Editing Stoke-on-Trent (section)

== Transport ==
=== Major roads ===
[[File:A50, Longton - geograph.org.uk - 122110.jpg|thumb|A50 close to Longton.]]
Stoke-on-Trent is linked to the nearby [[M6 motorway]] at junctions 15 and 16 by the A500. Locally the [[A500 road|A500]] is known as the ''D road'',<ref name="hanews">{{cite web |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/7474.aspx |publisher=Highways Agency |date=June 2001 |title=Good news for Stoke |access-date=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223117/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/7474.aspx |archive-date=27 September 2007  }}</ref> as its loop between the two motorway junctions, along with the straight section of the M6 between the junctions, resembles the shape of a capital letter D. Coincidentally, the number 500 expressed in [[Roman numerals]] is ''D''.

The [[A50 road|A50]] provides an east–west link between the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and the [[M1 motorway]]; it joins up with the [[A500 road|A500]] close to the [[bet365 Stadium]]. Improvements to the road network have led to the construction of product distribution centres in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/business/economic-development/ |title=Doing Business in Stoke-on-Trent |work=Stoke-on-line |publisher=Stoke-on-Trent City Council |access-date=13 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925204503/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/business/economic-development/ |archive-date=25 September 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Rail ===
[[File:Stoke-PB160864.JPG|thumb|left|[[Stoke-on-Trent railway station]], built 1848.]]
[[Stoke-on-Trent railway station]] is located on the [[Stafford–Manchester line]]. The other railway stations in the city are [[Longport railway station|Longport]] and [[Longton railway station|Longton]] both on the [[Crewe–Derby line]]. [[Etruria railway station|Etruria station]] was closed in September 2005. [[Avanti West Coast]] [[British Rail Class 390|''Pendolino'']] 390029 is named after Stoke-on-Trent.
[[File:Potteries Rail Map.png|thumb|A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent.]]

=== Bus ===
Local public transport is provided almost exclusively by bus. Bus services are mainly operated by [[First Potteries]]. There are also several smaller companies operating bus services in the city, like [[D&G Bus]]. There are central bus stations in Hanley and [[Longton Interchange|Longton]]. [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] operate long-distance coach services from [[Hanley bus station]]. As part of the city's regeneration, a new bus station has been constructed in Hanley, allowing the old one to be demolished, making room for further redevelopment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/transport-and-streets/public-transport/new-bus-station---city-centre/ |title=New City Centre Bus Station |publisher=Stoke-on-Trent City Council |date=March 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216181801/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/transport-and-streets/public-transport/new-bus-station---city-centre/ |archive-date=16 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of January 2015 there are no local authority supported bus services in the city.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smithers |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/12/bus-crisis-councils-cut-services-alarming-rate-campaign-better-transport |title=Bus crisis looms as councils cut services 'at an alarming rate', campaigners say |work=The Guardian, 12 Jan 2015 |date=12 January 2015 |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110020809/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/12/bus-crisis-councils-cut-services-alarming-rate-campaign-better-transport |archive-date=10 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Between 2013/14 and 2023, bus service provision shrank by 50%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-20 |title=Bus cuts: How a city's bus service was quietly cut in half |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64651414 |access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>

=== Canals ===
[[File:Stoke on trent canals.jpg|thumb|Canal on New Leek Road.]]
The city is served by the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]], which sees traffic of some 10,000 boats a year. The [[Caldon Canal]] branches off from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, within the city boundaries, going to [[Froghall]] with one branch going to [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]].

=== Cycling ===
As of November 2009, there are {{convert|77|mi|km|0}} of new [[National Cycle Network]] off-road bicycle paths through the city, connecting to the national long-distance paths which were completed in 2005. Together with those in [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]], there are now over {{convert|100|mi|km|-1}} of cycle paths in the urban conurbation.<ref>[http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/cycle-stoke/ Stoke City Council website, Cycling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128134228/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/cycle-stoke/ |date=28 January 2017 }} Retrieved January 2017</ref> A further £10&nbsp; million of funding has now been secured for the city's cycling network, to be spent in 2009–2011 through [[Cycling England]]'s support for Stoke as a Cycling City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/cycling-cities-towns/|title=Cycling England|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519000604/http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/cycling-cities-towns/|archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref>