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==Transport== [[File:Cagliari - Statua Carlo Felice.jpg|thumb|The statue of King Carlo Felice in Piazza Yenne, the starting point for all of Sardinia's main roads.]] ===Airport=== The city is served by the [[Cagliari Elmas Airport|Cagliari-Elmas International Airport]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sogaer.it/it/ |title=Cagliariairport - it |publisher=Sogaer.it |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref> located a few kilometres from the centre of Cagliari. It is the 13th [[List of the busiest airports|busiest aeroport in Italy]] by passengers traffic with around 4,370,000 passengers in 2018. A railway line connects the city to the airport; walkways join the railway station to the air terminal. The terminal is also connected to the city by highway SS 130 and by a bus service run by the ARST company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arst.sardegna.it/index.html |title=ARST - - Home |language=it |publisher=Arst.sardegna.it |access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref> to the central bus station in Matteotti square, in the centre of the city. There are other airports not too far from the city: Deciomannu Airport, a [[NATO]] military airport and three fields for air sports, Serdiana (used in particular for skydiving<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skydivesardegna.com/en/ |title=Skydive Sardegna en |publisher=Skydivesardegna.com |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805052651/http://www.skydivesardegna.com/en/ |archive-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>), Castiadas and Decimoputzu. ===Roads=== [[File:Cable-stayed bridge of the Monserrato University Campus interchange.JPG|thumb|Cable-stayed bridge of the Monserrato University Campus interchange SS 554. This bridge is named after police officer Emanuela Loi, who lost her life in the line of duty, alongside four of her colleagues, on the day of the [[Via D'Amelio bombing]] in [[Palermo]], which also claimed the life of anti-mafia magistrate [[Paolo Borsellino]].]] The following national roads begin in Cagliari: *[[File:Strada Statale 131 Italia.svg|35px]] [[File:Italian traffic signs - strada europea 25.svg|30px]] ''Carlo Felice'' to Sassari - Porto Torres (motorway-like until Oristano) and to Olbia (SS131 Central Nuorese Branch). *[[File:Strada Statale 130 Italia.svg|35px]] ''Iglesiente'', to Iglesias and Carbonia. *[[File:Strada Statale 125 Italia.svg|35px]] ''Orientale Sarda'', which connects Cagliari to Tortolì and Olbia, ending in [[Palau, Sardinia|Palau]], across from Corsica. *[[File:Strada Statale 195 Italia.svg|35px]] ''Sulcitana'', connecting Cagliari with Sulcis along the coast. *[[File:Strada Statale 554 Italia.svg|35px]] ''Cagliaritana'' *[[File:Strada Statale 387 Italia.svg|35px]] ''del Gerrei'', to Ballao and Ogliastra. *''Provincial Road 17'' connects Poetto [[Villasimius]]. ===Ports=== The port of Cagliari is divided in two sector, the old port and the new international [[container terminal]]. The port system of Cagliari-Sarroch is the third for freight traffic in Italy with a movement of about 38 million tons in 2017.<ref>http://www.porto.cagliari.it/images/pdf/dati-2014{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} st.pdf</ref> Cagliari has scheduled services by passenger ship to [[Civitavecchia]], [[Naples]] and [[Palermo]]. In Cagliari there are also two other small touristic ports, ''Su Siccu'' (Lega Navale) and ''Marina Piccola''. ===Railways=== {{See also|Cagliari railway station}} [[File:D2.08 Bf Genneruxi, ET 06.jpg|thumb|MetroCagliari]] The [[Ferrovie dello Stato]] railway station in Cagliari has services to [[Iglesias, Sardinia|Iglesias]], [[Carbonia, Sardinia|Carbonia]], [[Olbia]], [[Golfo Aranci]], [[Sassari]] and [[Porto Torres]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trenitalia.com/ |title=Acquista il biglietto con le nostre offerte |publisher=Trenitalia.com |access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> The nearby commune of [[Monserrato]] is the terminal railway station of a [[narrow gauge]] line to [[Arbatax]] and [[Sorgono]]. ===Urban and suburban mobility=== Bus and [[trolleybus]] services, managed by CTM<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctmcagliari.it/ |title=CTM Cagliari |publisher=Ctmcagliari.it |access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> (more than 30 lines) and ARST,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arst.sardegna.it/index.html |title=ARST - - Home |publisher=Arst.sardegna.it |access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> connect internal destinations in the city and in the metropolitan area; Cagliari is one of the few Italian cities with an extensive [[Trolleybuses in Cagliari|trolleybus network]], whose fleet was fully renewed with new vehicles in 2012–2016. A [[light rail]] service, [[Cagliari light rail|MetroCagliari]], operates between Piazza Repubblica and the new university campus near [[Monserrato]] (line 1) and from [[Monserrato]] San Gottardo and [[Settimo San Pietro]] (line 2). A line between Piazza Repubblica and Piazza Matteotti, the city transport hub (with train, urban and extra-urban bus stations), is planned. [[Trenitalia]], the primary train operator in Italy, operates a metro train service between Cagliari Central Station and [[Decimomannu]], which connects the airport with the city center. A public bike-sharing service is operating with pick-up points at Via Sonnino - Palazzo Civico, Piazza Repubblica, Piazza Giovanni 23, and Marina Piccola.
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