Location Asset: Infrastructure

The reliability of deliveries to customers and from suppliers, i.e. the quality of logistics and distribution, are key factors of business success – and highly dependent on the quality of the transport and communications networks. Brandenburg enjoys an excellent infrastructure.

Map Infrastructure Brandenburg

Regions Federal road Railway Waterway Airport Freight village Combined transport terminal Inland port Autobahn North Sea - Baltic Corridor Orient/East - Med Corridor Skand. - Med Corridor Cities

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Investors in Eastern Germany benefit from the modernization works performed in the region since German reunification, so that Berlin-Brandenburg now boasts a state-of-the-art transport infrastructure.

Since 1990, about €7 billion have been invested in the road infrastructure in Brandenburg alone. Over 12,000 kilometres of roads, a large portion of the rail network, and important sections of the inland waterways and ports have also been renewed and enlarged. Today, the region has almost 900 kilometres of autobahn, more than 3,300 kilometres of railroads and around 1,300 kilometres of freight transport waterways.

Around 200 million consumers throughout Europe can be reached from the German Capital Region within twenty-four hours by rail or road – a number that is hard for any other location to beat.

Brandenburg enjoys an ideal location at the heart of Europe, while a modern road, rail, waterway and air transport infrastructure ensures perfect connections to the European transport networks.

The German Capital Region is served by nearly 900 kilometres of autobahn (A2, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A15, A19, A20, A24, A100, A111, A113, A114, A115, A117) that are part of the trans-European network of north–south and east–west axes. Several successfully developed freight villages complement this excellent road infrastructure.

The railway network extends over more than 3.300 kilometres and has been extensively modernised. All the main lines are electrified, including those leading to the North Sea and Baltic Sea ports (Hamburg, Bremen, Rostock, Stralsund, Mukran). As many as 275 freight transport stations are available in Brandenburg. (Please visit www.gleisanschluss-brandenburg.de for detailed information on the region’s transhipment points.) Intermodal nodes are available in Wustermark (“Berlin West” freight village and trade station), Grossbeeren (“Berlin Süd” freight village and trade station), Freienbrink (“Berlin Ost” freight village), Frankfurt/Oder (Euro Transport and Trade Centre), City GVZ Westhafen (Berlin), Schwarzheide (BASF terminal) and Elsterwerda (Elsterwerda West).

Brandenburg’s freight waterway network extends about 1,300 kilometres and interconnects the region with the North Sea and Baltic Sea ports of Hamburg, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Szczecin. Moreover, eleven inland ports facilitate access to this excellent waterway network.

Last but not least, Schönefeld airport is currently being developed into a major European air hub, Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), and will further boost the region’s economy.

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What they said about Brandenburg:
“Our IT centre and German office have been located in Europarc Dreilinden in Kleinmachnow for five years now. We appreciate the state-of-the-art infrastructure and the proximity of other high tech companies. We are counting on our site in Brandenburg, as evidenced not least by the expansion of our IT centre during this last year.”
Jens Tamm, Country Manager of Interoute in Germany and Austria, on 19/04/2012