Yugoslavia to Close Albania’s Rail Link
The only railway line linking Albania with the outside world will be closed by Yugoslavia, the Tanjug news agency reported Tuesday.
The line between Titograd in Yugoslavia and Shkoder in Albania was opened in 1986 and was the first to link that isolated Balkan country with European rail networks.
Tanjug quoted rail officials as saying the line, used mainly by Albanians for imports and exports of goods, proved unprofitable for Yugoslavia.
The start-up of the rail link was considered a sign of warming political relations between Yugoslavia and Albania and also of Albania’s gradual opening to the world.
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