Editing Liepāja (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Mirdzas Kempes iela - galapunkts (1).JPG|thumbnail|right|Public transport in Liepāja]]
Liepāja's transport system consists of 31 bus lines (5 of which are connected to Grobiņa), as well as one Liepāja tram line, which is 7 kilometres long. The tram line was founded after the opening of the first Liepāja power plant in 1899, which makes it the oldest electric tram line in the [[Baltic states]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=catchsmartsolution.com |first=CatchSmart {{!}} |title=Liepājas tramvajs |url=https://liepaja.travel/darit-un-redzet/liepajas-tramvajs/ |access-date=2022-09-10 |language=lv-LV}}</ref> it is now operated by the municipal company [[Liepājas tramvajs]]. In 2013, the tram line was extended by 1.7&nbsp;km from the [[Dienvidrietumu rajons (Liepāja)|Dienvidrietumu]] residential area (Klaipėda Street) to the [[Ezerkrasts]] residential area with a turnaround at the end of Mirdzas Ķempes Street. Liepāja has direct bus connections to [[Riga]], [[Riga International Airport]], [[Ventspils]], [[Jelgava]], [[Klaipėda]] and other destinations.

Liepāja has a railway connection to Jelgava and Riga and through them to the rest of [[rail transport in Latvia|Latvia's railway network]]. There is just [[Liepāja Station|one passenger station]] in the [[Jaunliepāja|New Town]], but the railway extends further and links to the port. There is also a northward railway track leading to [[Ventspils]], but in recent decades it has fallen into disuse for economic reasons. The railway provides the main means of delivering cargo to the port. Two main highways, the [[List of National Roads in Latvia|A9 and A11]], connect the city and its port to the rest of the country. The A9 leads north-west towards [[Riga]] and central Latvia and the A11 leads south to the border with [[Lithuania]] and its only port [[Klaipėda]] and to [[Palanga International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-13 |title=Noteikumi par valsts autoceļu un valsts autoceļu maršrutā ietverto pašvaldībām piederošo autoceļu posmu sarakstiem |url=http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=198589 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513185309/http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=198589 |archive-date=13 May 2013 }}</ref> The city also hosts [[Liepāja International Airport]], one of three international airports in Latvia; it is located outside the city limits, north of the Lake of Liepāja near [[Cimdenieki]]. However, as of 2020 the airport only serves private, military flights or [[flight training]] as the national carrier [[airBaltic]] no longer has any low capacity fleet to facilitate flights from the airport.<ref>{{cite news | title=PAVAICĀ TVNET ŽURNĀLISTAM ⟩ Cik vēl ilgi Liepājas lidosta būs dīkstāvē? | work=TVNET | date=27 September 2023 | url=https://www.tvnet.lv/7864096/pavaica-tvnet-zurnalistam-cik-vel-ilgi-liepajas-lidosta-bus-dikstave | language=lv | access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>

The [[Port of Liepāja]] has a wide water area and consists of three main parts. The Winter harbour is located in the Trade channel and serves small local fishing vessels as well as medium cargo ships. Immediately north of the Trade channel is the main area of the port, separated from the open sea by a line of [[Breakwater (structure)|breakwater]]s. This part of the port can accommodate large ships and ferries. Further north is Karosta harbour, also called Karosta channel, which was formerly a military harbour but is now used for ship repairs and other commercial purposes. Liepāja also welcomes [[yacht]]s and other leisure vessels which can enter the Trade channel and moor almost in the center of the city.