Durrës railway station

Location
	Durrës Location within Albania Durrës Durrës (Europe)

Durrës

Stacioni hekurudhor i Durrësit
Durrës; Stacioni hekurudhor i Durrësit
Terminal railway station
	Front facade of Durrës station
General information
Location	Albania
Coordinates	41°19′04″N 19°27′18″E / 41.3179°N 19.455°E
Operated by	Hekurudha Shqiptare
Line(s)	Durrës–Tiranë; Durrës-Vlorë;
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1949
Location
Location
	Durrës Location within Albania Durrës Durrës (Europe)

Durrës railway station (Albanian: Stacioni hekurudhor i Durrësit) is the main railway station 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, near the local port, 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] It is located in the city centre, close to the Port of Durrës.

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 Drač and the capital Tirana were put into service. In 2014, the façade of the station was rebuilt and some services were modernized.

References

^ Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004 (4 ed.). Routledge. 2004. p. 98. ISBN 1-85743-186-3. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "History of Hekurudha Shqiptare (in Albanian)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-17. Retrieved 21 June 2020.