Editing Darlington (section)

==Transport==
===Air===
[[Teesside International Airport]] is located {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Darlington town centre; it serves [[County Durham]] and [[North Yorkshire]]. The airport was known as ''Durham Tees Valley Airport'' from 2004 until mid-2019. It has flights to a few domestic locations across the UK and international flights to some locations in Europe. Many private or general aviation flights use the airport. The airport has a Fire Training Centre.

The nearest large airports are [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle]] ({{convert|42|mi|km|abbr=on}}) and [[Leeds Bradford Airport|Leeds Bradford]] ({{convert|62|mi|km|abbr=on}}).

===Railway===
[[File: A transpennine Express departing from Darlington (geograph 7798459).jpg|thumb|A TransPennine Express service at Darlington station]]
[[Darlington railway station]] is a principal stop on the [[East Coast Main Line]]; it is served by four [[train operating companies]]:
* [[London North Eastern Railway]] operates [[inter-city rail|inter-city]] services to {{rws|London Kings Cross}}, {{rws|York}}, {{rws|Durham}}, {{rws|Newcastle}}, {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}, {{rws|Aberdeen}} and {{rws|Inverness}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our timetables |website=LNER |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url=https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-later/timetables/ }}</ref>
* [[TransPennine Express]] runs inter-city services between {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} and Newcastle, via York, {{rws|Leeds}} and {{rws|Manchester Victoria}}<ref>{{Cite web |website=TransPennine Express |title=Timetables |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/timetables }}</ref>
* [[CrossCountry]] operates inter-city services between Edinburgh Waverley, {{rws|Plymouth}} and {{rws|Penzance}}, via Leeds, {{rws|Sheffield}}, {{rws|Derby}}, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} and {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}<ref>{{Cite web |website=CrossCountry |title=Timetables |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/travel-updates-information/train-timetables}}</ref>
* [[Northern Trains]] runs local services on the [[Tees Valley Line]], connecting all of the main settlements along the River Tees, including {{rws|Bishop Auckland}}, {{rws|Middlesbrough}}, {{rws|Redcar Central}} and {{rws|Saltburn}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |website=Northern Railway |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url=https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables }}</ref> Services also stop at {{rws|North Road}}, the town's original station.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/north-road-darlington/ |website=National Rail Enquiries |title=North Road (Darlington) |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>

Darlington railway station has a large [[Victorian era|Victorian]] clock tower, which can be seen from most areas of the town.

===Roads===
Darlington is well connected to the North East's major trunk route, the [[A1(M) motorway|A1(M)]], which bypasses the town to the west. It was completed in 1965, replacing the Great North Road route which is now known as the A167. The town is served by three closely-spaced junctions of the A1(M): junctions 57 ([[A66(M)]]), 58 (A68) and 59 (A167), which is also the access exit for Darlington motorway services (Newton Park), with an on-site filling station, hotel and restaurant. 

The town is also close to other major trunk routes, including the A66 trans-Pennine route connecting Darlington to Stockton-on-Tees and the [[A19 road|A19]].

The £5.9&nbsp;million {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} A66 Darlington eastern bypass opened on 25 November 1985. The Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor, linking the Central Park regeneration zone (Haughton Road) and Darlington town centre to a new roundabout on the A66, was opened in the summer of 2008.

===Buses===
[[File:Arriva Optare Solo buses in Darlington 5 May 2009 pic 1.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva buses in Darlington]]
Bus routes in the town are provided mostly by [[Arriva North East]]; its services connect Darlington to neighbouring towns and cities such as Durham, Bishop Auckland, Richmond, Stockton and Middlesbrough. There are also two smaller independent operators running services: [[Dales & District]] and Hodgsons Buses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/darlington |website=Bustimes.org |title=Darlington bus services |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>

[[Stagecoach North East]] operated originally in the town until 2007, when it sold its operations to Arriva.  Stagecoach returned to Darlington in 2023, following the decision by Arriva to end its service 12 from Hurworth to Middleton St. George and Teesside Airport; it took over this service on 23 September 2023, renumbering it as route 6 (6A on Sundays) and extending it to Stockton, via Eaglescliffe, Yarm and Ingleby Barwick.

===Cycling===
Darlington was chosen by the Department for Transport as one of three national ''Sustainable Travel Demonstration Towns'' (together with Peterborough and Worcester) in 2004 and delivering a three-year research and marketing programme to promote sustainable travel choices under the brand name ''Local Motion''. It was also chosen as one of six cycling demonstration towns in October 2005, receiving £3&nbsp;million worth of funding from the government and local council money.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2005 |title=£3m to make town a more friendly place for cyclists |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7148005.__3m_to_make_town_a_more_friendly_place_for_cyclists/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225130545/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7148005.__3m_to_make_town_a_more_friendly_place_for_cyclists/ |archive-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

The 2007 ''Town Centre Pedestrian Heart Project'', an investment of £10 million, saw some of Darlington's town centre modernised; there was an emphasis on vehicles becoming less common in the centre and some roads pedestrianised completely. Other improvements were to cycling facilities and routes, linking the town to the national cycle route network. Darlington is the only place to win both sustainable travel and cycling demonstration town status.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 2006 |title=Cycling comments needed |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2006/2/2/217551.html |access-date=11 February 2008}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>