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No rail routes.


There has been an aspiration for many years to construct a railway linking Kosovo with the Albanian port of Durrës, a preliminary feasibility study being carried out as long ago as 1999.  The provisional route would use the existing formation in Kosovo to Prizren, 17km of new line to the border at Vërmicë / Morinë, then 83km of new line in Albania to Rrëshen to join up with the abandoned HSH branch from Milot. Funding for this has never been forthcoming, and in recent years the EU have provided support for the parallel A1 highway which has offset the need for the railway.  However, the governments of Albania and Kosovo continue to promote the idea of this line and in December 2021 agreed to carry out another feasibility study during 2022, with the potential to start detailed design work in 2023 and construction in 2024.
There has been an aspiration for many years to construct a railway linking Kosovo with the Albanian port of Durrës. With plans being developed in the early 2020s to relocate the port of Durrës to Porto Romano, the idea of a rail connected "Dry Port" in Prishtinë also emerged. Feasibility studies in 2023 led the two governments to announce in January 2024 that they had selected a preferred route for the new line, from Shkodër (Albania) via the Drin valley to Gjakova (Kosovo) to meet up with the nearby Klinë to Prizren line. More detailed studies are now planned.  


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 12:48, 18 March 2024

No rail routes.

There has been an aspiration for many years to construct a railway linking Kosovo with the Albanian port of Durrës. With plans being developed in the early 2020s to relocate the port of Durrës to Porto Romano, the idea of a rail connected "Dry Port" in Prishtinë also emerged. Feasibility studies in 2023 led the two governments to announce in January 2024 that they had selected a preferred route for the new line, from Shkodër (Albania) via the Drin valley to Gjakova (Kosovo) to meet up with the nearby Klinë to Prizren line. More detailed studies are now planned.

See also