locomotive at kashar transit station locale albania dates of operation 1945 track gauge 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in headquarters durres railway station durr s albania website http www.hsh.com.al hekurudha shqiptare or hsh albanian railways is albania s state owned operator of the albanian railway system . the network s main terminal is the durr s railway station in the port city of durr s. hsh s infrastructure runs east to pogradec up to librazhd as of 2012 south to vlor and north to shkod r. there is also a branch line to the capital tirana up to kashar 10 km away as of 2015 . the network was extended beyond shkod r in the 1980s into what is now montenegro via the albanian border town of hani i hotit . but this section of the system is for freight only . there is also no physical rail connection between albania and neighbouring macedonia or greece . albanian railways has been described by many travel guides as a tourist attraction and a de facto panoramic journey . hsh is totally non electrified and trains are hauled by czechoslovak t 669 diesel electric locomotives . the entire system is normally single track with bypasses at various points throughout . second hand passenger rolling stock from germany s db italy s fs austria s bb or poland s pkp is used on the system . trains have suffered from vandalism such as damage from rocks thrown at carriages or damage to the interiors . periodically some lines do not run on a full schedule as parts of the rail track is damaged from landslides or stolen for iron scrap . plans exist to upgrade the durr s tiran line linking it with rinas airport starting in 2013 although a similar previous plan was rejected by the albanian government . citation needed contents 1 passenger services 2 system map 3 rolling stock 3.1 current 3.1.1 locomotives 3.1.2 carriages 3.2 retired 4 see also 5 references and notes 6 external links passenger services edit refurbished wagon interior in 2015 . in 2015 some rail stations and rolling stock along the durres tirane line were renovated and adopted a red and white livery . the scenic librazhd pogradec line was closed for passenger traffic in 2012 . the stored locomotives and wagons from prrenjas are being moved to elbasan . as a result this section may be dismantled as it doesn t link any major cities . there are several freight only branch lines . regular freight trains run between podgorica and shkod r every weekday with albanian and montenegrin locomotives alternating daily and between durr s and the oil refinery at ballsh once a week . the tirana shkod r and the durr s elbasan lines are normally served by mixed trains . as of may 27 2015 until further notice the following daily trains are in service 1 07 20 durr s 10 06 elbasan 11 00 librazhd 15 15 durr s 18 02 elbasan 05 15 elbasan 08 00 durr s 13 00 librazhd 16 36 durr s 05 30 shkod r 09 20 durr s 13 00 durr s 16 45 shkod r 05 00 vlor 09 45 durr s 14 10 durr s 19 00 vlor system map edit hekurudha shqiptare hsh legend from podgorica freight only border crossing with montenegro hani i hotit freight only shkod r mjed baq l lezh rr shen rubik milot la mamurras ish m fush kruj budull tiran kashar yzberisht vor sukth shkozet durr s railway station durr s plazh golem kavaj lekaj rrogozhin peqin bishqem pap r elbasan krast mirak librazhd xhyr freight only quk s freight only prrenjas freight only lin freight only memelisht freight only gur i kuq freight only lushnj fier ballsh freight only vlor rolling stock edit current edit locomotives edit class image type top speed number remarks built mph km h t 669 1000 de locomotive 90 61 series 1001 1061 2 1978 carriages edit class image type top speed number remarks built mph km h ab 39 78 11 series 401 411 former italian coaches 3 1959 45 former austria 2 former austrian numbers 50 81 20 04 000 059 . arrived around 1999 pafawag 8 series 52 59 former poland typ osshd y. not sure if new or secondhand 4 1981 pafawag bwixd 3 10 series 61 70 former poland typ halberstadt 120a . not sure if new or secondhand 4 67 stil in service in 2009 . 1981 by byuu aby 12 . series 51 41 21 43 013 24 2 halberstadt mitteleinstiegswagen bought secondhand from germany . original built for gdr railways . german numbers 51 80 21 43 uic x 63 series 301 former italian coaches series type b 29 38 b 29 40 b 29 70 3 1992 1993 a 19 40 5 series 501 505 former italian coaches 3 retired edit class image type top speed number remarks built class 56.3400 1 d h2 steam locomotive 4 a gift from sovjet union this former austrian and hungarian rolling stock was a trophy from the woii . 4 class 20 steam locomotive 2 19 class 31 steam locomotive 1 31 steamless shunter 1940 class 72 steam locomotive 1 72 1941 class 01 1 d1 2 8 2 steam locomotive 80 6 tkt 48.01 48.06 new built in poland . similar to polish tkt48 class . 4 possible in service until 1991 . 3 1951 1952 5 former german schnellzugwagen type ab4 28 . probably a gift from sovjet union this rolling stock was a trophy from the woii . present during the 1949 opening of the first albanian railway . 4 krauss maffei 2000 de locomotive 140 5 2001 2005 former german locomotives db class 221 bought secondhand in 1989 . shipped in 1989 1990 . taken out of service around 1993 . most scrapped . 1956 t435 0500 de locomotive 60 10 identical to czech 720 class . in 2009 0524 0526 0591 were found in prrenjas . 1958 t211 0450 de locomotive 40 4 identical to czech t211 class 1959 t458 459 1500 de locomotive 80 8 identical to czech t458 class . in 2009 1523 1525 1526 1530 1531 were found in prrenjas 1963 d 10 01 10 chinese built bagage vans . originally green later brown colored . 3 some were seen in 2011 out of service . 1966 1972 b 41 70 110 chinese built second class stock . 3 1966 1972 4 series 151 154 second class coach . built byu shkod r wagon works 3 1980 s 4 series 151 154 second class coach . built byu shkod r wagon works 3 1980 s b10t type bruhat 140 43 series 201 243 in france 50 87 20 47 423 491 496 812 french stock bought secondhand in 1980 s. originally constructed between 1956 and 1962 in a serie of 318 coaches reconstructed from 1900 1920 plm coaches . in france called modernis es sud est of bruhat 3 1981 1982 see also edit trains portal albania portal history of rail transport in albania rail transport in albania transport in albania references and notes edit hsh official timetable a b c focken heiki 2008 lok report albanien . auf schienen durch das land der skipetaren a b c d e f g h i j angelfire.com hsh passenger stocklist a b c d e drehscheibe online external links edit official website of hsh official hsh trains timetable 2015 hsh system map and timetable as of 2011 site dedicated to hsh in albanian v t e national railway companies of europe list of railway companies rail transport by country railway companies by country albania hsh armenia skzd1 austria bb azerbaijan ady belarus b d b belgium sncb nmbs bosnia fbh2 and rs3 bulgaria bd croatia h czech republic d denmark dsb estonia evr finland vr france sncf georgia sr1 germany db greece trainose hungary m v ireland i italy fs kazakhstan kt 1 kosovo hk k 4 latvia ldz lithuania lg luxembourg cfl macedonia m moldova cfm montenegro pcg netherlands ns norway nsb poland pkp portugal cp romania cfr russia r d1 serbia s slovakia ssk slovenia s spain renfe operadora sweden sjab switzerland sbb cff ffs turkey tcdd1 ukraine uz united kingdom nr5 nir6 1country partly in asia 2for the federation bh 3for srpska 4state with limited recognition 5for great britain 6for northern ireland v t e hekurudha shqiptare hsh rolling stock locomotives steam class 01 class 20 class 31 class 56 class 72 diesel electric class t211 .0 class t435 .0500 class t458 .1500 class t669 .1000 class 2000 coaches second hand silberling uic x see also category rolling stock of albania retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hekurudha shqiptare & oldid 732576930 categories railway companies of albaniahidden categories articles that mention 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