Laç railway station
Laç railway station Stacioni hekurudhor i Laçit | |||||||
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The station in 2012 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Laç Lezhe County Albania | ||||||
| Coordinates | 41°38′16″N 19°42′03″E / 41.6379°N 19.7008°E | ||||||
| System | Hekurudha Shqiptare | ||||||
| Line | Shkodër-Vorë railway | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 7 May 1963 | ||||||
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Lac railway station (Albanian: Stacioni hekurudhor i Laçit) is a railway station serving the town of Laç in Lezhe County in Northern Albania.
The station was opened in 1963 and remained the terminus of a line from Vore until a further extension to Lezhë was completed in 1981.[1]
The station was once (along with Fier) a vital hub for transporting goods like ores and ammonium nitrate as well as passengers. In 1991, the International Fertilizer Development Center reported that 80-90% of fertiliser produced in Laç was transported by rail from the station, but that whilst there were sufficient wagons and optimistic journey times, the storage facilities at the station were inadequate.[2]
See also
- List of railway stations in Albania
- Rail transport in Albania
- History of rail transport in Albania
- Transport in Albania
- Shkodër–Vorë railway
References
- ^ "Opening Dates of HSH Standard Gauge Lines". Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Supply, Distribution, and Marketing of Fertilizer and Other Key Agricultural Inputs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.pg.29
External links
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- (in Albanian and English) Hekurudha Shqiptare (Albanian Railways)