Editing Visby (section)

== Infrastructure ==

=== Transport ===
[[File:Visby 004.JPG|thumb|The ferry terminal in the harbour.]]
[[File:Rälsbusståg vid Visby station 1960.jpg|thumb|Train at Visby railway station during the last year of traffic, 1960]]
Visby is linked to the mainland of Sweden by ferry and by plane. Ferries arrive from both [[Oskarshamn]] in [[Småland]] and [[Nynäshamn]], near [[Stockholm]], each taking about three hours. The ferries are run by [[Destination Gotland]] and subsidized by the Swedish government.<ref name="travel">{{cite web|title=Resa till och på Gotland|trans-title=Travel to and on Gotland|url=http://gotland.com/besoka/bra-att-veta/resa-till-och-pa-gotland/|website=www.gotland.com|publisher=Inspiration Gotland|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> Destination Gotland is the only ferry operator – in summer 2016, independent shipping company Gotlandsbåten ran ferries to [[Västervik]] and Nynäshamn,<ref name="ferry">{{cite web|last1=Widegren|first1=Patrik|title=Efter motgångar: Ny färja till Gotland i sommar|trans-title=After setbacks: New ferry to Gotland this summer|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/nytt-forsok-for-gotlandsbaten|website=www.svt.se|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|access-date=6 July 2016|date=22 January 2016}}</ref> but this service was unprofitable and was not repeated in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=86&artikel=6925377 |title=Gotlandsbåten avregistreras – inga nya planer |date=6 April 2018 |work=P4 Kalmar |access-date=17 August 2018 |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |language=sv |trans-title=Gotlandsbåten deregistered – no new plans}}</ref>

[[Visby Airport]] is located about {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} north of the city and offers connections to the Swedish mainland.<ref name="travel" /> With 467,857 passengers in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Om flygplatsen |url=https://www.swedavia.se/visby/om-flygplatsen/#gref |website=www.swedavia.se |publisher=Swedavia |access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> it is the 9th largest airport in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sveriges flygplatser 2017- Arlanda störst, Hagfors minst & Skellefteå ökade mest |url=https://flyg24nyheter.com/sverigesflygplatser2017/ |website=www.flyg24nyheter.com |publisher=Flyg24nyheter |access-date=30 April 2019|date=25 January 2018 }}</ref> Daily flights to [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport]] is a common way to reach or depart from the island.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hessrud Persson |first1=Stefan |title=Ny direktlinje mellan Oslo och Visby |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/a/0aPA2/ny-direktlinje-mellan-oslo-och-visby |access-date=30 April 2019 |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |publisher=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=6 April 2017}}</ref>

There are also city buses in Visby as well as buses to other parts of Gotland.<ref name="bus">{{cite web|last1=Wesley|first1=Stefan|title=Kollektivtrafik|trans-title=Public transport|date=1 July 2016|url=http://www.gotland.se/kollektivtrafiken|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=[[Gotland Municipality]]|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>

Visby gave its name to the 1968 Visby Amendments, which were an amendment of the Hague Rules of [[Admiralty law|shipping law]], leading to the [[Hague–Visby Rules]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wanigasekera|first1=Anomi|title=Comparison of Hauge-Visby and Hamburg rules|url=http://www.juliusandcreasy.com/inpages/publications/pdf/comparison_of_hague_and_hamburg-AW.pdf|website=www.juliusandcreasy.com|publisher=Julius & Creasy|access-date=6 July 2016|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123155718/http://www.juliusandcreasy.com/inpages/publications/pdf/comparison_of_hague_and_hamburg-AW.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Visby was previously served by two railway lines, the {{ill|Gotland Railway|lt=Gotland Railway|sv|Gotlands Järnväg}} which ran from Lärbro in the north, to Burgsvik in the south, via Visby harbour and the {{ill|Visby – Visborgsslätt – Bjärs Railway |lt=Visby–Visborgsslätt–Bjärs Railway|sv|Visby–Visborgsslätt–Bjärs Järnväg}}, south to Visborgsslätt and Västerhejde. The first line, from Visby to Hemse was started in 1878, under the auspices of the Gotland Railway. Passenger transport was discontinued in September 1960. Freight traffic on the Slakteriet – Visby port route ran until May 1962. The last sections of the port track in Visby were removed in March 1964. Visby railway station, just south of the Söderport on Söderväg, was completed in 1878 and is one of the few remaining vestiges of the railway in Visby.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ragnar|first=Martin|url=http://www.gotlandstaget.se/historia/gj.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822075643/http://www.gotlandstaget.se/historia/gj.htm|title=Gotlands Järnväg – GJ 1878–1960|language=sv|website=www.Gotlandstaget.se|archive-date=22 August 2011|access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>

=== Utilities ===
Near Visby, there is the [[HVDC converter station|static inverter plant]] for the first HVDC interconnection of a windpark ([[HVDC Visby–Näs]]).