Infrastructure

Infrastructure

The Zlín Region is affected by the negative consequences of being a border region, nonetheless joining the European Union in 2004 and the subsequent inclusion into the Schengen Area has helped in eliminating this barrier. Recent years have seen major improvements in the transportation network and thanks to the intensive and ongoing construction of express roads andhighways the region is now directly connected to the nation’s capital (Kroměříž – Prague). This road network is now being extended to Zlín and other major cities in the Zlín Region.

Relative travel distances from Zlín to selected European cities:

Prague ...................................................................................................................................................................300 km
Vienna ....................................................................................................................................................................180 km
Bratislava ..............................................................................................................................................................180  km
Berlin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 650 km
Munich ....................................................................................................................................................................600 km
Warsaw ..................................................................................................................................................................500 km
Brussels .............................................................................................................................................................1,200 km

Roads

The road network in the Zlín Region is being expanded through highways and express roads (D1, R55 and R49) currently under intensive construction. The largest towns in the region will be connected to these express roadways.

• The completion of the D1 in the north-west of the region connected the region to the highway network of the Czech Republic (Section: Kojetín - Kroměříž - Říkovice).
• The R55 forms the region’s important north-south road transport axis; the Hulin – Otrokovice section is complete.

A priority for the Zlín Region is the development of a primary roadway network:

• The R49 forms the region’s east-west road transport axis. The Hulín – Fryšták section will be completed in 2022 and a section from Fryšták to the border with Slovakia is in the planning phase.

Other roads in the region:

Roads I. class: ...............................................................................................................................................341 km
Roads II. class: ..............................................................................................................................................574 km
Roads III. class: ..........................................................................................................................................1,205 km

Railroads

The north-south rail corridor in the direction of Poland – Ostrava – Otrokovice – Břeclav – Austria (track # 330) and east-west corridor Prague – Olomouc – Valašské Meziříčí – Slovakia (track # 280) intersect in the Zlín Region.

Aside from the main corridors, the railroad network includes the following key tracks:

• track # 303/323: Kojetín – Kroměříž – Hulín – Holešov – Bystřice pod Hostýnem – Valašské Meziříčí – Frýdek-Místek – Ostrava
• track # 340/341: Brno – Kyjov – Veselí nad Moravou – Kunovice – Újezdec u Luhačovic – Bylnice – Vlárský Průsmyk – Trenčianská Teplá (SK)

The Zlín Region has a total of 358 km of rail tracks.

Airport

Přerov – Bochoř: execution of a project - regional airport for combined military- civilian use.

• joint project between the Zlín and Olomouc Regions and the City of Přerov
• 40 km from the regional capital of Zlín

Kunovice: airport with irregular air traffic

Distance to an airport with regular air traffic

Ostrava ..................................................................................................................................................................85 km
Brno ........................................................................................................................................................................90 km
Bratislava ............................................................................................................................................................ 175 km
Vienna ...................................................................................................................................................................190 km
Prague ..................................................................................................................................................................315 km