'''European route E30''' is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from the southern #REDIRECT [[Ireland|Irish]] port of [[Cork]] in the west to the [[Russia]]n city of [[Omsk]] in the east. ==History==The E30 is one of the longest European routes with a total length of about 5800 km (3625 mi) (3300 km (2062 mi) from Cork to [[Moscow]], 2500 km (1560 mi) from Moscow to Omsk. The naming is by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Formerly the route only went from Cork to [[Samara]], with an often reported length of 3070 miles (4912km). Formerly, before 1985, this was the E8 (London-Berlin-Brest). ==Itinerary==The E30 routes over seven European countries, and includes two sea-crossings, one from [[Rosslare]] in [[Ireland]] to [[Fishguard]] in [[Wales]], and one from [[Felixstowe]] in [[England]] to [[Hoek van Holland]] in the [[Netherlands]]. === Ireland ===*[[N25 (Ireland)|N25]]: [[Cork]] - [[Waterford]] - [[Wexford]] - [[Rosslare Europort]] The ferry Rosslare - Fishguard departs twice daily, taking about 3 hours. === United Kingdom===European routes are not recognized by UK authorities and not signposted in the UK. *[[A40 (UK)|A40]]: [[Fishguard]] - [[Carmarthen]]*[[A48 (UK)|A48]]: Carmarthen - [[Swansea]]*[[M4 (UK)|M4]]: Swansea - [[Bridgend]] - [[Cardiff]] - [[Newport]] - [[Bristol]] -[[Swindon]] - [[Reading]] - [[Slough]] *[[M25 (UK)|M25]]: [[Slough]] - [[Brentwood]]*[[A12 (UK)A12]]: Brentwood - [[Chelmsford]] - [[Colchester]] - [[Ipswich]]*[[A14 (UK)|A14]]: Ipswich - [[Felixstowe]] The nearest passenger ferries to Hoek Van Holland actually depart from [[Harwich]], across the Orwell river south of Felixstowe, at the [[E32]]. That ferry has 4 daily departures and takes about 4 hours. Cargo ferries depart from Felixstowe. === Netherlands ===*[[N211 (Netherlands)]]: [[Hoek van Holland]] - [[Den Haag]] *[[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]]: Den Haag - [[Gouda]] - [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]*[[A28 (Netherlands)|A28]]: Utrecht - [[Amersfoort]]*[[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]]: Amersfoort - [[Apeldoorn]] - [[Deventer]] - [[Hengelo]] - [[Oldenzaal]] - [[de Lutte]] === Germany ===* [[A30 (Germany)|A30]]: [[Osnabrück]] - [[Bad Oeynhausen]]* [[B61 (Germany)|B61]]: [[Bad Oeynhausen]]* [[A2 (Germany)||A2]]: Bad Oeynhausen - [[Hannover]] - [[Braunschweig]] - [[Magdeburg]] - [[Potsdam]]* [[A10 (Germany)|A10]]: Potsdam - [[Berlin]]* [[A12 (Germany)|A12]]: Berlin - [[Frankfurt an der Oder]] ===Poland===Within Poland E30 follows National Road 2 (DK2) and the [[A2 (Poland)|A2 motorway]].*[[Świebodzin]] - [[Poznań]] - [[Konin]] - [[Łódź]] - [[Łowicz]] - [[Warsaw]] - [[Siedlce]] - [[Biała Podlaska]] ===Belarus===*[[M1 (Belarus)|M1]]Category: [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] - [[Minsk]] ===Russia===The Russian stretch of this road coincides partly with the [[Asian Highway Network]]'s [[AH6]] (though this latter highway passes through [[Petropavl]], [[Kazakhstan]] in its stretch between Chelyabinsk and Omsk, unlike the E30). The E30 follows the Russian main road [[M1 (Russia)|M1 Belarus-Moscow]], [[M5 (Russia)|M5 Moscow-Chelyabinsk]] and [[M51 (Russia)||M51 Chelyabinsk-Kurgan]]. It goes along minor roads past [[Ishim]] in order to avoid the Kazak border towards [[Omsk]]. *[[M1 (Russia)|M1]]: [[Smolensk]] - [[Moscow]]*[[M5 (Russia)|M5]]: Moscow - [[Ryazan]] - [[Penza]] - [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] - [[Ufa]] - [[Chelyabinsk]]*[[M51 (Russia)|M51]]: Chelyabinsk - [[Kurgan (city)|Kurgan]]*Minor roads: [[Kurgan]] - [[Ishim]] - [[Omsk]] [[Category:Motorways]][[Category:Autobahn]][[Category:Europe]] {{wikipedia}}__NOTOC__