Lezhë railway station
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Lezhë County
Albania
Lezhë railway station Stacioni hekurudhor i Lezhës | |||||||
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 The station in 2010 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Lezhë Lezhë County Albania | ||||||
| Coordinates | 41°46′50″N 19°38′20″E / 41.7805°N 19.6388°E | ||||||
| System | Hekurudha Shqiptare | ||||||
| Line | Shkodër-Vorë railway | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | April 1981 | ||||||
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Lezhë railway station (Albanian: Stacioni hekurudhor i Lezhës) is a railway station serving the city of Lezhë in Northern Albania.
The line was opened in 1981. It was a terminal station until the extension to Shkodër was completed the following year.[1] Like most other railway stations in Albania, Lezhë has become underused since the rise in private car ownership following the end of the communist regime in the 1990s.
Lezhë is one of the larger, more substantial stations on the line, and formerly had a number of facilities; it once had a bar, which was privatised in 1993.[2]
In 2013, the Municipality of Lezhë announced a plan to build a large new business park in the city, which would include a new, improved freight facility for the station, though it is unclear whether this plan will be carried out.[3]
