Atlantic Core Network Corridor

{{Short description|Trans-european transport initiative}}

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|length_km = 8200

|terminus_a = {{flagicon|POR}} Lisbon

|junction =

|terminus_b ={{flagicon|GER}} Mannheim

|countries = {{POR}}
{{ESP}}
{{FRA}}
{{GER}}

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The Atlantic Core Network Corridor or simply Atlantic Corridor is a European initiative developed from the Trans-European Transport Network to create a high capacity railway and road corridor connecting Portugal, Spain and France,{{cite news|url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/Paginas/2011/19102011_TransportNetwork.aspx|title=European Union accepts proposal from Spanish Government on Trans-European Transport Networks|date=October 19, 201|website=La Moncloa}} and later extended to Germany as well.{{cite news|url=https://www.atlantic-corridor.eu/news-events/news/european-freight-corridor-atlantic-extends-to-germany-by-1-january-2016-new-connection-to-france-and-the-iberian-peninsula/|title=European Freight Corridor "Atlantic" extends to Germany|date=January 1, 2016|website=Atlantic Corridor}} When it's finished, the Iberian branch is planned to become one of the main transport networks of the Peninsula, alongside the Mediterranean Corridor,{{cite news|url=https://www.leonoticias.com/leon/corredor-atlantico-claves-20230127105210-nt.html|title=¿Qué es el Corredor Atlántico? Las claves de un proyecto de 7.800 millones de euros |language=spanish|date=January 27, 2023|website=Leonoticias}} and, in general, it has been said to be "fundamental for European cohesion".{{cite news|url=https://jornalc.pt/corredor-atlantico-e-fundamental-para-a-coesao-europeia/|title=Corredor Atlântico é fundamental para a coesão europeia|language=portuguese|date=February 8, 2019|website=Jornal C – O Caminhense}} It will include the following sections:

• Algeciras – Bobadilla – Madrid
• Sines/Lisbon – Madrid – Valladolid
• Lisbon – Aveiro – Leixões/Porto
• Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria – Bergara – Bilbao/Bordeaux – Paris – Le Havre/Metz – Mannheim/Strasbourg