Main transport networks and nodes in the ECE region

The ECE region is widely linked by interconnected networks of roads, railways and waterways. In the European part of the ECE region, the main networks are established in the framework of International Agreements administered by ECE. These networks are focused on in this report. For the Canadian part of the ECE region, the National Highway System (NHS) was first identified by the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety in 1988 and later extended in 2005 to define a network of interprovincial highways linking together major population centres and critical intermodal facilities and major land border crossings. The Canadian railway network is a mix of trunk lines owned by the two Class I freight railways and feeder lines operated by shortline railways.

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