Helsinki–Valletta Corridor

The Helsinki–Valletta Corridor (also known as Scandinavian–Mediterranean Corridor) is the number 5 of the ten priority axes of the Trans-European Transport Network.[1]

Helsinki-Valletta Corridor
Route information
Length	4,858 km (3,019 mi)
Major junctions
Start end	Helsinki
End end	Valletta
Location
Countries	Finland  Sweden  Denmark  Germany  Austria  Italy  Malta
Highway system
Transport in Europe

Description

The Helsinki-Valletta Corridor is the longest of the 10 TEN-T Core Network Corridors, it develops its network from the Seine to the Danube on the following three axes and through the following European cities[2] (see route in magenta on the official TEN-T map published on the European Union website visible below in the note).[3]

• Helsinki – Turku – Stockholm – Malmö – København – Fehmarn – Hamburg – Hannover
• Bremen – Hannover – Nürnberg – München – Brenner – Verona – Bologna – Rome – Naples – Bari
• Naples – Strait of Messina Bridge[4][nb 1] - Palermo – Valletta

Notes

1. As of February 2020, the Messina Bridge project, suspended in 2011, is abandoned, but it is hoped that it can be resumed in the future.

See also

• Berlin–Palermo railway axis

References

1. "TEN-T Core Network Corridors". green-ten-t.eu. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
2. "PART I: LIST OF PRE-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS ON THE CORE NETWORK IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORT" (PDF). televideo.rai.it. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. "TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK" (PDF). ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
4. "SLEEPING SPOT: THE BRIDGE OF MESSINA". green-ten-t.eu. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

External links

• Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) at European Union official web site