Hejaz railway station ( ar, محطة الحجاز, french: Gare du Hedjaz) is a former main
railway station
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in central
Damascus,
Syria close to the
Marjeh Square
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.
The station was put into operation under the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
in 1907, when the first section of the line to the south of
Tabuk
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**Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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was opened. In 1909 the trains circulated frequently between Damascus and
Medina
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.
It was part of the
Hejaz Railway, and there were many railway stations of the railway. This includes 'Hejaz railway stations' at: al-Taibe, Amman, Anese, Bosra, D'ara, Derra, Djizeh, el-Akhthar, el-Ula, Haifa, Jisra, Kadem, Khamees, Makarin, Ma'an, Marfaq, Meda'in Saleh, Muazzem, Tabuk, Wadi Kelt, Wadi Rum, Zarqaa and Zat ul Hajj.
The passenger building, designed by the
Spanish
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architect
Fernando De Aranda, was commissioned in 1913.
The building later became a historical monument and a
Swiss-made locomotive was exhibited in front of it.
The station's interior has a beautiful decorated ceiling. The actual platforms of the station are closed.
See also
*
Hejaz railway
*
Hedjaz Jordan Railway
The Hedjaz Jordan Railway is one of the two successor railways to the famous Hedjaz Railway. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1920, the Hedjaz Railway, formerly under Ottoman control, was divided into 2 railways: the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz ...
*
Damascus–Amman train
The Damascus–Amman train or Damascus–Amman railway is an international train service operating on the former Hedjaz Railway from Damascus, Syria to Amman, Jordan. It is currently the only passenger train operating in Jordan. The train ope ...
*
Aleppo railway station
*
Chemins de Fer Syriens
General Establishment of Syrian Railways ( ar, المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية, french: Chemins de fer syriens, CFS) is the national railway operator for the state of Syria, subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation. ...
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