Editing Yorkshire (section)

==Transport==
[[File:A1(M) and M62 interchange.jpg|thumb|left|The A1(M) and M62 junction at [[Ferrybridge]], West Yorkshire]]
The oldest road in Yorkshire, called the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]], is now known as the A1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/a1nrccintro.htm |publisher=The Motorway Archive |title=Region: North East – Trunk Road A1 in the North Riding of Yorkshire |access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017013308/http://www.iht.org/motorway/a1nrccintro.htm |archive-date=17 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> This trunk road passes through the centre of the county and is the main route from London to Edinburgh.{{cn|date=September 2024}} Another important road is the more easterly [[A19 road]] which starts in Doncaster and ends just north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] at [[Seaton Burn]]. The [[M62 motorway]] crosses the county from east to west from Hull towards [[Greater Manchester]] and [[Merseyside]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/2786.aspx|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|title=M62 Liverpool to Hull|access-date=24 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121171006/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/2786.aspx|archive-date=21 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[M1 motorway|M1]] carries traffic from London and the south of England to Yorkshire. In 1999, about {{convert|8|mi|km}} was added to make it swing east of Leeds and connect to the A1.{{cn|date=September 2024}} The [[East Coast Main Line]] rail link between London and Scotland runs roughly parallel with the A1 through Yorkshire and the [[TransPennine Express|Trans Pennine]] rail link runs east to west from Hull to Liverpool via Leeds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/www/view.asp?content_id=1437&parent_id=1183|publisher=[[Yorkshire Forward]]|title=East Coast Mainline Upgrade Could Create 2000 New Jobs|access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061111004250/http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/www/view.asp?content_id=1437&parent_id=1183 |archive-date = 11 November 2006}}</ref>

Before the advent of rail transport, the seaports of Hull and Whitby played an important role in transporting goods. Historically canals were used, including the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], which is the longest canal in England. Mainland Europe (the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]]) can be reached from Hull via regular ferry services from [[P&O Ferries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boozecruise.com/ferry_port/hull.asp|publisher=BoozeCruise.com|title=Hull Ferry Port Information|access-date=24 October 2007|archive-date=19 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819114546/http://www.boozecruise.com/ferry_port/hull.asp|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Yorkshire also has [[air transport]] services from [[Leeds Bradford Airport]]. This airport has experienced significant and rapid growth in both terminal size and passenger facilities since 1996, when improvements began, until the present day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airports-worldwide.com/uk/uk_leeds.html |publisher=Airports-Worldwide.com |title=Leeds Bradford International Airport |access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-date=14 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114102330/http://www.airports-worldwide.com/uk/uk_leeds.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2005 until 2022, South Yorkshire was served by [[Doncaster Sheffield Airport]] in [[Finningley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robinhoodairport.com/page_history_of_the_airport_5.html |publisher=RobinHoodAirport.com |title=History of the Airport |access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070723010136/http://www.robinhoodairport.com/page_history_of_the_airport_5.html |archive-date=23 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sheffield City Airport]] opened in 1997 after years of Sheffield having no airport, due to a council decision in the 1960s not to develop one because of the city's good rail links with London and the development of airports in other nearby areas. The newly opened airport never managed to compete with larger airports such as Leeds Bradford Airport and [[East Midlands Airport]] and attracted only a few scheduled flights, while the runway was too short to support [[low cost carriers]]. The opening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport effectively made the airport redundant and it officially closed in April 2008. The Doncaster Sheffield Airport has since closed and left South Yorkshire without an airport.

===Public transport statistics===
The average amount of time people spend on public transport in Yorkshire on a weekday is 77 minutes. 26.6% of public transport users travel for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transport is 16 minutes, while 24.9% of passengers wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transport is 7&nbsp;km, while 10% travel for over 12&nbsp;km in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yorkshire Public Transportation Statistics|publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit|url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_United_Kingdom_Yorkshire-2109|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901064032/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_United_Kingdom_Yorkshire-2109|url-status=live}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref>