427 million EUR for rebuildding Albania’s railway system
18/07/2017 00:00
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The cost for rehabilitating the entire Albanian railway network mounts to a total of 427 million EUR.
The Ministry of Transportation has an economic evaluation report which includes all existing lines, from Han i Hotit in North to Vlore in South and Pogradec in Southeast.
It includes the Tirana Durres line and two segments used for good. One line that goes to Ballsh and another one to the Fushe Kruja cement factory.
The project for the Tirana-Durres line is ready and funds are granted. Study shows that the rehabilitation of this segment only mounts up to 40 million EUR, according to the study.
The Rinas airport segment is not related to this study, and its total is 46.4 million EUR. Railways are being seen as an opportunity to reduce the transportation of goods and connecting it through the entire region, cutting the travel time, since the current trains only travel to 40 km/h.
The Albanian railway has 66 passenger wagons, 225 wagons for goods and 25 locomotives. The capacity in theory is 2 million passengers and 500 million goods a year.
The Albanian government has signed an Association-Stabilization agreement with the EU which foresees a reconstruction of the Albanian railway based on EU principles.
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