Editing Vatican City (section)

=== Transport ===
{{Main|Transport in Vatican City}}

[[File:0 Gare du Vatican.JPG|thumb|The [[Rail transport in Vatican City|shortest national railway system]] in the world]]

The Vatican City has a reasonably well-developed transport network considering its size, consisting mostly of a piazza and walkways. As a state that is {{convert|1.05|km|yd|-1|abbr=off}} long and {{convert|0.85|km|yd|-1|abbr=on}} wide,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holy See – State of the Vatican City |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529155107/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html |archive-date=29 May 2010 |access-date=28 November 2007 |publisher=Vatican Papal Conclave}}</ref> it has a small transportation system, with no airports or highways.

The only aviation facility in Vatican City is the [[Vatican City Heliport]]. Vatican City is one of the few independent [[List of countries without an airport|countries without an airport]], and is served by the airports that serve the city of Rome, [[Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport]] and to a lesser extent [[Rome Ciampino Airport|Ciampino Airport]].<ref name="Sinfin" />

There is a [[standard gauge]] [[Vatican Railway]] and a [[Vatican City railway station]], mainly used to transport freight. It is connected to Italy's network at Rome's [[Roma San Pietro railway station]] by an {{Convert|852|m|yd|adj=mid|-long}} spur, {{Convert|300|m|yd|}} of which is within Vatican territory.<ref name="Sinfin">{{Cite web |title=Railways of the World |url=https://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/vatican/vaticanrail.html#Origini |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010161429/http://www.sinfin.net/railways/world/vatican/vaticanrail.html#Origini |archive-date=10 October 2017 |access-date=8 August 2006 |publisher=Sinfin.net}}</ref> [[Pope John XXIII]] was the first pope to use the railway. [[Pope John Paul II]] rarely used it.<ref name="Sinfin" />

The closest [[Rome Metro|metro]] station is [[Ottaviano – San Pietro – Musei Vaticani]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Vatican Museums & St Peter's, Rome; getting there – |url=https://www.rometoolkit.com/whattodo/vatican.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202751/https://www.rometoolkit.com/whattodo/vatican.htm |archive-date=5 March 2018 |access-date=19 March 2018 |website=www.rometoolkit.com |language=en}}</ref>