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Pan-European Corridor III

The Corridor IIІ is one of the Pan-European corridors. The corridor follows the route: Dresden - Wrocław - Katowice - Kraków - Lviv - Kyiv

Branches

The Road corridor

Approximately 1650 km, commencing from Dresden, Germany, as a continuation of European Route E40 Calais - Brussels - Aachen - Cologne, and continues as E40 through southern Poland to Kyiv, Ukraine, where E40 continues through Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan to Ridder in Kazakhstan .

Germany

The Southern Branch from Dresden 97 km as A4 (E40) as four-lane Autobahn with hard shoulder and the tunnel “Königshainer Berge” east to Poland at Ludwigsdorf.

Poland

National Road DK 4 (1996) as A4 motorway (E40) from Jędrzychowice just north of Görlitz via Zgorzelec - Legnica – Wroclaw – Opole – Gliwice – Katowice – Krakow -Tarnow - Rzeszow to Ukraine at Medyka.

Ukraine

East from Poland at Sheghini for 612 km as M10 to Lviv and M06 via Rivne and Zhytomyr to Kyiv. 308 km were category Ib roads with four lanes, with another 304 km category II with two lanes.

The Rail corridor

Approximately 1750 km

Germany

KBS 230 double-track, non-electrified from Dresden 102 km east to Poland at Görlitz.

Poland

677 km as Zgorzelec – Węgliniec – Bolesławiec – Legnica – Wrocław – Opole – Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Gliwice – Zabrze – Katowice – Kraków – Tarnów – Rzeszów – Przemyśl to Ukraine.

Comprises:

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_278 PLK 278 from Zgorzelec 27 km to Węgliniec.

from the German border at Zgorzelec 293 km double track electrified to Wroclaw.

double track electrified from Wroclaw to Opole.

from Opole 38 km double-track, electrified to Kędzierzyn-Koźle.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_133 PLK 133 from Katowice 71 km double track electrified to Kraków.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_134 PLK 134 from Mysłowice 12 km electrified, almost entirely double track to Jaworzno Szczakowa.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_137 PLK 137 the Podsudecka main line from Legnica to Katowice electrified and double-tracked from Kędzierzyn-Koźle 70 km to Katowice.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_275 PLK 275 from Germany at Gubin 193 km to Wroclaw.

from Miłkowice to Żary.

from Krakow 259 km electrified, mostly double track to the Ukrainian border at Medyka.

Ukraine

From Poland at Mostiska (with change to broad gauge) double track electrified via Lviv – Ternopol – Grecany – Vinnitsa to Kyiv.

References

https://ec.europa.eu/ten/transport/external_dimension/hlg/2005_03_31_tent_consultation/doc/corridor_status_report_2000_2001_en.pdf