Editing Norwich (section)

==Transport==
===Railway===
[[File:Norwich Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 6160550.jpg|thumb|Norwich railway station]]

[[Norwich railway station]] is sited in the east of the city centre and is managed by [[Greater Anglia]], which also operates most passenger services.

It is the northern terminus of the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. There are half-hourly [[Inter-city rail|inter-city]] services to [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]], via [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]], [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] and [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]].<ref name="Timetables">{{Cite web |work=Greater Anglia |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url= https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

Hourly regional services to [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]], and out of Norwich as far as [[Ely railway station|Ely]], are run along the [[Breckland Line]]. There are also hourly local services to [[Great Yarmouth railway station|Great Yarmouth]] and [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft]] (using the [[Wherry Lines]]) and to [[Sheringham railway station|Sheringham]] (using the [[Bittern Line]]).<ref name="Timetables"/>

[[East Midlands Railway]] operate a direct route to the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] and [[North West England]], with hourly services to [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] calling at [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]], [[Nottingham railway station|Nottingham]], [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]] and [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url= https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

Norwich is the site of [[Crown Point TMD]], a depot that maintains the trains used in the area.<ref>[http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/greater-anglias-40m-refurb-of-crown-point-depot-begins Greater Anglia's £40m refurb of Crown Point Depot begins] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501032652/http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/greater-anglias-40m-refurb-of-crown-point-depot-begins |date=1 May 2019}} ''Rail Technology Magazine'' 24 April 2018</ref>

===Road===
Norwich lies north of the [[A47 road|A47]] (bypassed to the south of the city), which connects it with [[Great Yarmouth]] to the east, and [[King's Lynn]] and [[Peterborough]] to the west. There are plans to upgrade the A47, especially sections that are still [[Single carriageway|single-carriageway]], prompted partly by ongoing construction of Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huge A47 improvement programme revealed |work=Highways England |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/huge-a47-improvement-programme-revealed |quote=}}</ref>

Norwich is linked to [[Cambridge]], via the [[A11 road (England)|A11]], which leads to the [[M11 motorway]] for London and the [[M25 motorway|M25]]. It is linked to [[Ipswich]] to the south by the [[A140 road|A140]] and to [[Lowestoft]] to the south-east by the [[A146 road|A146]].

The city also features two ring roads, one inner ring and one outer, which are incomplete due to the river.
Norwich has the UK's largest independent car club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.norfolkcarclub.com/ |title=Norfolk car club |publisher=Norfolk car club |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002173825/http://www.norfolkcarclub.com/ |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Buses and coaches===
[[File:Norwich Bus Station - geograph.org.uk - 6309204.jpg|thumb|Norwich bus station]]
[[File:First 36531 BK73 AEV.jpg|thumb|[[First Bus East of England|First Eastern Counties]] [[Wright StreetDeck Electroliner]] on Thorpe Road in October 2023]]

The main bus companies operating routes in and around Norwich are [[First Bus East of England|First Eastern Counties]], [[Konectbus]] and [[Sanders Coaches]]; destinations throughout the city and the rest of Norfolk are served, as are Peterborough and Lowestoft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Norwich City Centre |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/norwich-city-centre |quote=}}</ref>

[[National Express Coaches|National Express]] runs ten coaches a day to three main London airports: [[Stansted Airport|Stansted]], [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] and [[Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]]; there are also five services each day to [[Victoria Coach Station|London]] and one a day to [[Birmingham Coach Station|Birmingham]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coach travel to Norwich |work=National Express |date=2023 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url= https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/destinations/norwich |quote=}}</ref> [[Megabus (Europe)|Megabus]] also operates a daily service to London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Megabus |date=2023 |access-date=8 June 2023 |url= https://uk.megabus.com/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

Most bus and coach services run from [[Norwich bus station]] or Castle Meadow.

The [[Norwich park and ride]] network has six sites run by Konectbus; in 2004, it was reported to have one of the UK's largest [[park & ride]] operations.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3820385.stm |title=Work starts on new park and ride |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 September 2010 |date=19 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728122238/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3820385.stm |archive-date=28 July 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.norwichparkandride.co.uk |title=Norwich Park & Ride |access-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815232903/https://www.norwichparkandride.co.uk/ |archive-date=15 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Almost 5,000 parking spaces are provided; between April and December 2023, the number of passengers using the service increased by 2.6&nbsp;million compared to the same time period in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.konectbus.co.uk/norfolk-bus-passengers-16-after-investment |title= Norfolk bus passengers up by 16% after investment |date= 29 January 2024 |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=Konectbus.co.uk}}</ref>

First Eastern Counties' operations in Norwich was one of five [[FirstGroup]] operations to begin taking delivery of [[battery electric bus]]es in 2023, funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) grant from the UK government. The first seven buses from an order for 60 [[Wright StreetDeck Electroliner]] [[double-decker bus]]es began entering service in Norwich from October 2023,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Halford |first=Paul |date=31 October 2023|title=Norwich sees first electric buses on the road |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/norwich-sees-first-electric-buses-on-the-road/ |access-date=2 October 2024|work=routeone}}</ref> with eleven [[Wright GB Kite Electroliner]] [[single-deck bus]]es later delivered during 2024, replacing pre-existing diesel buses at First's Roundtree Way depot.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hampel |first=Carrie |url=https://www.electrive.com/2023/07/24/first-bus-begins-transformation-of-norwich-depot/ |title=First Bus begins transformation of Norwich depot |date=24 June 2023 |website=electrive |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deakin |first=Tim |date=2 March 2023 |title=First Bus orders 117 more Wrightbus battery-electrics |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/first-bus-orders-117-more-wrightbus-battery-electrics/ |access-date=2 October 2024|work=routeone}}</ref>

===Air===
[[Norwich Airport]] ([[ICAO airport code|ICAO]] code EGSH) is a feeder to the Dutch airline [[KLM]]'s [[Schiphol Airport|Schiphol]] hub. [[Loganair]], [[Ryanair]] and [[TUI Airways]] all serve Norwich, with flights to [[Aberdeen airport|Aberdeen]] and [[Europe]]an holiday destinations respectively.<ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=https://www.norwichairport.co.uk/flights-holidays/|title=Norwich Airport - flights & holidays|website=NorwichAirport.co.uk|publisher=Norwich Airport|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>

Through [[Bristow Helicopters]], Norwich Airport caters for the offshore oil and gas industry. The airport was originally the airfield of [[RAF Horsham St Faith]]. A former [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] hangar became the home of [[Air UK]], which grew out of [[Air Anglia]] and was then absorbed by KLM.

===Cycling===
[[File:Norwich Whitlingham.png|thumb|Cycling routes around the station]]

[[National Cycle Route]] [[National Cycle Route#Main routes|1]] between [[Dover]] and [[Tain]] (in the [[Scottish Highlands]]) is the only route in the National Cycle Network to pass through Norwich.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the National Cycle Network|url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/national-cycle-network/about|publisher=[[Sustrans]]|access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> [[Norwich City Council]] maintain seven colour-coded cycling routes in the city known as ''Pedalways''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.norwich.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/Transport/Cycling/Documents/CyclingMapFront.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202172939/http://www.norwich.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/Transport/Cycling/Documents/CyclingMapFront.pdf |url-status=dead |title=Norwich Cycle Map |archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> An attempt was made in 2015 to improve [[Cycling infrastructure|''Pedalways'']], which attracted scrutiny from local residents and cycling campaigners alike.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/local-council/22488720.multi-million-pound-norwich-cycle-path-scheme-dogged-criticism-come-scrutiny/ | title=Multi-million pound Norwich cycle path scheme dogged by criticism to come in for scrutiny | date=18 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/traffic/20875348.push-pedalways-scheme-pushed-off-norwichs-streets-cyclist-says/ | title=Push the Pedalways scheme has pushed me off Norwich's streets, cyclist says | date=22 March 2016 }}</ref>

===Waterways===
[[File:River Wensum 1.jpg|alt=River Wensum|thumb|The River Wensum, near Norwich Cathedral and the Maid's Head hotel]]

The [[River Yare]] is navigable from the sea at [[Great Yarmouth]] up to Trowse, south of the city. From there, the [[River Wensum]] is navigable into Norwich and up to New Mills; it is crossed by the [[Novi Sad Friendship Bridge]]. Scheduled trips through the city and out to the nearby ''[[The Broads|Broads]]'' are run by ''City Boats'' from outside of Norwich station and Elm Hill. In June 2012, Norwich City Council gave permission for [[punt (boat)|punting]] on the River Wensum.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18532389 BBC news report] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013051628/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18532389 |date=13 October 2018}} Retrieved 24 November 2012.</ref>

===Proposed developments===
In 2017, the first part of the new {{cvt|12|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Norwich Northern Distributor Road]], linking the A1067 in the north-west of the city to the A47 road in the east, was opened. The remainder of the road opened in 2018. There is also some discussion in building the [[Norwich Western Link]] section from the A1067 to the A47 southern bypass to the west, as originally proposed.<ref name=EN24-1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED17%20Dec%202009%2008%3A38%3A40%3A063 |title=How NDR will help transport in Norwich |work=Evening News 24 |access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref>

Other proposals in the ''Norwich Transport Strategy'' include limiting traffic on some roads, introducing five rapid bus links into the city and creating a train/tram link to the [[Rackheath eco-town]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=NewsSplash&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=NewsSplash&itemid=NOED17%20Dec%202009%2008%3A39%3A58%3A127 |title=NDR is key to transport plans |work=Evening News 24 |access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref>