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Metropole Ruhr | Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Transport links at a glance

Common carrier road

Common carrier rail

Common carrier water

Air traffic

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Metropole Ruhr | Transport links at a glance

The Metropole Ruhr is one of Europe's best connected regions in terms of transport:

a dense road network (4,664 km of regional roads)the strongest rail infrastructure (i.e. 1,600 km of rails with 70 stations and5 larger formation yards)the most dense system of canals and ports (572 km of waterways)the largest inland port and biggest canal port as well ashighest-level transport association in European international (Dortmund) and a national airport(Essen/Mülheim) in the regionthe international airports of Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn are easily reached

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Metropole Ruhr | Common carrier road

3.1 million domestic vehicles use 4,600 km of interregional roads, one vehicle per 1.7 inhabitants

Map: © Regionalverband Ruhr, 2010

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Metropole Ruhr | Common carrier rail

Map: © Regionalverband Ruhr, 2010

* Two changes of train necessary

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Metropole Ruhr | Common carrier rail

The rail network of the Metropole Ruhr consists of:

1,600 km of rails

more than 70 stations of Deutsche Bahn AG

12 ICE / IC lines

15 regional express lines

22 regional connection and 11 S-Bahn lines

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Metropole Ruhr | Common carrier water

With a waterways network of 572 km in length, the Metropole Ruhr has the most dense canal and port system in Europe.

Map: © Regionalverband Ruhr, 2010

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Metropole Ruhr | Common carrier water

Europe's most dense waterway network

272 km inland shipping ways approx. 80 ports Rhein, Ruhr, Rhein-Herne canal, Wesel-Datteln canal,

Datteln-Hamm canal and Dortmund-Ems canal connect the region und confluence in Datteln (District ofRecklinghausen) to the largest canal hub of Europe

Duisburger port World‘s biggest inland port 21 docks More than 180 ha water surface, 1,350 ha area 6 container terminals with 14 container bridges 16 km of handling watersides with rail links More than 82 million tons handled in 2009 Location of Germany‘s first driving simulator for inland shipping;

also used for research purposes

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Metropole Ruhr | Air traffic

The Metropole Ruhr has access to five top international airports with the Dortmund airport in the region and the airports of Münster, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn in the immediate vicinity.

Karte: © Regionalverband Ruhr, 2010

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Metropole Ruhr | Air traffic 2009

From the core cities of the Metropole Ruhr, Düsseldorf airport can be reached in about 45 minutes, and the airports of Münster and Cologne/Bonn in about 60 minutes.

Dortmund airport

With more than 1.7 million passengers per year and 65 destinations, it is thefourth-largest traffic airport in NRW

Düsseldorf airport

With more than 18 million passengers per year and 180 destinations, it is thethird-largest traffic airport in Germany

Cologne/Bonn airport

With more than 9.7 million passengers and 124 destinations, it is the six-largest airport in Germany

Münster-Osnabrück airport

About 1.4 million passengers per year

65 destinations