Random Railways 34: Rebuilding Albania's Railways

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.
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You can read my feature article on the reconstruction works in the August issue of Today's Railways Europe:
https://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, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

By User:Albinfo - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

By albinfo - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...


By Forrásjelölés Hasonló, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

By Jan Pešula - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

By Maurits90 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

By albinfo - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekurud...

Albania maps:

https://www.grida.no/resources/5345

https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/File:...


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