Atlantic Core Network Corridor
Atlantic Corridor | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 8,200 km (5,100 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From |  Lisbon |
| To |  Mannheim |
| Location | |
| Countries | Portugal Spain France Germany |
| Highway system | |
The Atlantic Core Network Corridor or simply Atlantic Corridor is a European initiative developed from the Trans-European Transport Network to create a high capacity railway and road corridor connecting Portugal, Spain and France,[1] and later extended to Germany as well.[2] When it's finished, the Iberian branch is planned to become one of the main transport networks of the Peninsula, alongside the Mediterranean Corridor,[3] and, in general, it has been said to be "fundamental for European cohesion".[4] It will include the following sections:
- Algeciras – Bobadilla – Madrid
- Sines/Lisboa – Madrid – Valladolid
- Lisboa – Aveiro – Leixões/Porto
- Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria – Bergara – Bilbao/Bordeaux – Paris – Le Havre/Metz – Mannheim/Strasbourg
Status
Progress varies from region to region. In Portugal, for example, the planned railway infrastructures were included in the Ferrovia 2020 initiative, presented in 2016.[5] However, by the end of 2022, only 15% of the construction had been finished.[6] In Basque Country, the so called Basque Y (named after the region it crosses and the shape it has) is expected to be completed and operational by 2030, but the connection from the French side has been postponed and is not planned to be finished until after 2037.[7]
References
- ^ "European Union accepts proposal from Spanish Government on Trans-European Transport Networks". La Moncloa. October 19, 201.
- ^ "European Freight Corridor "Atlantic" extends to Germany". Atlantic Corridor. January 1, 2016.
- ^ "¿Qué es el Corredor Atlántico? Las claves de un proyecto de 7.800 millones de euros". Leonoticias (in Spanish). January 27, 2023.
- ^ "Corredor Atlântico é fundamental para a coesão europeia". Jornal C – O Caminhense (in Portuguese). February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Ferrovia 2020". Infraestruturas de Portugal (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Ferrovia 2020 apenas tem 15% das obras concluídas". Eco (in Portuguese). November 7, 2022.
- ^ "Mapping out Europe's TEN-T Core Network corridors". Railway Technology. August 18, 2020.
External links
- Atlantic Corridor Website
- The Atlantic Corridor at the European Union official web site
- Present and future of the Atlantic Corridor in Castilla y León (in spanish)