1. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Warsaw, June 2007

2. Cities hosting IRU Conferences:
Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Cities hosting IRU Conferences:
Irkutsk – 2001,
Teheran – 2003,
Beijing – 2005,
Warsaw

3. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Corridor II
Warsaw
Irkutsk
E 20
E 30
POLAND
Corridor III
E 40
E 40
E 50
Beijing
E 50
TRACECA
Teheran
Intercontinental rail routes connecting Poland with Central Asia and the Far East

4. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Corridor I
„Via Baltica”
Corridor VI
Central-European
Transport Corridor
Corridor IA
ROADS
Corridor II
Euro-Asian
Northern Axis
Corridor II
Euro-Asian Northern Axis
Corridor III
Euro-Asian
Central Axis
The Gdańsk – Odesa
Corridor
Central-European
Transport Corridor
Corridor III
Euro-Asian Central Axis
Corridor VI

5. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Strengths of Poland in transcontinental transit:
The following four Pan-European Transport Corridors (PETC), established by the Ministers of Transport of European countries in 1994 – 1997, run through the Polish territory:
– PETC I: Helsinki – Tallin – Riga – Kaunas – Warszawa / Kaliningrad - Gdańsk;
– PETC II: Berlin – Warszawa – Minsk – Moskva – Niżnij Novgorod;
– PETC III: Dresden – Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Lviv – Kyiv;
– PETC VI: Gdańsk – Warszawa – Katowice – Žilina - Brno.

6. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Poland offers the shortest and most convenient road connection in the East – West axis, which can serve trade flows between Western Europe, the CIS countries and the Far East:
- E 30: Cork – London – Den Haag – Berlin – Warszawa – Minsk – Moskva – Samara – Omsk, length of Polish section: 682 km (the A-2 motorway);
- E 40: Callais – Bruxelles – Koln – Dresden – Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Lviv – Kyiv – Volgograd – Atyrau – Tashkent – Bishkek, length of Polish section: 756 km (the A-4/A-18 motorways);

7. Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Corridor II
Corridor III

8. Motorways & expressways 2004 – 2020
Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Motorways & expressways – 2020

9. Strategic goals of the Polish transport policy
Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe
Strategic goals of the Polish transport policy
until the year 2020:
1. Development of transit traffic in the East – West direction, therefore modernisation of the E 20 and E 30 rail lines within the 2007 – 2013 and 2014 – 2020 EU budgetary perspectives to the AGC and AGTC technical parameters are considered as a key aim.
2. Priority for the modernisation of the TEN-T network along with the PETCs II and III according to the Operational Programme „Infrastructure and Environment” for the years 2007 – 2013.

10. The Paneuropean Road Transport Corridor No
The Paneuropean Road Transport Corridor No. II The A-2 motorway, existing section - Poznań by-pass.

11. The Paneuropean Transport Road Corridor No. III.
Passage of the A-4 motorway through the Katowice agglomeration.

12. Thank you for your attention
Thank you for your attention! Mr Jerzy Polaczek Minister of Transport Republic of Poland Warsaw,