Abstract
The railway network presents a special communication function, which keeps humanity closer. The first developments of the railway network in Kosovo date back to 1874 when the first train entered this area from Thessaloniki through Skopje. This paper aims to provide some data generated during the year 2020 regarding the railway network in Kosovo and its connecting facilities. Construction of railway lines, stations, tunnels, bridges, watersheds, protective walls, canals for surface water drainage has an average lifespan of 92 years. The total length of the railway network is 336.68 km, in which are built 23 tunnels with a total length of 9789.5 m. 26.1% of them are of medium depth, while 73.9% are of shallow depth from the ground surface. 66.07% of the railway lines are active, while 33.42% are non-functional. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2020-01-03-02 Full Text: PDF
Highlights
To recognize and understand the development and importance of the railway network in Kosovo, it is necessary to consider its historical circumstances
Point and line geometry is used for the digitization of tunnels; polygon geometry is used for cities, while point and polygon geometry is used for stations, all in vector format
The data highlighted in this study (Table 1) shows that the total length of the network railway for general transport is 336.68 km, of which, functional length is 237.34 km, while 99.34 km is not functional
Summary
To recognize and understand the development and importance of the railway network in Kosovo, it is necessary to consider its historical circumstances. They represent a very characteristic feature in the country’s architectural and cultural identity [1, 2]. Most of them severely damaged, the historical value of the station buildings cannot be ignored. They imprint the historical and cultural memory of a place, and people repay that prosperous era with new vitality [3, 4]
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