Thursday 6th May 2010: Prishtinë - Pejë - Fushë Kosovo then buses Prishtinë - Skopje - Niš.
A return ticket from Prishtinë to Pejë cost EUR 4.80 (20% discount for the return ticket over two singles). Again, this line wasn't open when I was last in Kosovo in 2004. Quite a scenic line and a pleasant town at the end of it. I had originally planned to get the 13:10 train from Fushë Kosovo to Skopje, arriving 15:51. However I later noticed that this train is amended to run only as far as Hani-i-Elezit. I had already worked out, whilst at Skopje, that there were a reasonable number of buses between Prishtinë and Skopje, but had not been able to find full details; however I caught the little No.1 minibus from outside Fushë Kosovo to Prishtinë bus station (ticket cost EUR 0.30, pay on the bus) then fortunately found a suitable bus to Skopje (ticket cost EUR 5.00). At Skopje, in theory I had to wait until 20:45 for the planned overnight move to Niš, but I spotted a bus heading to Beograd via Niš so quickly got a ticket (cost RSD 680) and got on the bus which left almost immediately. At the border at Tabanovce, the Serb staff crossed out my "Republic of Kosovo" stamp and marked it "ANULE"!
See trip report for the full itinerary, traction details and notes.
A return ticket from Prishtinë to Pejë cost EUR 4.80 (20% discount for the return ticket over two singles). Again, this line wasn't open when I was last in Kosovo in 2004. Quite a scenic line and a pleasant town at the end of it. I had originally planned to get the 13:10 train from Fushë Kosovo to Skopje, arriving 15:51. However I later noticed that this train is amended to run only as far as Hani-i-Elezit. I had already worked out, whilst at Skopje, that there were a reasonable number of buses between Prishtinë and Skopje, but had not been able to find full details; however I caught the little No.1 minibus from outside Fushë Kosovo to Prishtinë bus station (ticket cost EUR 0.30, pay on the bus) then fortunately found a suitable bus to Skopje (ticket cost EUR 5.00). At Skopje, in theory I had to wait until 20:45 for the planned overnight move to Niš, but I spotted a bus heading to Beograd via Niš so quickly got a ticket (cost RSD 680) and got on the bus which left almost immediately. At the border at Tabanovce, the Serb staff crossed out my "Republic of Kosovo" stamp and marked it "ANULE"!
See trip report for the full itinerary, traction details and notes.
Prishtinë
Pejë