Mitrovica railway station

Mitrovica
The station in 2014
General information
LocationBislim Bajgora
Mitrovica
Kosovo
Coordinates42°53′35″N 20°52′29″E / 42.8930°N 20.8748°E / 42.8930; 20.8748
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened1874 (1874)
Location

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

The station in 1894

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

  1. ^ "Orient/East-Med Corridor: General Rehabilitation of Route 10 Phase 2, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Railway Section". wbif.eu.
  2. ^ a b Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810853096.