
===Air===
[[Southampton Airport]], with an accompanying main line [[Southampton Airport Parkway railway station|railway station]], is an international airport situated in the [[Eastleigh (borough)|Borough of Eastleigh]], close to [[Swaythling]] in the city of Southampton. The [[Farnborough Airshow|Farnborough International Airshow]] is a week-long event that combines a major trade exhibition for the [[Aerospace industry|aerospace]] and [[defence industry|defence]] industries with a public [[airshow]]. The event is held in mid-July in even-numbered years at [[Farnborough Airport]]. The first five days (Monday to Friday) are dedicated to trade, with the final two days open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.farnboroughairshow.com/ |title=Farnborough International Airshow 2018 |publisher=Farnborough International Limited |date=7 April 2018 |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422200518/https://www.farnboroughairshow.com/ |archive-date=22 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sea===
Cross-[[English Channel|channel]] and cross-[[Solent]] ferries from Southampton, Portsmouth and Lymington link the county to the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and continental Europe.

===Rail===
The [[South West Main Line]], (operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]) from {{stnlink|London Waterloo}} to {{stnlnk|Weymouth}}, runs through Winchester and Southampton, and the [[Wessex Main Line]] from {{stnlnk|Bristol Temple Meads}} to {{stnlnk|Portsmouth Harbour}} also runs through the county, as does the [[Portsmouth Direct Line]] and the [[West of England line]].

===Road===
[[File:M3 at Basingstoke - geograph.org.uk - 16459.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=busy six lane highway crossing rural hilly landscape|The M3 near Basingstoke]]

The [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]] bisects the county from the southwest, at the edge of the New Forest near Southampton, to the northeast, on its way to connect with the [[M25 Motorway|M25 London orbital motorway]]. At its southern end it links with the [[M27 motorway|M27 south coast motorway]]. The construction of the [[Twyford Down]] cutting near Winchester caused major controversy by cutting through a series of ancient trackways and other features of archaeological significance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1994/dec/02/twyford-down |title=Twyford Down |author=John Denham |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |date=2 December 1994 |access-date=18 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227185236/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1994/dec/02/twyford-down |archive-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=live|author-link=John Denham (politician)}}</ref> The M27 serves as a bypass for the major conurbations and as a link to other settlements on the south coast. Other important roads include the [[A27 road|A27]], [[A3 road|A3]], [[A31 road|A31]], [[A34 road|A34]], [[A36 road|A36]] and [[A303 road|A303]].

The county has a high level of car ownership, with only 15.7 per cent having no access to a private car compared with 26.8 per cent for England and Wales. The county has a lower than average use of trains (3.2 compared with 4.1 per cent for commuting) and buses (3.2 to 7.4 per cent), but a higher than average use of bicycles (3.5 to 2.7 per cent) and cars (63.5 to 55.3 per cent).<ref>Hampshire County Council, 2005. [http://www.hants.gov.uk/factsandfigures/ Facts and Figures website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406023323/http://www.hants.gov.uk/factsandfigures/ |date=6 April 2005 }}.</ref>

===Inland waterways===
Hampshire formerly had several canals,<ref name=Gaz1868 /> but most of these have been abandoned and their routes built over. The [[Basingstoke Canal]] has been extensively restored, and is now navigable for most of its route, but the [[Salisbury and Southampton Canal]], [[Andover Canal]] and [[Portsmouth and Arundel Canal]] have all disappeared. Restoration of the [[Itchen Navigation]], linking Southampton and Winchester, primarily as a wildlife corridor, began in 2008.