Kosovo - General Information

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Country Name

Kosovo (Kosovë/Kosovo)

National railway system

Trains are operated by Hekurudhat e Kosovës (HK); HK has taken over operations previously managed by United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

Official Website

www.kosovorailway.com

Language

Albanian. Serb in a number of areas including Mitrovica.

Currency

Euro.

UIC code

Not known.

Timetable

Timetables are generally only posted at stations.

Maps

There is no published map of the railways of Kosovo, except that in M.G. Ball's "European Railway Atlas".

Gauge

Standard.

Electrification

None.

Rule of the road

There are no multiple track routes.

Other Railways

None.

Tourist Lines

None.

Metro

None.

Trams

None.

Recent and future changes

The railways in Kosovo have suffered from the political problems in the area since the war in the late 1990s. The routes are:

  • Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Hani i Elezit/Đeneral Janković (and across the border to Skopje in Macedonia)
  • Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Mitrovicë/Mitrovica - Zvečan (and across the border to Lešak and Kraljevo in Serbia)
  • Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Prishtinë/Priština (and across the border to Merdare in Serbia)
  • Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Gračanica
  • Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Metohija - Peć/Peja and Metohija - Prizren

The so-called "Freedom Train", operated by UNMIK, ran from 2004 between Hani i Elezit and Lešak via Fushë-Kosovë, Mitrovicë and Zvečan, but the section between Fushë-Kosovë and Zvečan ceased operating in early 2008 due to increasing tension in the Mitrovicë area. There was an UNMIK service to Gračanica for a few years in the mid 2000s but this has also ceased operating.

Train services currently (mid 2010) operating are:

  • (Kraljevo -) Lešak - Zvečan [3 trains daily each way, operated by ŽS]
  • Prishtinë/Priština - Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Hani i Elezit/Đeneral Janković - Skopje [2 trains daily each way, operated by HK and MŽ]
  • Prishtinë/Priština - Fushë-Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Metohija - Peć/Peja [2 trains daily each way, operated by HK]

Special Notes

From June 1999, Kosovo was a province of Serbia and was been under the administrative control of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 but this has not been formally recognised by all countries, including Serbia.

See also