Editing Plovdiv (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Plovdiv Railway Station TB 1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Plovdiv Central railway station]].]]
Plovdiv's geographical position makes it an international transport hub. Three of the ten [[Pan-European corridors]] run into or near the city: Corridor IV ([[Dresden]]–[[Bucharest]]–[[Sofia]]-Plovdiv-[[Istanbul]]), Corridor VIII ([[Durrës]]-Sofia-Plovdiv-[[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]/[[Burgas]]), and [[Pan-European Corridor X|Corridor X]] ([[Salzburg]]–[[Belgrade]]-Plovdiv-Istanbul).<ref name="trans">[http://www.plovdivsite.hit.bg/index_files/Page1439.htm Transport in Plovdiv] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704160240/http://www.plovdivsite.hit.bg/index_files/Page1439.htm |date=4 July 2010 }}.</ref><ref>See the [[:File:Paneuropetransport.png|map]].</ref> A major tourist centre, Plovdiv lies at the foot of the [[Rhodope Mountains]], and most people wishing to explore the mountains choose it as their trip's starting point.

The city is a major road and railway hub in southern Bulgaria with<ref>{{Cite book |title=Пътеводител България |publisher=ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК |location=София |pages=143–144 |language=bg |isbn=954-9942-32-5 |year=2002 |author=avtori Evgeni Dinchev ...|display-authors=etal}}</ref> the [[Trakia motorway]] (A1) only {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the north. It lies on the important national route from Sofia to Burgas via Stara Zagora. First-class roads lead to Sofia to the west, [[Karlovo]] to the north, [[Asenovgrad]], [[Kardzhali]] to the south, and [[Stara Zagora]] and [[Haskovo]] to the east. There are [[intercity bus]]es which link Plovdiv with cities and towns all over the country and many European countries. They are based in three [[bus station]]s: South, Rodopi, and North.

Railway transport in the city dates back to 1872 when it became a station on the [[Lyubimets]]–[[Belovo, Bulgaria|Belovo]] railway line. There are railway lines to Sofia, [[Panagyurishte]], Karlovo, [[Peshtera]], Stara Zagora, [[Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria|Dimitrovgrad]], and Asenovgrad. There are three [[railway station]]s:{{spaced ndash}} [[Plovdiv Central railway station|Plovdiv Central]], Trakia, and Filipovo{{spaced ndash}} as well as a freight station.<ref name="trans"/>

[[File:Bus in Plovdiv 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Bus in Plovdiv]]
[[File:AG280T07.jpg|thumb|left|Trolleybus in Plovdiv]]
Plovdiv has a large public transport system<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snimka.bg/album.php?album_id=47688 |title=A map of the Plovdiv Public transport |publisher=Snimka.bg |access-date=3 July 2011 |archive-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115112608/http://www.snimka.bg/album.php?album_id=47688 |url-status=live }}</ref> including around 30 main and 2 extra bus lines. However, there are no [[tram]]s in the city, and the [[Trolleybuses in Plovdiv|Plovdiv trolleybus system]] was closed in autumn 2012.<ref>''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 308 (March–April 2013), p. 47. National Trolleybus Association (UK). {{ISSN|0266-7452}}.</ref> Six bridges span the [[Maritsa]] river including a railway bridge and a [[covered bridge]]. There are important road junctions to the south, southwest, and north.
[[File:Velomap plovdiv.png|thumb|right|Map of Plovdiv's [[cycling infrastructure]]<br />Green: built<br />Orange: planned]]
Plovdiv has a well-developed cycling infrastructure which covers almost all districts of the city. The total length of the cycling roads is {{convert|60|km|abbr=off}} ({{convert|48|km|abbr=off}} are completed and {{convert|12|km|abbr=off}} are under construction). The city has a total of 690 bike parkings.

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The number of registered private automobiles in the city increased from 178,104 in 2005 to 234,298 in 2009.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913051228/http://www.nsi.bg/spagebg.php?SHP=31 "Statistics of the European Cities{{spaced ndash}} City of Plovdiv] (in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]).</ref> There are around 658 cars per 1,000 inhabitants<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708190611/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?ab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tgs00089&language=en "Eurostat. Transport in Urban Audit cities, core city"].</ref>
[[File:Pldairportjpg.jpg|right|thumb|[[Plovdiv Airport]].]]
[[Plovdiv International Airport]] is near the village of [[Krumovo]], {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of the city. It takes charter flights from Europe and has scheduled services with Ryanair to London Stansted and Dublin and S7 to Moscow. Wizz Air have services to London Luton, Dortmund, and Munich West.Many small airports are in the city's surroundings, including the [[Graf Ignatievo Air Base]] in [[Graf Ignatievo]] to the north of Plovdiv.

The [[Bulgarian International Air Festival|BIAF Airshow]] is held every two years on the [[Krumovo]] airbase and is one of the biggest airshows in the Balkans.{{citation needed|date=August 2012|reason=particularly for the "one of the biggest...in the balkans" assertion}}