Editing Wiesbaden (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Roadmap Wiesbaden.png|thumbnail|A map of Wiesbaden with Autobahns, federal roads and main streets]]

===Roads===
Wiesbaden is well connected to the German motorway (''[[Autobahn]]'') system. The [[Wiesbadener Kreuz]] is an Autobahn interchange east of the city where the [[Bundesautobahn 3]] (A 3), [[Cologne]] to [[Würzburg]], and the [[Bundesautobahn 66]] (A 66), [[Rheingau]] to [[Fulda]], meet. With approximately 210,000 cars daily it is one of the most heavily used interchange in Germany. The [[Bundesautobahn 66]] (A 66) connects Wiesbaden with [[Frankfurt]].

The [[Bundesautobahn 643]] (A 643) is mainly a commuter motorway which starts in the south of the city centre, runs through the southern part of Wiesbaden crosses the Rhine via the [[Schierstein Bridge]] and connect in the northwestern part of [[Mainz]] to the A60. The [[Bundesautobahn 671]] (A 671) is a very short motorway in the southeastern part of Wiesbaden which primarily serves as a fast connection between the city centre and the [[Bundesautobahn 60]] to serve the cities like [[Rüsselsheim]], Darmstadt and the [[Rhine-Neckar|Rhine-Neckar region]] (Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg).

The downtown area is bordered on the north side by Taunusstrasse, which has once featured many antique stores.<ref>{{cite book |title= Wiesbaden: For Old Friends and New|last= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|year= 2011|publisher= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|isbn= 978-3-89889-167-7|pages= 10}}</ref> The east side is constrained by Wilhelmstrasse, created by Christian Zais. This 1,000 meter-long street is named after Duke William of Nassau (German Wilhelm), not Emperor Wilhelm II, as many mistakenly believe.<ref>It features a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to hotels to banks.{{cite book |title= Wiesbaden: For Old Friends and New|last= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|year= 2011|publisher= Heinrich-Verlag GmBH|isbn= 978-3-89889-167-7|pages= 11}}</ref>

The streets of central Wiesbaden are regularly congested with cars during rush hour. Besides some areas, especially the [[Ringstraße (Wiesbaden)|Ringroad]] and not directly in the centre, and the southern arterial roads like the [[Mainzer Straße]], [[Biebricher Allee]] and [[Schiersteiner Straße]].

===Rail===
[[File:BD-HauptbahnhofWiesbaden-20130507-IMG 1754.jpg|thumb|[[Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof|Wiesbaden main station]], built between 1904 and 1906]]

[[Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof|Wiesbaden's main railway station]] and several minor railway stops connect the town with [[Frankfurt Central Station|Frankfurt]], [[Darmstadt Central Station|Darmstadt]], [[Mainz Central Station|Mainz]], [[Limburg (Lahn) station|Limburg]], and [[Koblenz Central Station|Koblenz]] via [[Rüdesheim (Rhein) station|Rüdesheim]]. Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof is connected to the [[Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line]] by a 13-kilometer [[Breckenheim–Wiesbaden railway|branch line]]. [[Hamburg Central Station|Hamburg]], [[München Hauptbahnhof|München]], [[Leipzig Central Station|Leipzig]], [[Dresden Central Station|Dresden]], [[Stuttgart Central Station|Stuttgart]], [[Mannheim Central Station|Mannheim]], and [[Hanover Central Station|Hanover]] are connected directly to Wiesbaden via long-distance service of the [[Deutsche Bahn]]. More services to locations outside the immediate area connect through Mainz or [[Frankfurt Airport long-distance station|Frankfurt Airport]] or Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. Regional trains and bus services are coordinated by the [[Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund]].

===Public transport===
[[File:Citaro G II ESWE.jpg|thumb|A bus at Schierstein harbor]]
*'''S-Bahn'''
Wiesbaden is connected to the Frankfurt [[S-Bahn Rhein-Main|S-Bahn]] network and served by three lines ({{ric|Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S1}} {{ric|Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S8}} {{ric|Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S9}}) which connect Wiesbaden with the densely populated [[Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region|Rhine Main Region]]. All routes have an at least 30 minute service during the day, in the rush hour partially every 15 minutes schedule. It provides access to nearby cities such as [[Mainz]], [[Rüsselsheim]], Frankfurt, [[Hanau]], and [[Offenbach am Main]], and smaller towns that are on the way.

*'''Bus'''
The city's public transportation service [[ESWE Verkehr]] connects all city districts to downtown by 45 bus lines in the daytime and 9 bus lines in the night. Five more bus lines, operated by the public transportation service of the city of Mainz, connects Wiesbaden's districts [[Mainz-Kastel|Kastel]] and [[Mainz-Kostheim|Kostheim]] to Mainz downtown.

===Airports===
[[File:AirportFrankfurt fromair 2010-09-19.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Frankfurt Airport]]
*'''[[Frankfurt Airport]]'''
The city can be accessed from around the world via [[Frankfurt Airport]] (''Flughafen Frankfurt am Main'') which is located {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} east of Wiesbaden. The airport has four [[runway]]s and serves 265 non-stop destinations. Run by transport company [[Fraport]] it ranks among the [[world's busiest airports by passenger traffic|world's 10 busiest airports by passenger traffic]] and is the [[World's busiest airports by cargo traffic|second busiest airport by cargo traffic]] in Europe. The airport also serves as a hub for [[Condor Flugdienst|Condor]] and as the main hub for German [[flag carrier]] [[Lufthansa]]. Depending on whether total passengers or flights are used, it ranks second or third busiest in Europe alongside [[London Heathrow Airport]] and [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport]]. Passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport in 2011 was 56.5&nbsp;million.

The airport can be reached by car or train and has two railway stations, one for regional and one for long-distance traffic. The [[S-Bahn]] lines S8 and S9 (direction ''Offenbach Ost'' or ''Hanau Hbf'') departing at the [[Frankfurt Airport Regional Train Station|regional train station]] take 30 minutes from the airport to Wiesbaden Central Station, the [[Intercity-Express|ICE]] trains departing at the [[Frankfurt Airport long-distance station|long-distance railway station]] take also 30 minutes to the central station.

*'''[[Frankfurt Hahn Airport]]'''
Despite the name, Frankfurt Hahn Airport (''Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn'') is not located anywhere near Frankfurt but is instead situated approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the city in [[Lautzenhausen]] ([[Rhineland-Palatinate]]). Hahn Airport was a major base for [[low-cost carrier]] [[Ryanair]]. This airport can be reached by car or bus. The nearest train station is in [[Traben-Trarbach]], it is ca. {{convert|17|km|0|abbr=on}} from the airport, on foot. The roads are not lit.

===Port===
There are small container port operations nearby on the rivers [[Rhine]] and [[Main (river)|Main]].