Editing Dortmund (section)

==Transportation==

===Road transport===
[[File:Schnettkerbruecke West.jpg|thumb|The Ruhrschnellweg Section East Dortmund]]
Dortmund also serves as a major European and German crossroads for the Autobahnsystem. The [[Bundesautobahn 40|Ruhrschnellweg]] follows old Hanseatic trade routes to connect the city with the other metropolises of the [[Ruhr Area]]. It crosses the [[Netherlands|Dutch]]-German border as a continuation of the Dutch [[A67 motorway (Netherlands)|A67]] and crosses the [[Rhine]], leads through the [[Ruhr valley]] toward [[Bochum]], becoming B&nbsp;1 ([[Bundesstraße 1|Bundesstraße&nbsp;1]]) at the Kreuz Dortmund West and eventually merging into the A&nbsp;44 near [[Holzwickede]]. It has officially been named Ruhrschnellweg (Ruhr Fast Way), but locals usually call it Ruhrschleichweg (Ruhr Crawling Way) or "the Ruhr area's longest parking lot". According to ''Der Spiegel'', it is the most congested motorway in Germany.

Connections to more distant parts of Germany are maintained by Autobahn routes [[Bundesautobahn 1|A1]] and [[Bundesautobahn 2|A2]], which traverse the north and east city limits and meet at the [[Kamener Kreuz]] interchange north-east of Dortmund.
In combination with the Autobahn [[Bundesautobahn 45|A45]] to the west these form the [[Dortmund Beltway]] (''Dortmunder Autobahnring'').

===Cycling===
Cycling in Dortmund is supported by urban planners – an extensive network of cycle paths exists which had its beginnings in the 1980s. Dortmund was admitted to the German "Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle-Friendly Cities and Municipalities in NRW" (AGFS) on August 8, 2007. Dortmund is connected to a number of long-distance cycle paths and a [[Bike freeway]] called the ''Radschnellweg Ruhr'' (Ruhr Area Fast Cycle Path).

===Rail transport===
[[File:HBFDo.JPG|thumb|Dortmund central railway station]]
As with most communes in the Ruhr area, local transport is carried out by a local, publicly owned company for transport within the city, the [[DB Regio]] subsidiary of {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Bahn]]|italic=no}} for regional transport and {{lang|de|Deutsche Bahn|italic=no}} itself for long-distance journeys. The local carrier, [[Dortmunder Stadtwerke]] (DSW21), is a member of the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr]] (VRR) association of public transport companies in the Ruhr area, which provides a uniform fare structure in the whole region. Within the VRR region, tickets are valid on lines of all members as well as DB's [[railway line]]s (except the high-speed [[InterCity]] and [[Intercity-Express]] networks) and can be bought at ticket machines and service centres of DSW21, all other members of VRR, and DB.

The central train station ([[Dortmund Hauptbahnhof]]) is the third largest long-distance traffic junction in Germany. Dortmund has a railway service with {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Bahn]]|italic=no}} [[InterCity]] and [[InterCityExpress|ICE]]-trains stopping at ''[[Dortmund Hauptbahnhof]]'' (Dortmund Main Station). ICE and [[Thalys|TGV Thalys]] high-speed trains link Dortmund with [[Amsterdam]], Brussels (in 2h 30) and Paris (in 3h 50). There are frequent ICE trains to other German cities, including [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Berlin]] and other cities in the Rhein-Ruhr Region.

=== Public transportation ===
For public transportation, the city has an extensive [[Dortmund Stadtbahn|Stadtbahn]] and bus system. The Stadtbahn has eight lines (U41 to U47 and U49) serving Dortmund and the large suburb of [[Lünen]] in the north. The trains that run on the line are in fact lightrails as many lines travel along a track in the middle of the street instead of underground further from the city centre. The minimum service interval is 2.5 minutes, although the usual pattern is that each line runs at 5 to 10 minute intervals. On Sundays the trains run at a 15-minute interval. In April 2008, the newly constructed east–west underground light rail line was opened, completing the underground service in the city centre and replacing the last [[tram]]s on the surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/nrw/art1544,243917|title=Neuer U-Bahn-Tunnel: keine Straßenbahn mehr in Dortmunder City|access-date=2008-08-28|publisher=Oliver Volmerich|date=25 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914092307/http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/nachrichten/nrw/art1544,243917|archive-date=14 September 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

A number of bus lines complete the Dortmund public transport system. [[Night service (public transport)|Night buses]] replace Stadtbahn services between 1:30 am and 7:30 am on weekends and public holidays. The central junction for the night bus service is Reinoldikirche in the city centre, where all night bus lines start and end.

The [[H-Bahn]] at [[Technical University of Dortmund]] is a hanging monorail built specifically to shuttle passengers between the university's two campuses,<ref>{{cite web|title=H-Bahn – Route map|url=http://www.h-bahn.info/en/index.php|access-date=2009-06-03}}</ref> which are now also flanked by research laboratories and other high-tech corporations and startups. A nearly identical monorail system transfers passengers at [[Düsseldorf Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|title=H-Bahn – Sky-Train Düsseldorf|url=http://www.h-bahn.info/en/skytrain.php|access-date=2009-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813110659/http://www.h-bahn.info/en/skytrain.php|archive-date=13 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Air transport===
[[Dortmund Airport]] is a medium-sized, but fast growing airport {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of the city centre at the city limit to [[Holzwickede]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Arriving by car – Dortmund Airport|url=http://www.dortmund-airport.de/24.html?&L=1|access-date=2009-06-03}}</ref> The airport serves the area of the [[Ruhrgebiet]], [[Sauerland]], [[Westphalia]] and parts of the [[Netherlands]] and features flights to Munich, London, Vienna, Porto and a lot of eastern European city and leisure destinations. The airport is served by an express bus to [[Dortmund Hauptbahnhof|Dortmund main station]], a shuttle bus to the nearby railway station ''[[Holzwickede station|Holzwickede]]/Dortmund Flughafen'', a bus to the city's metro line ''U47'', as well as a bus to the city of [[Unna]].

In 2019, the airport served 2,719,563 passengers<ref>{{cite web |title=2,7 Millionen Passagiere am Flughafen Dortmund |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/27-millionen-passagiere-am-flughafen-dortmund |website=aeroTELEGRAPH |access-date=22 February 2020 |language=de-CH |date=6 January 2020}}</ref> mainly used for low-cost and leisure charter flights. The closest intercontinental airport is [[Düsseldorf Airport]].

===Water transport===
[[Dortmund Harbour]] (''Hafen'') is the largest canal harbour in Europe and the 11th fluvial harbour in Germany.

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File:Dortmund Möllerbrücke HDR.jpg|Interchange station Möllerbrücke
File:Clp 20140802 2224 ICE 3 Dortmund Hbf.jpg|[[Intercity Express|ICE]] 3 on the [[Dortmund Hauptbahnhof]]
Einfahrt Stadtbahn U46 in U-Bahnhof Saarlandstraße.JPG|[[Stadtbahnwagen B]] Light Rail Vehicle
File:DSW21 nr 8 U44 Dortmund-Dorstfeld Betriebshof.jpg|[[Bombardier Flexity Classic]] tram
File:Metropolrad.jpg|Metropolrad Ruhr, City Bike
File:062 Blick von der Hörder Brückenstraße auf die Hörder Bahnhofstraße (Panorama).jpg|[[Dortmund-Hörde station|Hörde Bahnhof]] – second biggest in Dortmund
File:West side of dortmund airport terminal.jpg|[[Dortmund Airport]] – Main Terminal (T2)
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