Durrës railway station
Durrës railway station Stacioni hekurudhor i Durrësit | |||||||
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Front facade of Durrës station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Durrës Albania | ||||||
| Coordinates | 41°19′04″N 19°27′18″E / 41.3179°N 19.455°E | ||||||
| System | Terminal railway station | ||||||
| Operated by | Hekurudha Shqiptare | ||||||
| Lines | |||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||
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| Website | https://hekurudha.al/ | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1949 | ||||||
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Durrës railway station (Albanian: Stacioni hekurudhor i Durrësit) is the main railway terminal serving the port city of Durrës in central Albania, the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania. It is located in the city centre, close to the Port of Durrës, at the intersection of Rruga Adria and Rruga Egnatia. There is also a station for intercity buses in front of the railway station building.
The station is the hub of the Albanian railway network, and is connected by rail to other cities in Albania, including the capital of Tirana, Vlorë, Elbasan and Shkodër.[1]
History
The modernist building was built between 1940 and 1949. The establishment of the station and the railway connection to the largest Albanian port was already foreseen by the Italian occupation administration during the Second World War; it was implemented only after the end of the conflict. The station came into operation in 1947, with the opening of the railway line from Durrës to Peqin, the first standard-gauge railway line in Albania.[2] before the country's first full-length railway section was completed. The official commissioning took place on 23 February 1949, when the Tirana station and the line between Durrës and the capital Tirana were put into service. In 2014, the façade of the station was rebuilt and some services were modernized.
See also
- List of railway stations in Albania
- Rail transport in Albania
- History of rail transport in Albania
- Transport in Albania
- Durrës–Tiranë railway
- Durrës–Vlorë railway
References
- ^ Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004. Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2004 Series (4 ed.). Routledge. 2004. p. 98. ISBN 1-85743-186-3.
- ^ "History of Hekurudha Shqiptare (in Albanian)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-17. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
External links
- (in Albanian and English) Hekurudha Shqiptare (Albanian Railways)