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Location at the intersection of international communications routes.

The Silesian Agglomeration is situated in the south of Poland, in the central part of the Silesian Province. Perfect communication, possible thanks to the motorway A4 running from west (Polish-German border) to east (Kraków and further to the Polish-Ukrainian border) and to the motorway A1 (north-south), affects the development of the region as an international logistic and production base.

Source: Metropolis Nieruchomości Komercyjne.

Dense network of local road and railway connections. The dense network of road connections includes the following main communications routes which constitute "transport axes" of the Agglomeration: Motorway A4, facilitating the flow of local and transit traffic from east to west; Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa (DTŚ road), connecting Katowice and Ruda Śląska, which is going to be the main internal communications artery, running from Gliwice to Dąbrowa Górnicza; National Road No. 1 (DK 1), the eastern ring road of the Agglomeration running from Warsaw through Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Tychy and Pszczyna to Cieszyn; National Road No. 86 (DK 86) running through Będzin, Sosnowiec, Katowice, Mysłowice and Tychy; National Road No. 94 (DK 94) running through Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sosnowiec, Będzin, Czeladź, Siemianowice Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie, Bytom and Zabrze to Pyskowice; National Road No. 88 (DK 88) from Gliwice through Zabrze to Bytom; National Road No. 44 (DK 44) from Gliwice through Mikołów to Tychy. This is the only province of Poland with such a dense road and railway network, catering both for transit traffic and communication within the Agglomeration.

Source: drawn up on the basis of the Statistical Office in Katowice

The transport infrastructure of the region also includes a dense network of railways, the main means of long-distance cargo transportation. The railway lines are located along the area of most of the industrial and logistic complexes: both the older ones and those built at the turn of the 21st century.

Air connections with the whole Europe. The transportation system of the Agglomeration is supplemented by the International Katowice Airport located in Pyrzowice. It is the third biggest airport in Poland according to the number of passengers. It is located in the north of the Agglomeration and it provides air connection to many cities of Europe. It is also connected with the key international transit flight centres in Frankfurt and London. An additional advantage of the region is its close proximity to the airports in Kraków (Balice) and in Ostrawa (Mosnoy). As a result, the region, as the only one in Poland, is serviced by three international airports. The airports in Pyrzowice and in Balice together serve almost 25% of all passengers in the country.

Source: drawn up on the basis of the Office for Civil Aviation.