Mitrovica railway station
Mitrovica | |||||
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 The station in 2014 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bislim Bajgora Mitrovica Kosovo | ||||
| Coordinates | 42°53′35″N 20°52′29″E / 42.8930°N 20.8748°E | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1874 | ||||
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Mitrovica railway station (Albanian: Stacioni i trenit në Mitrovicë) is the central railway station in the city of Mitrovica. The station will be rehabilitated.[1]
History
It was completed in 1874 being one of the oldest railway stations in the region and linked Mitrovica to Skopje and to the port of Thessaloniki.[2] Another line later linked the town to Belgrade and Western Europe.[2]
References
- ^ "Orient/East-Med Corridor: General Rehabilitation of Route 10 Phase 2, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Railway Section". wbif.eu.
- ^ a b Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810853096.