Editing Runcorn (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Runcorn Bridges.jpg|thumb|Runcorn Railway Bridge (left) and the Silver Jubilee Bridge (right)]]
The Runcorn New Town Masterplan created three distinct types of road: busways, expressways and local roads.<ref name="New Town Masterplan" /> In addition, there is a network of dedicated [[Segregated cycle facilities|cycleways]] in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www4.halton.gov.uk/Pages/traffic/cycling.aspx |title=Cycling and walking |access-date=23 June 2018 |publisher=Halton Borough Council |archive-date=23 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170345/https://www4.halton.gov.uk/Pages/traffic/cycling.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Runcorn Busway]] was the world's first [[bus rapid transit]] system in 1971.<ref name="Runcorn Busway JSTOR">{{cite journal |last=Lesley |first=Lewis |date=1983 |title=Runcorn – A Rapid Transit New Town? |jstor=23286723 |journal=Built Environment |volume=9 |issue=3/4 |page=234}}</ref> First conceived in the Runcorn New Town Masterplan in 1966, it opened for services in October 1971 and all {{cvt|22|km|mi}} were operational by 1980.<ref name="RUDI 7.3 Transport">{{cite web |url=http://www.rudi.net/books/3346 |title=Runcorn New Town – 7.3 Transport |website=rudi.net |access-date=24 July 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018012240/http://www.rudi.net/books/3346 |archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> It is a road network for use by buses only and, unlike guided busways or bus lanes, it is a totally separate road system, not running alongside (or down the middle of) existing roads. It was designed so that most residents would be no more than five minutes walking distance, or {{convert|500|yard|m}}, from a bus stop.<ref name="New Town Masterplan" /> The central station is at Runcorn Shopping City where buses arrive on dedicated raised busways to two enclosed stations.<ref name="Tale of Two Centres" /> Professor Arthur Ling, Runcorn Development Corporation's Master Planner, claimed to have invented the concept while sketching on the back of an envelope.<ref name="Arthur Ling">{{cite web |last=Crabtree |first=Gordon |date=6 August 1971 |title=Runcorn Busway creates worldwide interest |publisher=Commercial Motor |url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-august-1971/32/runcorn-busway-creates-worldwide-interest |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725010701/http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-august-1971/32/runcorn-busway-creates-worldwide-interest |url-status=live }}</ref> Bus services are provided by [[Arriva North West]], Anthony's Travel, Howards Travel,  Ashcroft Travel, Halton Community Transport and [[Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire]].<ref name="HBC Bus Timetables">{{cite web |url=https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/bus-timetables.aspx |title=Bus timetables in Halton |publisher=Halton Borough Council |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716151612/https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/bus-timetables.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Two coach companies operate from the town; [[Selwyns Travel]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.selwyns.co.uk/ |title=Coach hire Liverpool, Manchester, Merseyside, the Wirral and Cheshire |access-date=23 June 2013 |publisher=Selwyns Travel Ltd |archive-date=7 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707081005/http://www.selwyns.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Anthony's Travel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anthonys-travel.co.uk/ |title=Anthony's Travel |access-date=28 June 2007 |publisher=Anthony's Travel |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043316/http://www.anthonys-travel.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The expressways form a ring road around the town in a figure of eight and are intended to keep all through traffic off the local roads.<ref name="New Town Masterplan" /> This system links north to [[Widnes]] and [[Liverpool]] by the A533 over the [[Mersey Gateway]] bridge, east to [[Warrington]] by the [[A56 road|A56]], south to [[Northwich]] and north Cheshire by the A533, and west by the A557 to the [[M56 motorway|M56]] and to [[Frodsham]]. The M56 links to the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and, to the north of Widnes, the A557 links to the [[M62 motorway|M62]].<ref>''Landranger'' 108, 109 and 117 maps, [[Ordnance Survey]]</ref>

There are two railway stations. [[Runcorn railway station|Runcorn]], located in the old town, is on the Liverpool branch of the [[West Coast Main Line]], and is managed by [[Avanti West Coast]], which provides services between [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] and [[Euston railway station|London Euston]]. [[West Midlands Trains]] run a service between Liverpool and Birmingham New Street that calls at the station. [[Runcorn East railway station|Runcorn East station]], located in the Murdishaw district of the new town, is managed by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]], and provides services to [[Warrington Bank Quay railway station|Warrington]], [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester]], [[Chester railway station|Chester]] and [[North Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.halton.gov.uk/transportandstreets/publictransport/trainsinformationandadvice/ |title=Trains – information and advice |access-date=23 June 2013 |publisher=Halton Borough Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830202107/http://www3.halton.gov.uk/transportandstreets/publictransport/trainsinformationandadvice/ |archive-date=30 August 2013}}</ref>

Runcorn is {{cvt|8|mi|km}} from [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]] and {{cvt|22|mi|km}} from [[Manchester Airport]].