Pan-European Corridor II
| Pan-European Corridor II | |
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Pan-European Corridor II highlighted in red | |
| Major junctions | |
| Start end: | Berlin (Germany) |
| End end: | Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) |
| Location | |
| Countries: | Germany, Poland, Belarus and Russia |
| Highway system | |
| Pan-European corridors | |
The Corridor II is one of the Pan-European corridors. It runs between Berlin in Germany, and Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, passing through Poland and Belarus. The corridor follows the route: Berlin - Poznań - Warsaw - Brest - Minsk - Smolensk - Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod. It is partly paralleled by 
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Due to the Schengen Agreement, the border between Germany and Poland can be crossed easily without any passport or immigrations checks. There are immigration checks when crossing from the European Union into Belarus near Brest, and citizens of most countries need a visa to enter one country or the other, or both. On the Belarus–Russia border, however, there are no immigration checks, because Russia and Belarus part of the same Union State.
Rail traffic along this route is hindered by a break-of-gauge at the border between Poland and Belarus. Poland (along with the rest of Western and Central Europe) uses standard gauge, while Belarus, Russia, and the former Soviet Union use Russian gauge.