Civil Engineering and Architecture 12(3A): 1915-1928, 2024 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.121301 Regeneration of the Railway Line in Kosovo: Case Study FushëKosovë-Prishtinë-Podujevë and Prizren-Xërxë Beni Kizolli, Nol Dedaj * , Hazir S. Çadraku, Bekim Selimi Faculty of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure, UBT-Higher Education Institution, Republic of Kosovo Received April 2, 2023; Revised November 27, 2023; Accepted April 22, 2024 Cite This Paper in the Following Citation Styles (a): [1] Beni Kizolli, Nol Dedaj, Hazir S. Çadraku, Bekim Selimi , "Regeneration of the Railway Line in Kosovo: Case Study FushëKosovë-Prishtinë-Podujevëand Prizren-Xërxë," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 12, No. 3A, pp. 1915 - 1928, 2024. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.121301. (b): Beni Kizolli, Nol Dedaj, Hazir S. Çadraku, Bekim Selimi (2024). Regeneration of the Railway Line in Kosovo: Case Study FushëKosovë-Prishtinë-Podujevëand Prizren-Xërxë. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 12(3A), 1915 - 1928. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.121301. Copyright©2024 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Demographic expansion, urbanization, industrial development, occupation of fertile lands, uncontrolled construction, air, water, soil pollution, health problems, narrowing of areas, recreation, sports, etc. affect the quality of life. Based on these indicators, research was conducted on the analysis of railway infrastructure as a component that will affect the minimization of some problems related to the quality of life in our country in the 2021-2022 period. Based on data, authentic information, and achievable results with this paper, we aim to provide knowledge about the railway infrastructure, its condition, potential and the benefits it would have if it were transformed, operated, developed, and managed based on the concept of integrated and sustainable management of the traffic sector. As a result, based on the practices of developed countries, the statistics referred to in the official reports, the factors that have de-functionalized the property located within the urban areas as a result of the urban transformation and the possibilities of urban-suburban transport development prove that: with the regeneration of the railway on two lines examined in our study, properties will be integrated into the urban development. On the one hand, alternative financial resources are provided to the railway company, by operating the facilities for various services, paid parking spaces, commercial advertising, and recreational spaces. On the other hand, alternative transport is provided according to the conditions; transport can be developed with special bus lanes, with Metrobus (Bus Rapid Transit) and along the line within the urban area with bicycle paths. Keywords Regeneration, Railways, Alternative Transport, Special Lanes for Buses, Metrobuses 1. Introduction Infrastructure, economic growth, and other related sectors keep people connected to their countries. The standard of living requires supporting infrastructure in both urban and rural areas. In many conferences, debates, seminars, scientific articles, reports, etc., it is shown that the population ratio between rural and urban areas is changing day by day. According to the Statistics Agency of Kosovo, there are 1,739,825 inhabitants from the total number of the population live in Kosovo [1], which is divided into seven regions, with 38 administrative units and with 1457 villages. According to the Ministry, 39% of the population live in the main cities of Kosovo, while 61% of them live in secondary centers and rural areas, that is, 61% of the population live in rural areas (villages) in which there is a lack of infrastructure and social services [2]. In the following Table 1, the number of inhabitants in regions 01 and 04 is shown [3] about the total number of inhabitants in Kosovo.