Right then.
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How have they resolved the issue on the road to Kamez, I wondered
It’d need a level crossing on a dual carriageway
Ah. They haven’t.
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Right then. Let’s find Albania’s railway to be! Tirana section today, airport and Durres sections tomorrow.
Yo! I lived there for a year. It was nuts. Are they really building a railway?
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Können von Larnaka noch viel lernen.
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Yo! I lived there for a year. It was nuts. Are they really building a railway?
@thedanieldaugherty supposedly. I’ll write up what I discover
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@jon Bike lanes? Omg, this is already much better than Brno.
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@jon Bike lanes? Omg, this is already much better than Brno.
@oleksandr @jon i was going to say this!
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@jon To be fair in Albania you can cycle anywhere even on the highways (at least 10 years ago) along with the everything else (donkeys/horse carriages)
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@jon To be fair in Albania you can cycle anywhere even on the highways (at least 10 years ago) along with the everything else (donkeys/horse carriages)
@pvdrijst Yes. But it’s a nerve wracking experience!
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@jon well, looks like a spot where you have to jump over the cars with that “ramp”. Innovation!
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And to those going "use the concrete ramp to jump the car", well, there are limits to what I can do on a folding bike
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And to those going "use the concrete ramp to jump the car", well, there are limits to what I can do on a folding bike
@jon Nobody expects you to do a backflip on a folding bike, but a quick mid-air fold should be possible, even with panniers and a water bottle
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@pvdrijst Yes. But it’s a nerve wracking experience!
@jon I found the amount of traffic low, but have not been in Tirana, and it was 10 years ago. It's never like home where you're used to the amount of traffic.
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@jon I found the amount of traffic low, but have not been in Tirana, and it was 10 years ago. It's never like home where you're used to the amount of traffic.
@pvdrijst I have been here in 2019, 2024 and now, and the level of traffic has always been hellish. Cycling in the north in 2024 - to the border with Montenegro - was fine in comparison!
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And to those going "use the concrete ramp to jump the car", well, there are limits to what I can do on a folding bike
Cows grazing in front of half completed tower blocks
Tirana
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@jon may I present you Prague bike lane
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Cows grazing in front of half completed tower blocks
Tirana
Between Laprakë (where a railway station is being built) and the centre of Tirana, the alignment of the old railway crosses a highway
Good: they have at least made provision for a bridge (see the metal parts that will become supports)
Bad: they're going to make maximum a single track line. Contrast that with a six lane highway!
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@jon may I present you Prague bike lane
@bashoneliner Ha!
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Between Laprakë (where a railway station is being built) and the centre of Tirana, the alignment of the old railway crosses a highway
Good: they have at least made provision for a bridge (see the metal parts that will become supports)
Bad: they're going to make maximum a single track line. Contrast that with a six lane highway!
Also there are lots of things you can do with a former railway. Park cars on it. Vans on it. Make a footpath along it. Hang your washing along it...
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Also there are lots of things you can do with a former railway. Park cars on it. Vans on it. Make a footpath along it. Hang your washing along it...
As for the line from Durrës and the airport to Laprakë... they have sort of laid some track, partially, at Laprakë, since I was last there in 2024
But it is still a hell of a long way from being finished
Some minor works were happening there today
