Transport
The main forms of transport and travel in the Imperial Empire are by road, railway, marine transport or by air. Positioned in central Europe in a key location between east and west, the Empire is a hub for transport. With large amounts of traffic heading east and west across the nation. The Empire itself has a vast extensive network of motorways and expressways, with Poland alone having in 2015, 2,103 km of Motorway and 1,845 km of Expressway. Currently both the Lithuanian and Polish Ministry's of Transport are carrying out extensive modernisation of highways and road infrastructure.
The Railways
The Polish government runs its own Railway company called Polish State Railways (PKP) which operates across the entire network and owns all railways in the Polish nation. Currently Poland has 35,203 km of railway all of which is managed and serviced by PKP. Train speeds are usually fixed between 80 km/h and 150 km/h. However in partnership with the German state railway's high speed ICE network, a network of high speed intercity trains travelling at 250 km/h is being trialled. The railway network connects directly onto the Lithuanian network which is also state run. The Lithuanian government running Lithuania Rail (LG) which runs on the same gauge and system as the Polish network. Currently there is 4,506 km of railway in Lithuania with planned expansion for a further 300 km in the Latvia region. However unlike Poland, in Lithuania ownership of the railways themselves has been privatised to cut back on maintenance costs.
Road Network
Since early 2012 both Poland and Lithuania have been carrying out extensive overhauls of their seperate road infrastructure. leading to the construction of over 1,000km of motorway and expressway. Both nations drive on the right hand side of the road and both nations have a 100 km/h speed limit on regional roads. While motorways have 120 km/h speed limits and expressway's have 125 km/h speed limits. Although this can vary slightly between the two regions. In both nations there are four types of road, provincial, regional, motorway and expressway.
Marine Transport
The Empire has a coastline 1,165 km in length, stretching between Germany and Estonia. Both Poland and Lithuania operate ferry's that travel along and across the coast, allowing for the movement of citizens and tourists alike. Seaports exist all along the coastline and allow for the movement of large amounts of freight into and out of both nations. Gdansk alone saw over 51.2 million tons of cargo in 2015.
Air
The air transport markets in Lithuania and Poland are quite well developed. There are large number of international airports dotted across the Empire, with the largest being in Warsaw. Poland operates its own state run airline LOT which operates 137 aircraft and Lithuania operates its own airline which operates 56 aircraft. Both nations also see a vast network of other airlines interconnect across the Empire, including Lufthansa, Emirates and British Airways. As well as a large number of budget flyers both national and international.
The Railways
The Polish government runs its own Railway company called Polish State Railways (PKP) which operates across the entire network and owns all railways in the Polish nation. Currently Poland has 35,203 km of railway all of which is managed and serviced by PKP. Train speeds are usually fixed between 80 km/h and 150 km/h. However in partnership with the German state railway's high speed ICE network, a network of high speed intercity trains travelling at 250 km/h is being trialled. The railway network connects directly onto the Lithuanian network which is also state run. The Lithuanian government running Lithuania Rail (LG) which runs on the same gauge and system as the Polish network. Currently there is 4,506 km of railway in Lithuania with planned expansion for a further 300 km in the Latvia region. However unlike Poland, in Lithuania ownership of the railways themselves has been privatised to cut back on maintenance costs.
Road Network
Since early 2012 both Poland and Lithuania have been carrying out extensive overhauls of their seperate road infrastructure. leading to the construction of over 1,000km of motorway and expressway. Both nations drive on the right hand side of the road and both nations have a 100 km/h speed limit on regional roads. While motorways have 120 km/h speed limits and expressway's have 125 km/h speed limits. Although this can vary slightly between the two regions. In both nations there are four types of road, provincial, regional, motorway and expressway.
Marine Transport
The Empire has a coastline 1,165 km in length, stretching between Germany and Estonia. Both Poland and Lithuania operate ferry's that travel along and across the coast, allowing for the movement of citizens and tourists alike. Seaports exist all along the coastline and allow for the movement of large amounts of freight into and out of both nations. Gdansk alone saw over 51.2 million tons of cargo in 2015.
Air
The air transport markets in Lithuania and Poland are quite well developed. There are large number of international airports dotted across the Empire, with the largest being in Warsaw. Poland operates its own state run airline LOT which operates 137 aircraft and Lithuania operates its own airline which operates 56 aircraft. Both nations also see a vast network of other airlines interconnect across the Empire, including Lufthansa, Emirates and British Airways. As well as a large number of budget flyers both national and international.