Editing Hartlepool (section)

==Transport==
===Road===
Hartlepool is served by two major roads which are the [[A179 road]] and the [[A689 road]], both linking the town to the [[A19 road]]. The [[A179 road]] is the main road to the north-west which leads to the [[A19 road]], [[Durham, England|Durham]], [[Sunderland]] and [[Tyneside]]. The [[A689 road]] is the main road to the south-west towards the A19 & [[Billingham]], [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton]], [[Middlesbrough]] and [[York]]. The [[A178 road]] leads south to [[Seaton Carew]], [[Graythorp]], [[Seal Sands]], [[Port Clarence]] and [[Middlesbrough]] via the [[Transporter bridge]]. The [[A1086 road]] leads north to [[Crimdon]], [[Blackhall Rocks|Blackhall]], [[Horden]], [[Peterlee]] and [[Easington, County Durham|Easington]].

===Rail===
[[File:Hartlepool Station (geograph 6003335).jpg|thumb|{{rws|Hartlepool}} station]]
Hartlepool is served by {{rws|Hartlepool}} and {{rws|Seaton Carew}} railway stations, both of which lie on the [[Durham Coast Line]] with hourly services to {{rws|Sunderland}}, {{rws|Newcastle}} and {{rws|Middlesbrough}}, which are operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]. A service to {{rws|London King's Cross}} from Sunderland, operated by [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]] that uses [[British Rail Class 180|Class 180]] trains capable of {{convert|125|mph|km/h|-1|abbr=on}} operates from the former of the two stations. The service marks the first time since the 1980s<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/all-aboard-for-london-rail-link-video-1-1142001|title=All aboard for London rail link – VIDEO|date=5 December 2007|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102132855/http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/all-aboard-for-london-rail-link-video-1-1142001|archive-date=2 November 2013|publisher=Sunderland Echo}}</ref> that Hartlepool has had a direct rail link with London which takes around three and a half hours.<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/direct_rail_link_to_london_planned_1_1005967|title=Direct rail link to London planned|date=17 January 2005|access-date=28 June 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728184111/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/direct_rail_link_to_london_planned_1_1005967|archive-date=28 July 2013|work=Hartlepool Mail}}</ref>

===Bus===
Local bus services are provided around the town mainly by [[Stagecoach North East]]. The operator has the service 36 from Hartlepool to [[Billingham]], [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton]] and [[Middlesbrough]], as well as the faster service 1 to [[Middlesbrough]] via [[Seaton Carew]] and Port Clarence.

Other services are provided by [[Arriva North East]] from Hartlepool to [[Peterlee]], [[Durham, England|Durham]], [[Seaham]],and [[Sunderland]].

===Sea===
[[File:Hartlepool Docks - geograph.org.uk - 136642.jpg|thumb|right|Offshore supply vessels in Hartlepool docks]]
Hartlepool has been a major seaport virtually since it was founded, and has a long fishing heritage. During the industrial revolution massive new docks were created on the southern side of the channel running below the Headland, which gave rise to the town of [[West Hartlepool]].

Now owned by [[PD Ports]], the docks are still in use today and still capable of handling large vessels. However, a large portion of the former dockland was converted into a marina capable of berthing 500 vessels. Hartlepool Marina is home to a wide variety of pleasure and working craft, with passage to and from the sea through a lock.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://hartlepool-marina.com/locking-procedure/ | title=Locking Procedure - Hartlepool Marina | newspaper=Hartlepool Marina }}</ref>

Hartlepool also has a permanent [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|RNLI]] [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] station.