European route E 30 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from the southern Irish port of Cork in the west to the Russian city of Omsk in the east. For much of its Russian stretch, it coincides with Trans-Siberian Highway and, east of the Ural Mountains, with AH6 of the Asian Highway Network.
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The E 30 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 (4912 km).
Formerly, before 1985, this was the E 8 (London-Berlin-Brest).
Itinerary
The E 30 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 Hook of Holland in the Netherlands.
Ireland
The ferry Rosslare — Fishguard departs twice daily, taking about 3 hours.
United Kingdom
European routes are not recognised by UK authorities and not signposted in the UK.
- A40: Fishguard - Carmarthen
- A48: Carmarthen - Llanelli
- M4: Llanelli - Swansea - Port Talbot - Bridgend - Cardiff - Newport - Bristol - Swindon - Reading - Slough
- M25: Slough - Brentwood (the E30 merges with the E15 between the A1 and Brentwood).
- A12: Brentwood - Chelmsford - Colchester - Ipswich
- A14: Ipswich - Felixstowe
The nearest passenger ferries to Hoek Van Holland actually depart from Harwich, across the Orwell south of Felixstowe, at the E 32. That ferry has 4 daily departures and takes about 4 hours. Cargo ferries depart from Felixstowe.
Netherlands
- N211: Hoek van Holland - Den Haag
- A12: Den Haag - Gouda - Utrecht
- A28: Utrecht - Amersfoort
- A1: Amersfoort - Apeldoorn - Deventer - Hengelo
- A1/A35: Hengelo
- A1: Hengelo - Oldenzaal - de Lutte
Germany
- A 30: Osnabrück - Bad Oeynhausen
- B 61: Bad Oeynhausen
- A 2: Bad Oeynhausen - Hannover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Potsdam
- A 10: Potsdam - Berlin
- A 12: Berlin - Frankfurt an der Oder
Poland
Within Poland E 30 follows National Road 2 and the A2 motorway.
Belarus
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 E 30). The E 30 follows the Russian main road M1 Belarus-Moscow, M5 Moscow-Chelyabinsk and M51 Chelyabinsk-Kurgan. It goes along minor roads past Ishim in order to avoid the Kazak border towards Omsk.
- M1: Smolensk - Moscow
- M5: Moscow - Ryazan - Penza - Samara - Ufa - Chelyabinsk
- M51: Chelyabinsk - Kurgan - Omsk
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