Albania: Leaving on a Train

An efficient railway network would, however, be of fundamental importance for the country. Not only for environmental reasons, but also in order to reduce the current chaotic road traffic and the extremely high accident rate which in the years has been among the highest in Europe. Station employees – persons on the edge who haven't been able to 'reinvent' themselves since the fall of communism – are convinced that in the near future the railways will be privatized in order to improve them within Corridor 8. “This will solve everything”. But the authorities prefer not to talk about it.

"It will solve everything" - photo by Marjola Rukaj