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Corridor X connects Salzbourg Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd-Nis-Skopje-Thessaloniki

and has four branches : A : Graz-Maribor-Zagreb, B : Budapest-Novi Sad-Beograd,
C : Nis-Sofia and D : Veles-Bitola-Florina.
Corridor X, consisting mainly of road and rail, was greatly used in the past for the
connection of Greece and ex-Yugoslavia with Western Europe, but was disrupted
due to the conflicts in the Balkans. The reactivation and rehabilitation of Corridor X,
will, among others, help the connection of the region with the European Union, will
facilitate the use of the port of Thessaloniki as an outlet for FYROM and FR
Yugoslavia and will help the solution of problems of border crossings, which are now
greatly delaying traffic of goods.
The signature of the MoU will allow the starting of serious and concrete efforts by the
countries involved for the development of Corridor X, which were delayed for at least
two years due to conflicts in the area.
The European Commission considers that its development may be a very good
example of a large scale regional cooperation since, apart from the Commission,
eight countries are involved, namely two Member States, Austria and Greece, three
acceeding countries, Slovenia, Hungary and Bulgaria and three countries of the
Balkans, Croatia, Former Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yuslav Republic Of
Macedonia.
The MoU was already signed by the different Ministers involved during a ministerial
meeting in Thessaloniki on the 15 March 2001.
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Total length 2260 km
Motorways 53,2 %
Semi-motorway 8,9 %
High way 32,6 %
Main road 5,3 %

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Total length 2445 km
Double track 30 %
Electrified 84 %
Diesel 16 %

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Information sheet on Pan-European transport corridors

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I yes Helsinki-Tallin-Riga-Kaunas-Warsaw
Sweden Road component: Via Baltica
Rail component: rail Baltica

,, yes Russia Berlin-Warsaw-Minks-Moscow-Nizhnij Novgorod

,,, yes Poland Berlin/Dresden-Wroclaw-Lviv-Kiev

,9 yes Germany Berlin/Nürnberg-Prague-Budapest-

Constanta/Thessaloniki/Istanbul

9 yes Italy Venice-Trieste/Koper-Ljubljana-Budapest-Uzgorod-Lviv

Branch A: Bratislava-Zilina-Kosice-Uzgorod
Branch B: Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest
Branch C: Ploce-Sarajevo-Osijek-Budapest

9, yes Poland Gdansk-Grudziadz/Warsaw-Katowice-Zilina

Branch A: Katowice-Ostrava-Corridor IV

9,, (yes) Austria River Danube and Danube-Black Sea channel

9,,, no Italy Durres-Tirana-Skopje-Sofia-Varna and branches under

discussions
,; yes Helsinki-St.Petersburg-Moscow/Pskov-Kiev-Ljubasevka-
Chisinau-Bucharest-Dimitrovgrad-Alexandroupoli
North Branch A: Ljubasevka-Odessa
Branch B: Kiev-Minks-Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipeda/Kaliningrad
Middle
South
; (Yes) Greece Salzbourg – Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd-Nis-Skopje-
Thessaloniki

Branch A: Graz-Maribor- Zagreb

Branch B: Budapest-Novi Sad-Beograd
Branch C: Nis-Sofia
Branch D: Veles-Bitola-Florina
(yes)= signature under way
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