donauregionen+ Programme co-funded by the EUROPEAN UNION danube regions analysis 2009 - 2012 The Spatial Development of Interregional Co-operation in the Danube Space GS TTI reg i onen donau jointly for our common future 5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bratislavský kraj General information T: Considering the linear character, the issue of Pan-European wide transportation networks cannot be divided into description of spatial structures at regional level. Therefore, following section describes pan-European multimodal ITF corridors on the Slovak part of the DONAUREGIONEN area: - multimodal corridor No. IV. (Berlin/Nuremberg - Prague) national border Slovakia/Czech Republic - Kúty - Bratislava/Rusovce - national border Slovakia/Hungary located for road infrastructure (D2 motorway in Slovakia) and Kúty - Bratislava - Štúrovo - national border Slovakia/Hungary located for railway (Slovakia railway lines No. 110, 111, 130 and 132) infrastructure (Budapest - Romania/Turkey/Greece) - multimodal corridor No. V. branch Va. (Austria) - Bratislava/Jarovce - Žilina - Košice - Záhor/ierna nad Tisou - (Uzhgorod - Lvov), located for road (D1 motorway in Slovakia) and railway (in southwestern Slovakia conventional line No. 120) infrastructure - multimodal corridor No. VII. Danube waterway. TI: Bratislava Region has insufficient energy sources and therefore is mainly dependent on electric energy import from neighboring regions. Bratislava Region is among all the best supplied and equipped region by energy and water management infrastructure. Road Network Region's operational motorways D1 (with sections E75, E58, E571), Bratislava - Žilina - Košice - national border Slovakia/Ukraine and D2 (with sections E65, E75) national border Slovakia/Czech Republic - Kúty - Bratislava/Jarovce - national border Slovakia/Hungary have radial arrangement. In the section of national border Slovakia/Austria - Bratislava/Jarovce motorway D4 is in duty. Scheduled completion of D4 motorway till 2018 on routes Bratislava/Jarovce - Rovinka - Ivanka pri Dunaji north - Bratislava/Raa - Marianka - Stupava south - national border Slovakia/Austria - Marchegg creates a starter for circularly arranged, capacity transport road infrastructure. D1 and D2 motorways are now completed and in operation. D1 motorway in partition Bratislava – Trnava is currently under modification (till 2015), providing the increase of capacity from 4-lane to 6-lane alignment. The planned expressway R7 Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Nové Zámky – Luenec complements the radially organized system of capacity communications. Putting into operation of R7 expressway in section Bratislava - Dunajska Streda is expected till 2017. Structure of the most important I. class roads I/2, I/61 (with sections of E58), I/63 (with sections of E575) essentially follows the structure of motorways and expressways. Mentioned roads, which pursue the roads of motorways and expressways, also take over the function of accompanying roads for slow traffic, which is excluded from access to the motorways or expressways. II. class roads of regional importance are connecting Bratislava with its regional hinterland Záhorie, Podkarpatský residential stripe and Žitný Ostrov. The highest importance is attributed to road II/502 Bratislava - Trnava, which serves the settlement stripe on the eastern side of the Malé Karpaty. Only road II/503 has the character of regional round road connecting settlements in the hinterland of Bratislava, Šamorín - Senec - Pezinok - Malacky. Remaining regional roads have a predominant radial orientation to the city center of Bratislava. In the territory of the Bratislava region are places to borders crossing with the neighbouring countries of the Schengen area. On the border with Austria it is the road crossing Bratislava/Jarovce - Kitsee on D4 motorway, Bratislava/Petržalka - Kitsee, Bratislava/Petržalka - Berg on the roads and ferry on the River Morava Záhorská Ves – Angern. Railway Network Similarly as in the road infrastructure, Bratislava region is the important crossroad of railway network. Railway lines No. 110 (C-E61) national border Slovakia/Czech Republic - Trnava - Kúty - Devínska Nová Ves - Bratislava, No. 132 (C-E61), Bratislava - Bratislava/Rusovce - national border Slovakia/Hungary and No. 130 (C-E52), Bratislava - Galanta - Štúrovo - national border Slovakia/Hungary are part of a multimodal corridor No. IV. Corridor No. Va includes railway line No. 120 (C-E63) Bratislava – Žilina, which is currently being upgraded for line speed of 160 km/h. Modernization of railway lines No. 110 and No. 130 is expected in the programming period beyond 2013. These lines are classified as the highest category of international importance. Besides to the corridor routes, track No. 111 (C-E52) national border Slovakia/Austria – Devínska Nová Ves and (C-E63) national border Slovakia/ Austria - Bratislava/Petržalka also have international importance. 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Currently, construction and reconstruction of the following lines in the city of Bratislava, are being prepared in the frame of priority project of European importance: - line Bratislava/Nové Mesto – M.R. Štefánik Airport - line M.R. Štefánik - Bratislava/Central freight station - line Bratislava/Predmestie – Bratislava/Filiálka – Bratislava/Petržalka - line Bratislava/Filiálka – Bratislava/Nové Mesto Amendments and changes No. 1 KURS 2001 in anticipated period consider addition of the following lines in the city of Bratislava: - line M. R. Štefánik Airport – Bernolákovo - line M. R. Štefánik Airport – Bratislava - Vajnory. Line No.131 Bratislava - Dunajská Streda – Komárno is included into the category with supraregional importance. Lines No.112 Zohor – Plavecký Mikuláš and No.113 Zohor - Záhorská Ves are of regional and local importance. Places designated for border crossing with neighbouring Schengen area countries – Bratislava/Devínska Nová Ves – Marchegg, Bratislava/Petržalka – Kitsee on borders with Austria a Bratislava/Rusovce – Rajka at the state border with Hungary. Waterways and Ports Danube river is the most important water road, located in the south boarder of covered regions. Water road Danube (arterial water road E80) is classified as multimodal corridor No. VII. In terms of agreement criteria AGN is Slovak part of Danube integrated into class of water roads VIa. As a part of european project with priority interest No. 18 is improvement of shipping conditions for sector Vienna – Bratislava. In area of capital city is situated port AGN (P 80-38) Bratislava, located at river´s kilometer 1867,0. Port Bratislava is divided into part Pálenisko and Zimný prístav. Port Bratislava/Pálenisko has terminal of combined transportation based on agreement AGTC. Strategical development of port predicts construction of so called New port for Pálenisko locality with partial utilization of pool Lodenica. Within the scope of New port in pool Pálenisko positioning of Mineral oil transship center is expected, which operates, at present, by ecologically insufficient way on free lapse of Danube. There is also passengers’ port situated in Bratislava, in direct join with center of town. Project of construction between water roads Danube – Oder – Elbe includes also territory of Bratislava. European agreement about main inland water roads AGN classifies connection between Oder and Danube as part of arterial water road E30 and connection between Elbe and Danube as part of arterial water road E20. Water road Morava - Danube – Oder – Elbe is, based on remade proposal of European parliament decision and Council of Europe about main streams of Community for the development of the trans-European transport network on Slovak republic territory, situated in east line of channel along river Morava. From area of Záhorská Nová Ves channel is directed into Austrian territory, with delta into Danube in Vienna country. Remade European Parliament decision and Council of Europe does not expect channel extension from Záhorská Nová Ves to Bratislava. Air Transport The most important public personal airport of Slovakia is M. R. Štefánik airport Bratislava. The airport is included in airport network TEN-T, within the scope of Slovakia it is classified as part of main network of airports for international transportation. The airport provides regular and irregular personal transportation, as well as freight transport. The airport is licensed to provide flights also to outside Schengen area. The airport distance from city center is only 7 km. Runway system of airport is made by two orthographic take off and landing runways and turn off runways. This system makes it possible to land of all kinds of regularly used aircrafts – from the smallest ones, single-engine aircrafts to aircrafts of Boeing 747 type. Since summer 2010 new airport capacity terminal is in operation. Multimodal Transport System and Terminals AGC railways designated for combined transport operation within region based on AGTC agreement are mentioned in part devoted to railway, marked as C-E together with numerical symbol. Water road dedicated by AGN for providing of combined transport AGTC is Danube water road and Morava water road, as a part of Danube – Oder – Elbe connection. There are located two combined transport terminals in operation in Bratislava region territory at present time, more precisely in city of Bratislava. Terminal located in Bratislava/Pálenisko port