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Today’s introduction and summary videos
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Today’s photos
Western bus terminal Tiranë
Site of the future "central" station, Tiranë - it's not very central
Route of the now abandoned line to the old central station - east of the new station
Site of the future "central" station, Tiranë - route of lines into the station
Site of the future "central" station, Tiranë - the line will have to cross the main road north here, no bridge building yet started
Looking back at the new Tiranë central station - the western bus terminal can also be seen
Future platforms, Tiranë
Future platforms, Tiranë, looking west
Future platforms, Tiranë, looking east
Western bus terminal Tiranë
Drinj, Shkodër
Horse and cart, edge of Shkodër
Today’s background
Time to head into the final South Eastern European country of the trip – Montenegro, following the route of the freight line from Albania. And then onto the classic night train across the mountains and back into Serbia and to Belgrade.
Borders examined on this day:
Tuzi 🇲🇪 – Vukpalaj-Bajze 🇦🇱
Bijelo Polje 🇲🇪 – Kumanica 🇷🇸
Distance covered:
567.1km
Transport modes:
🚆 1
🚌 1
🚲 1
Today’s route
The full zoomable and scrollable map, including today’s route, is on uMap here.
