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==Transport== [[File:Felixstowe port.JPG|thumb|right|[[Port of Felixstowe]] β Landguard Terminal in the foreground with Trinity Terminal in the background]] {{main|Transport in East Anglia|Roads in the United Kingdom}} Transport in East Anglia consists of an extensive road and rail network. Main A roads, such as the [[A12 road (England)|A12]] and [[A47 road|A47]] link the area to the rest of the UK, and the [[A14 road (England)|A14]] links the Midlands to the [[Port of Felixstowe]]. This is the busiest container port in the UK, dealing with over 40% of UK container traffic and is a major gateway port into the country.<ref name="felixstowe">{{cite web |title=UK's Top 5 Major Ports |url=https://www.icontainers.com/us/2020/01/24/5-major-ports-uk/ |website=iContainers |access-date=25 October 2022 |language=en |date=24 January 2020}}</ref> There is very little motorway within East Anglia. Rail links include the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] from [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]] to [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] and the [[West Anglia Main Line]] connecting [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]] to London. Sections of the [[East Coast Main Line]] run through the area and [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]] is an important interchange on this line. The area is linked to the Midlands and north-west England by rail and has a number of local rail services, such as the [[Bittern Line]] from Norwich to [[Sheringham railway station|Sheringham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/global-trade/top-50-world-container-ports |title=Top 50 World Container Ports |publisher=World Shipping Council |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2013 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130827191609/http://www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/global-trade/top-50-world-container-ports |url-status=dead }}</ref> East Anglia is ideal for [[Cycling infrastructure|cycling]] and [[National Cycle Route 1]] passes through it. Cambridge has the largest proportion of its residents in the UK cycling to work with 25% commuting by bicycle.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Mark|title=Cambridge Announced As National Cycling Town|url=http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/pressrel.nsf/cac74a2aba838b5d80256b56004e53ab/8ec01df74e10d3968025746d0049e5cf?OpenDocument|website=Cambridge County Council|publisher=Wayback Machine|access-date=27 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010429/http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/pressrel.nsf/cac74a2aba838b5d80256b56004e53ab/8ec01df74e10d3968025746d0049e5cf?OpenDocument|archive-date=17 July 2011|date=19 June 2008}}</ref> The city is also home to the [[Cambridgeshire Guided Busway]], which at 13.3 miles (21.4 km) was the longest stretch of guided bus-way in the world when it opened in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14401265 |title=Cambridgeshire guided busway opens to passengers |work=BBC News |date=7 August 2011 |access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref> The only major commercial airport is [[Norwich Airport]], although [[London Stansted Airport]], the fourth busiest passenger airport in the UK, lies just south of Cambridge in north-west Essex.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Norwich Airport |url=https://www.norwichairport.co.uk/about-norwich-airport/ |website=norwichairport.co.uk |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
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