Route 10 is part of the extension of the Core Network Corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) into the Western Balkans. It has a total length of 256 km long, out of which 149 km are in Kosovo*. Its rehabilitation was the first major investment in the railway sector in Kosovo.
This WBIF technical assistance grant has funded the preparation of the feasibility study for the modernisation of Route 10.
The study has investigated the feasibility of a) short-term improvements and repairs to the existing railway route including signalling and interlocking (line occupancy protection on a single track) Fushë Kosovë rail node and bringing line speed up to 120 km/h; and b) a medium to long-term development plan, including proposals to increase the speed to 160 km/h, on an electrified double track. The study’s cost-benefit analysis showed that line rehabilitation option a) is feasible from an economic perspective.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence
