Albania's railways are being reconstructed after almost 3 decades of serious neglect and underinvestment. The line from Tirana to Durres will reopen in 2024.
Thanks to HST Howard for footage.
• HSH - Albania railways...
You can read my feature article on the reconstruction works in the August issue of Today's Railways Europe:
www.platform5.com/Catalogue/T...
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Image credits:
By Albinfo - Picture taken by myselfDetails of description based on Dietrich, Hertweck, Müller, Weisser, Becker, Petrovitch, Bowen, Philips: Die Albanische Eisenbahnen - Ein Statusbericht vom Herbst 1996, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte e.V., Werl 1998, ISBN 3-921700-76-0, Structurae.de and Karl-Wilhelm Koch (editor): Eisenbahnatlas Europa, GeraMond Verlag, München 2006, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By User:Albinfo - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By albinfo - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Forrásjelölés Hasonló, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
By Jan Pešula - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Maurits90 - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By albinfo - Own work, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekurud...
Albania maps:
www.grida.no/resources/5345
en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/File:...
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