TIRANA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The current situation of Albania's railway network is very bad as most of the network is completely amortized, according to a report issued Thursday by the Global Economic Forum.
Albania ranks 101st in the world in the Global Competition Index regarding the quality of railroads, the report showed.
According to this forum's report, Albania has no functional rail lines and that the network is largely dominated by the investments carried out about 50 years ago.
The railroad network in Albania was built during the period from 1946 until 1986, mainly to assist the country's industry while its total length is 420 km.
Meanwhile, the only railway that the Albanian government has promised to reconstruct is the one linking Albanian capital, Tirana to coastal city of Durres.
According to experts, Albania's railway network needs millions of euros to be revitalized.
The trains carried 60 percent of all passenger traffic some 20 years ago. Now that figure is less than 1 percent, the report said. Enditem
