Editing Bern (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Bern tram and cathedral.png|thumb|right|[[Trams in Bern|Tram]] on the Kirchenfeldbrücke, with the [[Bern Minster]] and Casino Bern in the background]]
{{Main|BERNMOBIL|Trams in Bern|Trolleybuses in Bern|Bern S-Bahn}}

=== Public transport ===
Bern is served by a dense network of trains, [[Trams in Bern|trams]], [[Trolleybuses in Bern|trolleybuses]], and conventional motorbuses. The [[Bern S-Bahn]] is Switzerland's second busiest.

Bern is the centre of the [[Libero-Tarifverbund|Libero tariff network]], which covers the cantons of Bern and [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]] and includes the towns of [[Biel/Bienne]], [[Solothurn]], and [[Thun]]. The network allows easy and coordinated travel on all modes of public transport, such as trains, [[PostBus Switzerland|PostAuto buses]], [[Trams in Bern|trams]], buses ([[Trolleybuses in Bern|trolleybuses]] and motorbuses) and others, regardless of transport operator. Fares are based on the number of zones in a journey. The central part of Bern, (excluding ''[[Bümpliz]]'', ''Betlehem'', ''Bottigen'', ''Brünnen'', and ''Riedbach'' in the west of the municipality), is part of the fare zone ''100''.
[[File:Bern Hauptbahnhof (2014).jpg|thumb|[[Bern railway station]]]]
The city is well served by railways, with the extensive S-Bahn network and many regional and international connections. [[Bern railway station|Bern's central railway station]] (''Bahnhof Bern'') is Switzerland's second busiest station (164,800 passengers per weekday in 2022), and is the main transport hub in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ein- und Aussteigende an Bahnhöfen |trans-title=Boarding and alighting at train stations |url=https://data.sbb.ch/explore/dataset/passagierfrequenz/table/?disjunctive.kt_ct_cantone&disjunctive.isb_gi&sort=dwv_tmjo_tfm&refine.jahr_annee_anno=2022 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=data.sbb.ch |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A [[funicular railway]] called the [[Marzili Funicular|Marzilibahn]] leads from the ''Marzili'' district to the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland|Federal Palace]]. With a length of {{convert|106|m|0|abbr=on}}, it is the second shortest public railway in Europe after the [[Zagreb funicular]].

=== Road traffic ===
[[List of Aar bridges in Bern|Several Aare bridges]] connect the old parts of the city with the newer districts outside of the peninsula.

Bern is well connected to other cities by several [[Autobahns of Switzerland|motorways]] ([[A1 (Switzerland)|A1]], [[A12 motorway (Switzerland)|A12]], [[A6 motorway (Switzerland)|A6]]).

=== Airport ===
[[Bern Airport]] (colloquially called ''Bern-Belp'' or ''Belpmoos'') located outside the city near the town of [[Belp]], as of March 2021 mostly serves [[general aviation]] and charter flights. [[Zurich Airport]], [[Geneva Airport]] and [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]] serve as gateways for air traffic, all reachable in less than two hours by [[SBB CFF FFS|train]] or car from Bern.

=== Bicycle transport ===
The city has made efforts to make Bern the "bicycle capital" of Switzerland through the creation of better infrastructure, such as dedicated cycle paths.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Velohauptrouten|url=https://www.bern.ch/velohauptstadt/infrastruktur/velohauptrouten|access-date=18 March 2021|website=Stadt Bern|language=de|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414231941/https://www.bern.ch/velohauptstadt/infrastruktur/velohauptrouten|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Interlanguage link|PubliBike|lt=PubliBike|de}} operates a bike-sharing system.