Editing Celle (section)

===Transport===

==== Rail ====
Celle lies on the [[Hanover–Hamburg railway|Hanover – Celle – Uelzen – Lüneburg – Hamburg line]]. [[InterCity|Intercity (IC)]] trains to Hanover and Hamburg stop hourly at the station as do individual [[Intercity-Express|ICE]] trains during the rush hour. [[Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft|metronom]] trains link Celle to Uelzen, Hanover and Göttingen as part of the regional transport network. Celle is the terminus for routes S&nbsp;6 and S&nbsp;7 of the [[Hanover S-Bahn]].

The section between Celle and [[Großburgwedel]] was built in the 1920s as a high-speed line for testing and record journeys across the heath-like, so-called Wietzenbruch. It was nicknamed the Hare Railway (''Hasenbahn'') due to its environment which was devoid of habitation and the numerous hares killed on the line in its early days. In 1965 this section via [[Langenhagen]] was electrified for the TEE and IC services from Hamburg to Hanover, in order to save routing them via Lehrte and having to change direction in Hanover. Later it was upgraded for traffic operating regularly at {{convert|200|km/h|0|abbr=on}}.
Formerly there were railway links from Celle via [[Schwarmstedt]] to [[Bremen]] ([[Aller Valley Railway]]) and via Plockhorst to [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]]; these were closed in the 1970s and have largely been dismantled. In 2004 the last remaining branch line from [[Gifhorn]] to Celle via [[Wienhausen]], that was still used in places for goods traffic, was finally closed and work on lifting the line in the area of the town has begun.

The [[East Hanoverian Railways]] run goods trains on several branch lines in the Celle area, including those to [[Wittingen]], [[Soltau]] and [[Munster (Örtze)|Munster]]. Occasionally [[heritage train]]s and specials also run on these lines.

The [[Lehrte–Celle railway]] is an important route for goods trains and was converted in 1998 into a modern S-Bahn line.

A tramway network of 2 lines had been operated since 1907 by the Celler Straßenbahn but this was closed and dismantled between 1954 and 1956.

====Road====
Important links are:

* North-south: the [[Bundesstraße 3|B 3]] running north to [[Soltau]]/[[Hamburg]] and south to [[Hanover]]
* Southeast-west: the [[Bundesstraße 214|B 214]] running southeast to [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and west to [[Nienburg/Weser|Nienburg]]
* Northeast: the [[Bundesstraße 191|B 191]] to [[Uelzen]]/[[Lüneburg]]/[[Ludwigslust]]
* [[Landesstraße]] 310 via Fuhrberg southwest to the junction at Mellendorf on the [[Bundesautobahn 7|A 7]] motorway
* Landesstraße 282 east-northeast via [[Beedenbostel]], [[Eldingen]] and [[Steinhorst (Niedersachsen)|Steinhorst]] to [[Wittingen]]
* Landesstraße 180 via [[Winsen (Aller)]] west-northwest to the motorway services of ''Raststätte Allertal'', on the [[Bundesautobahn 7|A 7]]

====Air====
[[File:Luftbrueckendenkmal Celle.jpg|thumb|upright|The Berlin Airlift memorial at [[Celle Air Base]]]]
[[Hannover-Langenhagen Airport|Hanover-Langenhagen airport]] with international flight connections is about {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=off}} away.

The [[Celle Air Base|Army airfield at Celle]] is 4.5&nbsp;kilometres southwest of the town centre on the edge of the district of [[Wietzenbruch]]. Operated as [[RAF Celle]] after the [[Second World War]], it was from here in 1948–49 that supply flights to Berlin took off as part of the [[Berlin Airlift]]. Today the airfield is mainly used by the Army Aviation School (''Heeresfliegerwaffenschule'') as a training airfield for helicopter pilots.<br/>
Celle-Arloh airfield near the district of Scheuen is a recreational airfield. It also offers round trips over the town of Celle and the Lüneburg Heath. There is also a glider airfield at Scheuen.

====Water====
Celle [[harbour]] is only used by tourists today. From Celle the [[Aller (Germany)|Aller]] is classified downstream as a federal shipping lane; upstream a weir prevents ships passing. In former centuries Celle was an important transhipment station for ships between [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and the ports in [[Bremen]] via [[Oker]], Aller and the (Lower) [[Weser]]. Bremen and Brunswick merchants had specific tasks from the Dukes of [[Duchy of Celle|Celle]] and later the town of Celle in order to ensure the safety of transport, because the speed of the Aller in the area of Celle made loading and unloading in the port necessary.

From 1900 the quantity of trade through Celle Harbour steadily decreased and switched to road and rail. Until 1970 the transport of grain to the Celle ''Rathsmühle'' and the transport of potash salts were still significant.

====Town public transport services====
The firm of CeBus runs eight bus lines around the town. There are 15 bus lines for regional services, with which the villages in the district of Celle can be reached. Sometimes town and region bus services are combined.