North Sea–Baltic Corridor
| North Sea–Baltic Corridor | |
|---|---|
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| Route information | |
| Length | 6,655 km (4,135 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| Start end |  Luleå |
| End end |  Antwerp |
| Location | |
| Countries | Sweden Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Germany Netherlands Belgium |
| Highway system | |
The North Sea–Baltic Corridor is the number 2 of the ten priority axes of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).[1]
Description
[edit]The North Sea–Baltic Corridor develops its network from the North Sea to the Baltic connecting among others the following European cities.
History
[edit]The original corridor of the Core Network to be called Warsaw–Midlands[3] (route Warsaw – Poznań – Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin – Hannover – Osnabrück – Enschede – Utrecht – Amsterdam/Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Birmingham/Manchester – Liverpool),[4] but following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union following Brexit, the axis would no longer reach the British Islands, therefore it was enlarged and redesigned according to the current route from Helsinki to the Benelux.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Corridor descriptions" (PDF). European Commission - Europa EU. ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Fifth Work Plan of the European Coordinator of the North Sea - Baltic" (PDF). TEN-T Core Network Corridor. 2022. p. 12.
- ^ "TEN-T - Trans-European Networks". vlaamsehavencommissie.be. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "PART I: LIST OF PRE-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS ON THE CORE NETWORK IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORT" (PDF). televideo.rai.it. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "North Sea-Baltic". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) at European Union official web site
- North Sea - Baltic corridor at European Union official web site
