First-class traffic connections at the heart of Europe

First-class traffic connections

Located at the centre of dynamic growth markets, Frankfurt (Oder)/Eisenhüttenstadt offers a prime, direct logistics connection, both to the German capital city region, economic centres in Western and Eastern Europe and the international seaports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. The new airport hub Berlin-Brandenburg-International (BBI) is directly accessible in 45 minutes via the A12 motorway.

Benefits at a glance

• Traffic connection for industry requirements and transportation of bulk goods
• Dense network of motorway and rail connections (journey time by train to centre of Berlin – 58 min.)
• Located directly on main traffic routes between east and west (E30) via Rotterdam, Berlin, Warsaw to Moscow and, in north-south direction, between Stettin and Prague
• Connection to Paris-Berlin-Warsaw-Brest railway network 
• Border crossings to Poland for road and rail in Frankfurt (Oder) and Guben – further border crossing currently being planned
• Waterway border crossing in Eisenhüttenstadt
• Direct waterway to Berlin

Multimodal traffic connection at the heart of Europe

Road

East-west-axis: A12 motorway Berlin-Warsaw (European route E30)
North-south axis: B112 highway Stettin-Frankfurt/O.-Cottbus-Wroclaw

Rail

Combined traffic terminal and goods handling centre in Frankfurt (Oder) (routes per week and direction):

• Wrocław (3 container trains)
• Kutno (3 container trains)
• Rotterdam & Herne (3 container trains)
• Hamburg (8 container trains)
• Bremerhaven (2 container trains)

Rail shunting yard in Ziltendorf (ArcelorMittal works station) – centre for logistics and industry approx. 6km north of Eisenhüttenstadt:

• Direct contact to all German and European rail routes
• Directly on B112 highway (2+1 tracks), approx. 1 km to Eisenhüttenstadt-Frankfurt (Oder) commercial airport
• 50 tracks, 600-800 m track length
• Operated by EKO Trans, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt and public rail transportation company.
• Free handling capacity approx. 4 million t p.a. (total approx. 10 million t p.a.)
• Wagon handling capacity: 1000/d

Water

• Oder-Spree canal connection to Central European waterways network
• High-performance, modernised inland port: quayside length 700m, descent to River Oder (12.5 m) via twin shaft sluice

Air transportation

• Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) airport only 45 minutes away by car (scheduled to open in 2012)
• Eisenhüttenstadt-Frankfurt (Oder) commercial airport: 6 km from city centre, take-off and landing strip 1170 x 23 m, for aircraft up to 8 t (maximum permissible take-off weight - MTOW)