Laç railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Laç, Albania}}

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| type = Hekurudha Shqiptare

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| image_caption = The station in 2012

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| line = Shkodër-Vorë railway

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| opened = 7 May 1963

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Lac railway station serves the town of Laç in Lezhe County, Albania.

The station was opened in 1963 and remained the terminus of a line from Vore until a further extension to Lezhë was completed in 1981.{{cite web|title=Opening Dates of HSH Standard Gauge Lines|URL=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/hekurudha/hshopen.html |access-date=13 September 2017}}

The station was once (along with Fier) a vital hub for transporting goods like ores and ammonium nitrate as well as passengers. In 1991, the International Fertilizer Development Center reported that 80-90% of fertiliser produced in Laç was transported by rail from the station, but that whilst there were sufficient wagons and optimistic journey times, the storage facilities at the station were inadequate.{{cite web|title=Supply, Distribution, and Marketing of Fertilizer and Other Key Agricultural Inputs|URL=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABQ688.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303044013/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABQ688.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2017}}pg.29

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