The Hejaz railway (also spelled Hedjaz or Hijaz; Arabic: سِكَّة حَدِيد الحِجَاز sikkat ḥadīd al-ḥijāz or Arabic: الخَط الحَدِيدِي الحِجَازِي, Ottoman...
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The Vilayet of the Hejaz (Arabic: ولاية الحجاز Wilayat al-Ḥijāz; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت حجاز Vilâyet-i Hicaz) refers to the Hejaz region of Arabia when...
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The Hejaz Railway Museum (Arabic: متحف سكة الحجاز, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mat.ħaf sɪk.kat al.ħɪ.dʒaːz]) in Medina is a railway museum that was...
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The Hejaz (/hiːˈdʒæz, hɪˈ-/, also US: /hɛˈ-/; Arabic: ٱلْحِجَاز, romanized: al-Ḥijāz, lit. 'the Barrier', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [alħɪˈdʒaːz]) is...
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Hejaz railway station (Arabic: محطة الحجاز, French: Gare du Hedjaz) is a former main railway station in central Damascus, Syria, close to the Marjeh Square...
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port) The Hejaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm / 3 ft 5+11⁄32 in track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of...
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Arab Revolt (category History of Hejaz)
al-‘Arabiyya al-Kubrā), was an armed uprising by the Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War...
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Rail transport in Saudi Arabia (redirect from Saudi railways)
was merged into the Saudi Railway Company (now Saudi Arabia Railways) in 2021. The first railway in Arabia was the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman...
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Hadhramaut and Oman), Al-Bahrain (Eastern Arabia or Al-Hassa), and the Hejaz (Tihamah for the western coast), as described by Ibn al-Faqih. In antiquity...
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Circassians there, witnessing growth after the 1904 inauguration of the Hejaz railway that passed through it and the establishment of its first municipal...
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Mudawwara (section The Hejaz railway)
the west of the station.[citation needed] The Hejaz railway, the 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) pilgrim railway that linked Damascus with Medinah, arrived in...
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throughout the empire. In 1908, the Hejaz Railway was completed, allowing the Turks to strengthen their control over the Hejaz and provide a rapid response capability...
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The Hejaz railway opened in 1908 between Damascus and Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia also used 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) gauge. Railways after...
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Port of Haifa with the main part of the Hejaz railway, the Damascus–Medina line. Like the entire Hejaz railway, it was a 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) narrow...
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gauge railways (1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in)) as of 2008. Railway companies in Jordan are: Hedjaz Jordan Railway, a direct descendant of the Ottoman Hejaz railway:...
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project This was a branch of the Hejaz Railway between Haifa and Daraa in southern Syria where it joined the Hejaz main line. Construction began at Haifa...
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first two sections of the Baghdad railway. Another railway built at the same time by German engineers was the Hejaz railway, commissioned by Sultan Hamid...
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designs. Lawrence launches a guerrilla war by blowing up the Ottoman Hejaz railway between Damascus and Medina and harassing the Turks. An American war...
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Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. It is one of the oldest and most important...
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defended by an even bigger Ottoman force complemented by the strategic Hejaz Railway. The siege began in October 1916 when the Arabs led by Hussein's son...
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the Zarqa River. At that time a station on the Hejaz Railway was built in the new settlement. The railway station turned Zarqa into an important hub. On...
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side roads. The Hejaz Railway built during the Ottoman Empire which extended from Damascus to Mecca will act as a base for future railway expansion plans...
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journey from India to Hejaz. During the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II constructed the Hejaz Railway between Damascus and Medina...
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by Buro Happold and Foster + Partners. Saudi Arabia Railways Transport in Saudi Arabia Hejaz Railway "Makkah to Medina in 90 minutes: Saudi king launches...
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the railway. Hedjaz Railway Aqaba Railway Corporation "Stations | Jordan Hejaz Railway". Jhr.gov.jo. Retrieved 2014-08-15. "Jordan Hejaz Railway مؤسسة...
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the Baghdad Railway and the Hejaz Railway in 1904, and, with rail traffic increasing, a larger building was required. The Anatolian Railway hired two German...
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Anbariya Mosque was a part of the Hejaz Railway project next to al-Muazzim Railway Station, which houses the Hejaz Railway Museum. Saudi Arabia portal List...
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It used the tracks of the Hejaz Railway partly. It was closed in 2018 In 1908 the Ottoman Empire built the Hejaz Railway, that ran from Damascus to Medina...
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extension of the Rumelia Railway and the Anatolia Railway, and construction of the Baghdad Railway and the Hejaz Railway. Systems for population registration...
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forces and used as a base of operations for a series of attacks on the Hejaz Railway. (See HMS Anne for the British side of that operation). In the past...
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