Transport Stoke-on-Trent

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1 transport

1.1 major roads
1.2 rail
1.3 bus
1.4 canals
1.5 cycling





transport
major roads

a50 close longton.


stoke-on-trent linked nearby m6 motorway @ junctions 15 , 16 a500. locally a500 known d road, loop between 2 motorway junctions, along straight section of m6 between junctions, resembles shape of capital letter d. coincidentally, number 500 expressed in roman numerals d.


the a50 provides east-west link between m6 , m1 motorway. a50 joins a500 close bet365 stadium. improvements road network have led construction of product distribution centres in area.


rail

stoke-on-trent railway station, built 1848.


stoke-on-trent railway station mainline station on stafford-manchester line (part of west coast main line between manchester , london) , crewe-derby line. virgin pendolino train 390029 named after stoke-on-trent. other railway stations in city longport , longton both on crewe-derby line. etruria station closed in september 2005.


bus

local public transport provided exclusively bus. bus services operated first potteries. there several smaller companies operating bus services in city, d&g bus. there central bus stations in hanley , longton. national express operate long distance coach services hanley bus station. part of city s regeneration, new bus station has been constructed in hanley, allowing old 1 demolished, making room further redevelopment. of january 2015 there no local authority supported bus services in city.


canals

canal on new leek road.


the city served trent , mersey canal, sees traffic of 10,000 boats year. additionally, caldon canal branches off trent , mersey canal @ etruria, within city boundaries, going froghall 1 branch going leek.


cycling

as of november 2009 there 77 miles (124 km) of new national cycle network off-road bicycle paths through city, connecting national long-distance paths completed in 2005. in newcastle-under-lyme, there on 100 miles (160 km) of cycle paths in urban conurbation. further £10 million of funding has been secured city s cycling network, spent in 2009–2011 through cycling england s support stoke cycling city.








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