Albania opens 15.75 mln euro tender for Tirana-Durres railway extension

May 11 (SeeNews) - State-owned Albanian Railways said on Monday it has opened tender procedures to extend by 4 kilometres the country's main railway section, the 34-kilometre line which connects the capital Tirana to the Adriatic port city of Durres, currently under reconstruction.

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The two year contract has an estimated value of 1.5 billion leks ($18.5 million/5.75 million euro), Albanian Railways said in a tender announcement filed with the country's e-procurement portal.

The extension will link the railway's end station at Tirana’s Public Transport Terminal in the city's eastern part to a new central station within walking distance of the city centre, including two intermediate stops.

The main project, which includes restoration of the Tirana-Durres railway line as well as the line connecting the capital to Tirana airport, is 87% completed, and operations are set to launch at the beginning of 2027, Albania Railways director Ergys Verdho told local media in September.

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The project, estimated at around 92.1 million euro, is co-financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with a 36.9 million euro loan, and the European Union with a grant of up to 35.5 million euro.

Albania is currently in the process of reviving key parts of its long-neglected railway network. Another key section, a 34-kilometre railway connecting Durres to the central town of Rrogozhine, part of European transport Corridor VIII, is planned to open in 2028, the infrastructure ministry said in October.

(1 euro = 95.4 Albanian leks)

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