Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Rail transport in Albania


The railways in Albania are administered by the national railway company Hekurudha Shqiptare (HSH) (which means Albanian Railways). It operates a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) gauge (standard gauge) rail system in Albania. All trains are hauled by Czech-built ČKD diesel-electric locomotives.
The country's first standard gauge line was not built until 1947, although some narrow gauge lines were built earlier. There is one international link, with Montenegro, which has only ever been used for freight traffic; although this line (from Shkodër to Podgorica) was severed in 1997, it was restored in 2002.

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