Editing Tasmania (section)

==Transport==
{{Further|Transport in Australia}}
[[File:HobartAirportTerminal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hobart Airport]]]]

===Air===
Tasmania's main air carriers are [[Jetstar]] and [[Virgin Australia]]; [[Qantas]] and  [[QantasLink]]. These airlines fly direct routes to [[Brisbane Airport|Brisbane]], [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]] and [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]]. Major airports include [[Hobart Airport]] and [[Launceston Airport]]; the smaller airports, [[Burnie Airport|Burnie]] (Wynyard) and [[King Island Airport|King Island]], serviced by [[Rex Airlines]]; and [[Devonport Airport|Devonport]], serviced by QantasLink; have services to Melbourne. Intra-Tasmanian air services are offered by [[Par Avion (airline)|Par Avion]]. Until 2001 [[Ansett Australia]] operated majorly out of Tasmania to 12 destinations nationwide. Tourism-related air travel is also represented in Tasmania, such as in the [[Par Avion (airline)|Par Avion]] route between [[Cambridge Aerodrome]] near Hobart to [[Melaleuca, Tasmania|Melaleuca]] in [[Southwest National Park]].

===Antarctica base===
Tasmania – Hobart in particular – serves as Australia's chief sea link to Antarctica, with the [[Australian Antarctic Division]] located in [[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]]. Hobart is also the home port of the French ship ''l'Astrolabe'', which makes regular supply runs to the [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|French Southern Territories]] near and in Antarctica.

===Road===
[[File:Bridgewater Bridge, Tasmania.jpg|thumb|[[Bridgewater Bridge, Tasmania|Bridgewater Bridge]]]]
Within the state, the primary form of transport is by road. Since the 1980s, many of the [[List of highways in Tasmania|state's highways]] have undergone regular upgrades. These include the Hobart [[Southern Outlet, Hobart|Southern Outlet]], Launceston Southern Outlet, [[Bass Highway (Tasmania)|Bass Highway]] reconstruction, and the [[Huon Highway]]. Public transport is provided by [[Metro Tasmania]] bus services, regular taxis and Hobart only<ref>{{cite web |title=Drive or Ride with Uber in Hobart {{!}} Uber |url=https://www.uber.com/en-AU/cities/hobart/ |website=www.uber.com |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-date=18 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181126/https://www.uber.com/en-AU/cities/hobart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> UBER ride-share services within urban areas, with the [[Kinetic Group]], [[Tassielink Transit]], Manions Coaches, Area Connect and Calows Coaches providing bus service between population centres.
[[File:West Coast Wilderness Railway (4754055363).jpg|thumb|left|The [[West Coast Wilderness Railway]] runs from [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]] to [[Strahan, Tasmania|Strahan]] and is a reminder of the once elaborate network of rail in Tasmania.]]

===Rail===
{{Main article|Rail transport in Tasmania}}
[[Rail transport in Tasmania]] consists of narrow-gauge lines to major population centres and to mining and forestry operations on the west coast and in the northwest. Services are operated by [[TasRail]]. Regular [[passenger train]] services in the state ceased in 1978; the only scheduled trains are freight, but there are tourist and heritage trains on several closed alignments, for example the [[West Coast Wilderness Railway]] between [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]] and [[Strahan, Tasmania|Strahan]]. There is an [[Riverline|ongoing proposal]] to reinstate commuter trains to Hobart. This idea however lacks political motivation due to ongoing scrutiny about the [[Macquarie Point Stadium]]. The centre of TasRail's freight network is the state of the art [[Brighton Transport Hub]] in Hobart's northern suburbs. Other major rail hubs are located at [[Burnie]] and [[East Tamar Junction]]. Rail maintenance and loading facilities are located here. The busiest rail service in the state is TasRail's [[cement]] trains running between [[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport]] and [[Railton, Tasmania|Railton]]. Mainline heritage rail services ceased in 2004 after [[Pacific National]] revoked their permission to run.

===Shipping===
{{See also|Bass Strait ferries}}
[[File:Spirit of Tasmania Port Melbourne.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[Spirit of Tasmania]]'' links the island with mainland Australia.]]

There is a substantial amount of commercial and recreational shipping within Hobart's harbour, and the port hosts approximately 120 cruise ships during the warmer half of the year, and there are occasional visits from military vessels.<ref name="dpacmr">{{cite web |last1=Rockliff |first1=Jeremy |title=TasPorts continues to deliver strong results |url=http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/tasports_continues_to_deliver_strong_results |publisher=Premier of Tasmania |access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021044400/http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/tasports_continues_to_deliver_strong_results |url-status=live }}</ref>

Burnie and Devonport on the northwest coast host ports and several other coastal towns host either small fishing ports or substantial marinas. The domestic sea route between Tasmania and the mainland is serviced by [[Bass Strait]] passenger/vehicle ferries operated by the Tasmanian government-owned ''[[Spirit of Tasmania]]''. The state is also home to [[Incat]], a manufacturer of very high-speed aluminium catamarans that regularly broke records when they were first launched.