Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

==Transport==
{{see also|Trams in Kingston upon Hull|Trolleybuses in Kingston upon Hull|Kingston upon Hull City Transport}}
[[Hull Paragon Interchange]], opened on 16 September 2007,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6997371.stm |title = City's new interchange is open |work=BBC News |date = 16 September 2007 |access-date =19 September 2007}}</ref>
is the city's transport hub, combining the existing main bus and rail termini in an integrated complex. In 2009, it was expected to have 24,000 people passing through the complex each day.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.hull.co.uk/template02.asp?PageID=104 |title = Paragon Interchange |access-date = 16 May 2009 |author = Hull Forward Ltd. |year = 2009}}</ref> 

===Railway===
[[File:Original entrance to Hull Paragon station (geograph 4853166).jpg|thumb|Original entrance to Hull Paragon station, dating from 1847]]
Hull Paragon Exchange is served by four [[train operating companies]]: 
* [[Hull Trains]] operates regular express services to {{rws|London King's Cross}}<ref>{{cite web |work=Hull Trains |title=Timetables |date=10 December 2023 |url=https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/travel-information/timetables |access-date=6 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
* [[London North Eastern Railway]] runs one service per day to London King's Cross in each direction<ref>{{cite web |title=Our timetables |work=LNER |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=6 May 2024 |url=https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-later/timetables/ |quote= |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922141135/https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-later/timetables/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[TransPennine Express]] operates a route to {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{rws|Leeds}}<ref>{{cite web |work=TransPennine Express |title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/timetables |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416155909/https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/timetables |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Northern Trains]] operates regular local stopping trains to [[Halifax railway station (England)|Halifax]] via {{rws|Selby}}, Leeds and {{rws|Bradford Interchange}}; to {{rws|York}} via  {{rws|Brough}} and Selby; to {{rws|Sheffield}} via {{rws|Doncaster}}; and to {{rws|Scarborough}} via {{rws|Beverley}} and {{rws|Bridlington}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=6 May 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

In the 1960s, [[Hull and Hornsea Railway]] and [[Hull and Holderness Railway]] branch lines closed, with all goods traffic transferred to the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway|high-level line]] that circles the city.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Suggitt |first=Gordon |title=Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire |year=2006 |publisher=Countryside Books |isbn=978-1-85306-918-5}}</ref>

===Buses===
Bus services in and around the city are provided by [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire]], a [[Go-Ahead Group]] company which was previously known as ''East Yorkshire Motor Services'', and by [[Stagecoach in Hull]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hull Coach and Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2024 |access-date=6 May 2024 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/hull |quote=}}</ref>

To provide greater travel flexibility, bus users can obtain a ''Hull Card'' which can be used on services run by either operator.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.travelhull.co.uk/bus/travel-card |title= Travel Card |access-date=2 November 2021 |publisher=Hull City Council |work=Travel Hull}}</ref>

===Bridges===
{{anchor|Murdoch's Connection}}[[File:Humber Bridge.png|thumb|left|The Humber Bridge from the south bank]]
Hull is close to the [[Humber Bridge]], which provides links to south of the river Humber. It was built between 1972 and 1981, and at that time was the longest single-span [[suspension bridge]] in the world. It is, as of 2024, twelfth on the [[list of longest suspension bridge spans|list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.humberbridge.co.uk/about-us/|title=About Us|work=Humber Bridge|accessdate=14 October 2024}}</ref> Before the bridge was built, those wishing to cross the Humber had to either take a [[Humber Ferry]] or travel inland as far as [[Goole]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/humberbridge2.htm |title=The Humber Bridge |access-date = 6 July 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Castle Street, Kingston upon Hull (geograph 6836849).jpg|thumb|Murdoch's Connection]]
In March 2021, a new [[footbridge]] was opened connecting the city to [[Princes Quay]] waterfront, marina and fruit market over Castle Street, a [[dual carriageway]] road also designated [[A63 road|A63]]. Named ''Murdoch's Connection'' after Hull's first female doctor, GP [[Mary Murdoch (Hull)|Mary Murdoch]], the name was nominated by pupils from [[Newland School for Girls]] in [[Newland, Kingston upon Hull|Newland]], Hull. Works began in autumn 2018 but progress was delayed due to the [[COVID-19|coronavirus pandemic]]. There was no opening ceremony due to distancing restrictions; instead, videos were compiled.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hull Murdoch Connection footbridge opens after delays |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-56239574 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=BBC News |date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=One giant leap for Hull as Murdoch's Connection is unveiled |url=https://www.highwaysindustry.com/one-giant-leap-for-hull-as-murdochs-connection-is-unveiled |website=highwaysindustry.com |access-date=18 April 2021 |date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Members of the public have been requested not to attach [[love lock]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerrard |first1=Joseph |title=Padlocks taken off new Hull bridge with users told to 'take selfies' |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/padlocks-removed-castle-street-bridge-5269748 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=7 April 2021}}</ref>

===Ports===
[[File:Zeebrugge Ferry Berth - geograph.org.uk - 428011.jpg|Hull to Zeebrugge ferry at King George Dock|thumb]]
[[P&O Ferries]] provide daily overnight ferry services from King George Dock in Hull to [[Rotterdam]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poferries.com/tourist/content/pages/template/routes_hull_-_rotterdam_routes_-_hull_-_rotterdam.htm |title = Hull-Rotterdam |access-date = 3 June 2008 |publisher = [[P&O Ferries]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513152348/http://www.poferries.com/tourist/content/pages/template/routes_hull_-_rotterdam_routes_-_hull_-_rotterdam.htm |archive-date = 13 May 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="hull-zeebrugge">{{cite web |url=http://www.poferries.com/tourist/content/pages/template/routes_hull_-_zeebrugge_routes_-_hull_-_zeebrugge.htm
 |title = Hull-Zeebrugge |access-date = 3 June 2008 |publisher = [[P&O Ferries]] |archive-date = 13 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513140534/http://www.poferries.com/tourist/content/pages/template/routes_hull_-_zeebrugge_routes_-_hull_-_zeebrugge.htm |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
Services to Rotterdam are worked by ferries MS ''[[Pride of Rotterdam]]'' and {{MS|Pride of Hull}}. Previous Services to Zeebrugge were worked by ferries MS ''[[Pride of Bruges]]'' and MS ''Pride of York'' (previously named {{MS|Norsea}}). Both ''Pride of Rotterdam'' and ''Pride of Hull'' are too wide to pass through the lock at Hull. [[Associated British Ports]] built a new terminal at Hull to accommodate the passengers using these two ferries. The [[Rotterdam Terminal]] at the [[Port of Hull]], was built at a cost of £14.3&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716171720/http://www.abports.co.uk/news2001513.htm| title =  New Passenger Terminal For Associated British Ports' Port Of Hull|date = 1 May 2001| work = www.abports.co.uk| url = http://www.abports.co.uk/news2001513.htm| archivedate = 16 July 2011|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref> In January 2021, [[P&O Ferries]] ceased their overnight ferry to Zeebrugge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poferries.com/en/hull-to-zeebrugge |title = Hull-Rotterdam |accessdate = 26 June 2024 |publisher = [[P&O Ferries]]}}</ref>

===Airports===
The nearest airport is [[Humberside Airport]], {{convert|20|mi|km|0}} away in [[Lincolnshire]], which provides a few charter flights but also has high-frequency flights to Amsterdam with [[KLM]] and Aberdeen with [[Eastern Airways]] each day.

The nearest airport with intercontinental flights is [[Leeds Bradford Airport]] is {{convert|70|mi}} away.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl |title = Google Maps |access-date = 5 November 2012 |year=2004 |publisher = Google Maps}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/destinations |title = Destinations |access-date = 5 November 2012 |year = 2012 |publisher = Leeds Bradford International Airport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031024941/http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/destinations |archive-date = 31 October 2012|url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Cycling===
According to the 2001 census data cycling in the city is well above the national average of 2%, with a 12% share of the travel to work traffic.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/COUNCIL%20GOVERNMENT%20AND%20DEMOCRACY/ABOUT%20HULL%20CITY%20COUNCIL/COUNCIL%20POLICIES%20AND%20PLANS/TRANSPORT%20AND%20STREETS%20STRATEGIES/CYCLING%20STRATEGY/CYCLING_STRATEGY_2003.PDF
 | title = Cycling Strategy 2003
 | year = 2003
 | publisher = Hull City Council
 | access-date = 22 October 2013
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151109193509/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/HOME/COUNCIL%20GOVERNMENT%20AND%20DEMOCRACY/ABOUT%20HULL%20CITY%20COUNCIL/COUNCIL%20POLICIES%20AND%20PLANS/TRANSPORT%20AND%20STREETS%20STRATEGIES/CYCLING%20STRATEGY/CYCLING_STRATEGY_2003.PDF
 | archive-date = 9 November 2015
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref> A report by the [[University of East London]] in 2011 ranked Hull as the fourth-best cycling city in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13682857
 | title = Hull is 'fourth best cycling city'
 | date = 7 June 2011
 | work = BBC News
 | publisher = BBC
 | access-date = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

===Roads===
The main road into and out of Hull is the [[M62 motorway]]/[[A63 road]], one of the main east–west routes in [[Northern England]]. It provides a link to the cities of [[Leeds]], [[Manchester]] and [[Liverpool]], as well as the rest of the country via the UK motorway network. The motorway itself ends some distance from the city; the rest of the route is along the A63 dual carriageway. This east–west route forms a small part of the [[European route E20|European road route E20]].<ref>{{cite book |title = Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas Britain |publisher = Philip's |date = 8 July 2002 |isbn = 978-0-540-08228-5 }}</ref> 

Road transport in Hull suffers from delays caused both by the many bridges over the navigable River Hull, which bisects the city and can cause disruption at busy times. 

The city has three railway [[level crossing]]s in the city; it formerly had more with bridges built to go over the tracks on [[Hessle]] Road in 1962<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19621122/016/0016|title=At Last ! Freedom Day For West Hull Drivers|date=22 November 1962|work=Hull Daily Mail|page=16|accessdate=14 October 2024|via=British Newspaper Archive | url-access = subscription}}</ref> and [[Anlaby]] Road in 1964.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19640801/003/0003|title=Anlaby-Road Flyover Opens|date=1 August 1964|work=Hull Daily Mail|page=3|accessdate=14 October 2024|via=British Newspaper Archive | url-access = subscription}}</ref> A nearby road was renamed from Garrison Road to [[A63 road#Roger Millward Way|Roger Millward Way]] in 2018, after rugby player [[Roger Millward]] who played for [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]. The developments are part of a wider improvement and redevelopment scheme.<ref>{{cite web |title=A63 Castle Street – Murdoch's Connection and Roger Millward Way |publisher=Highways England |url=https://highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/yorkshire-and-north-east/a63-castle-street-murdochs-connection-and-roger-millward-way/ |access-date=18 April 2021 |date=12 May 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303170151/https://highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/yorkshire-and-north-east/a63-castle-street-murdochs-connection-and-roger-millward-way/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hull's new footbridge to be named Murdoch's Connection |url=https://www.hullccnews.co.uk/11/09/2020/hulls-new-footbridge-to-be-named-murdochs-connection/ |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Hull CC News |date=11 September 2020}}</ref>