 This will directly connect the European railway network (as well as the Danube river transport system) with the Trans-Siberian Railway.The vast majority of freight shipments between the EU, Russia and the Asian Pacific Region currently go by sea via the Suez Canal – a distance of between 17,000 and 22,000 km.By extending the broad-gauge line, the promoters of the Košice–Vienna project aim to make the Trans-Siberian Railway more competitive vis-à-vis the sea routes.