Hungary’s central location in Europe is one of its key competitive advantages. With four major European transportation corridors running through the country, Hungary is considered a gateway and a central hub in Europe. In order to exploit these benefits, Hungary is determined to enhance its infrastructure and improve its integration into the pan-European networks.

• Strategic geographical position within the EU at the Schengen borders
• Vicinity and easy accessibility to the markets of the CIS and Europe
• Access to five countries within a 100-kilometre radius
• Key EU cargo transit point currently handling 23 percents of cargo flow at the EU’s eastern borders
• A road and railway interchange along Pan-European Transport Corridor V.
• Industrial parks with infrastructure, wide and standard rail connections
• Re-loading capacity at the junction of the wide-gauge (CIS) and European standard rail tracks
• Záhony Development Program – one of Hungarian Government’s most significant regional complex development projects

• Hungary’s central location in Europe is one of its key competitive advantages. With four major European transportation corridors running through the country, Hungary is considered a gateway and a central hub in Europe. In order to exploit these benefits, Hungary is determined to enhance its infrastructure and improve its integration into the pan-European networks.
• Budapest, the capital of Hungary is in the cross point of the Pan European Corridors no. IV., V., VII. and X.
• Pan-European Transport routes/Helsinki Corridors:
• IV.:Nuremberg/Dresden-Budapest-Bucharest-Constanta (Sofia-Thessaloniki/Istanbul)
• V.: Venice-Ljubljana-Budapest-Lvov, Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest and Ploce-Sarajevo-Budapest
• VII.:Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest-Belgrade-Constanta
• X.: Igoumenitsa/Thessaloniki/Sofia-Belgrade-Budapest

• Key seaport distances from Budapest
• Budapest-Koper:549 kilometres
• Budapest-Gdansk:1013 kilometres
• Budapest-Rotterdam: 1415 kilometres
• As indicated above, most of the major European harbours are located within one-day driving range from Budapest, which underlines the strategic position that is occupied by the CBTC.

Hungary can be accessed also via the Trans-Siberian railway, which provides a further opportunity for good transportation, therefore – as a part of its regional development strategy –, the Hungarian government has launched a major project to develop the city of Záhony (located at the vicinity of the Ukrainian border) and its environment into a special area. The Záhony Development Program has begun in 2008.

Due to the existing unified customs strategy of the European Union it is possible to declare the goods either at the seaport or at the destination (if it is located within the EU). The declaration process operates at high performance: 5.5 declarations happen in each second. After the declaration, the goods can be transported and sold freely within the borders of the European Union.