Laç railway station
Railway station in Laç, Albania
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Lac railway station (Albanian: Stacioni hekurudhor i Laçit) is a railway station serving the town of Laç in Lezhe County in Northern Albania.
Laç railway station Stacioni hekurudhor i Laçit | |||||||
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The station in 2012 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Laç Lezhe County Albania | ||||||
| Coordinates | 41.6379°N 19.7008°E | ||||||
| System | Hekurudha Shqiptare | ||||||
| Line | Shkodër-Vorë railway | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 7 May 1963 | ||||||
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The station was opened in 1963 and remained the terminus of a line from Vore until a further extension to Lezhë was completed in 1981.[1]
The station was once (along with Fier) a vital hub for transporting goods like ores and ammonium nitrate as well as passengers. In 1991, the International Fertilizer Development Center reported that 80-90% of fertiliser produced in Laç was transported by rail from the station, but that whilst there were sufficient wagons and optimistic journey times, the storage facilities at the station were inadequate.[2]
