The shortest railway connection between Scandinavia and the new centre of Europe
Forecasts of the European Union indicate an increase in demand for commercial transports of approx. 45% by the end of 2010. Economic growth in the Baltic will increase by 250% until 2015.
The central-European North-South axis is the shortest connection from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea: A traffic corridor that starts in Oeresund and leads into the economic area of Northern Italy via Berlin – Munich or Berlin – Prague – Vienna.
The steady growth in volume of commercial transport and passenger traffic between ports of the Baltic and the Mediterranean results in new demands on traffic infrastructure. An efficient rail infrastructure provides a trend-setting solution.
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The Rostock overseas port is of particular importance in its function as the hub of ferry and RoRo traffic in the Western Baltic. Since 1995 its clearance volume has been increasing to almost 11 % p.a. – also due to the direct rail connection. In 2003, 21.6 mill. tons gross were handled and 2.3 mill. passengers were cleared on the six berths of the Warnow ferry terminal. |
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Similar to the Baltic Sea, the traffic area of the Mediterranean has a great significance in the international exchange of goods. In South Sweden the carrier Railway scored a rate of 40 % in commercial transport. 50 % of all traffic from Central Europe and Northern Italy reaches Triest by railway. That makes Triest one of the most important ports with railroad connection in Southern Europe. Triest features the proportionally highest growth in handling of the European ports over the past three years, with a handling of 47.2 mill. tons gross in 2002.
From Scandinavia, the railways link of the traditional Lloyd Line heads to Berlin via Rostock. An outstanding significance for the transit- and distributional function lies in the federal state Brandenburg, which has made very good pre-conditions for it with the freight centres in Wustermark and Grossbeeren. There also the efficient railway junction Seddin (near Potsdam) enables the connection of the East-West and North-South traffic. From here the Lloyd Line heads towards South or Southeast Europe via Leipzig - Munich or Dresden - Prague on well developed railways.
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Internationally operating railway companies looking for access to the railway system and the development of logistic centres will find a good business environment in Rostock and the described Brandenburg region. Railway transportation can be connected to road-, air- or sea-transportation. |
The new Europe in its centre will be a North-South combination of cross-border
economic and cooperation areas!
