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.
• HSH - Albania railways...
You can read my feature article on the reconstruction works in the August issue of Today's Railways Europe:
www.platform5....
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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.wikime...
By User:Albinfo - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikime...
By albinfo - Own work, CC0, commons.wikime...
By Forrásjelölés Hasonló, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikime...
Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
By Jan Pešula - Own work, CC0, commons.wikime...
By Maurits90 - Own work, CC0, commons.wikime...
By albinfo - Own work, CC0, commons.wikime...
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Albania maps:
www.grida.no/r...
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[@KenanTurkiye]

roses are red, violets are blue
there's trains and trams in my playlist two
there ya go, that somehow rhymed :))

[@MrMulrine83]

the T669 are not exactly ex Czech Railways, they were built new by CKD in 1978

[@stefanoblazanovic2615]

Kakva željeznica takva država.. jad...
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