Editing Dijon (section)

==Transport==
=== Roads ===
Dijon is located approximately {{convert|300|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Paris, about three hours by car along the [[A38 autoroute|A38]] and [[A6 autoroute|A6]] motorways. The [[A31 autoroute|A31]] provides connections to Nancy, Lille and Lyon. The [[A39 autoroute|A39]] connects Dijon with [[Bourg-en-Bresse]] and Geneva, the [[A36 autoroute|A36]] with [[Besançon]], [[Mulhouse]] and [[Basel]].

=== Water transport ===
The [[Canal de Bourgogne]] passes through the heart of Dijon and creates a navigable route to Paris in the north-west via the river [[Yonne (river)|Yonne]], a tributary of the river [[Seine]], and to the [[Saône]] river 25&nbsp;km to the south-east. The canal joins the Saône at [[Saint-Jean-de-Losne]] which is the barging centre of France and Europe. In addition to the connection to the Atlantic via the Seine it has navigable water connections to the Mediterranean—via the Saône to the Rhône river at Lyon and further south (ultimately west to the Atlantic via the [[Canal du Midi]])—Germany and central Europe—via the [[Rhône-Rhine canal]]—plus west to the centre and river Loire via the [[Canal du Centre (France)|Canal du Centre]]. These waterways were largely completed before the 19th century and were the main means of industrial transport until the railways began taking over in the mid-19th century. Today they form a water route for mostly pleasure craft between northern Europe and the south. For example the route through Dijon is popular with those sailing their boats from the United Kingdom to the Mediterranean.

=== Public transport ===
==== Trains ====
Dijon is an important railway junction for lines from Paris to Lyon and [[Marseille]], and the east–west lines to [[Besançon]], [[Belfort]], [[Nancy, France|Nancy]], Switzerland, and Italy. The [[Dijon-Ville station]] is the main railway station, providing service to [[Paris-Gare de Lyon]] by [[TGV]] [[High-speed rail|high-speed train]] ([[LGV Sud-Est]]), covering the {{convert|300|km|mi|abbr=on}} in one hour and 40 minutes. For comparison, Lyon is {{convert|180|km|mi|abbr=on}} away and two hours distant by standard train. The city of Nice takes about six hours by TGV and Strasbourg only 1 hour and 56 minutes via the TGV Rhin-Rhône. [[Lausanne]] in Switzerland is less than {{convert|150|km|0|abbr=on}} away or two hours by train. Dijon has a direct overnight sleeper/couchette service to Milan, Verona and Venice by the operator [[Thello]]. Numerous regional [[TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] trains depart from the same station. There is another railway station east of the city centre, [[Dijon-Porte-Neuve station]], on the line to Is-sur-Tille and Culmont-Chalindrey.

==== Trams ====
A [[Dijon Tramway|new tram system]] opened in September 2012. Line T1 is an {{convert|8.5|km|1|abbr=off}} line with 16 stations running west–east from the [[Dijon railway station]] to [[Quetigny]].<ref name="RG0710">{{cite news|title=Pioneering PPP energises Dijon tram|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/pioneering-ppp-energises-dijon-tram.html|publisher=Railway Gazette|date=21 July 2010|access-date=25 June 2012|archive-date=24 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924060958/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/pioneering-ppp-energises-dijon-tram.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Line T2 opened in December 2012, an {{convert|11.5|km|1|abbr=in}} north–south line with 21 stations running between Valmy and Chenôve.