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Tricity (also called the Treble City, in Polish Trójmiasto) is the metropolitan area consisting of the three Polish cities Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated very close to each other on the coast of the Gdansk Bay on the Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodship), northern Poland.
The Tricity metropolitan area also includes Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia, Tczew, Pruszcz Gdanski and several other communities. The total population in 2001 was 1,035,000, in an area of 1332.5 kmē.
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Tricity total (Gdańsk + Gdynia + Sopot):
The Tricity is an important center of education.
Tricity has a well-developed transport system. In addition, each city has its own transport system. Here is described only the common part of the system.
Development of the Tricity was smoothed by the construction of the city train (SKM) 1951, binding the whole area from Tczew by Gdansk, Sopot 1053, Gdynia 1956, Reda, Rumia to Wejherowo 1957.
The backbone of the Tricity is the Inner Highway. It starts in Gdansk and goes through Sopot, Gdynia, Reda and Rumia to Wejherowo. It consists from 2-4 lanes in each direction. Despite the fact that the traffic is stopped on the lights, it remains the main traffic route in the agglomeration.
In 1975 the Circle Highway was constructed. It starts in Pruszcz Gdanski and goes through Gdansk to Gdynia-Chylonia. The Circle has 2 (and in parts 3) lanes in each direction. Recently the highway was upgraded to the standard of the non-collision highway. The extension of the Circle is planned in the northern part, since it is obvious that the existing highway to Wejherowo will be overcrowded by 2005.Population
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