Hicaz Demiryolu Projesi

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Hejaz railway سكة حديد الحجاز (Arabic) حجاز دمیریولی (Ottoman Turkish)
Hejaz Railway Station in Medina
Overview
Other name(s)	Hedjaz railway
Native name	Arabic: سِكَّة حَدِيد الحِجَاز Ottoman Turkish: حجاز دمیریولی
Locale	Southern Syria, Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia
Termini	Damascus Medina
Service
Operator(s)	Hedjaz Jordan Railway Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie
History
Opened	1908 (1908)
Closed	1920 (1920)
Technical
Track length	1,320 km (820 mi)
Track gauge	1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in)
Minimum radius	100 m (328 ft)
Maximum incline	1.8 ‰ (0.18 %)
The railway in 1908

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Legend
Main line
km -6.0 Damascus–Qanawat 1906 extension 0.0 Damascus-Qadam Works Damascus-Cadem–Halep to Qatara 20.8 Kiswe 30.5 Deir Ali 49.7 Mismiya/Masjed 62.6 Ghabaghib 69.1 Khabab 77.8 Mahajjah 84.6 Shaqrah 91.2 Esra formerly 600mm-narrow gauge to as-Suwayda 1,06.1 Khirbet al-Ghazaleh Jezreel Valley railway to Haifa 1,23.0 Daraa Ghares 128.6 to Bosra bridge over valley bridge over valley 135.7 Nasib Amman–Damascus Highway Syria Jordan border 140.1 Jabir as-Sirhan 161.7 Mafraq 185.3 Khirbet us-Samra bridge over valley Amman–Damascus Highway bridge over valley 1 94.0 Salis IPC-Refinery bridge over valley 202.7 Az-Zarqa bridge over valley Russeifa Share' (Street) Russeifa 222.4 Amman ( Railway museum ) Jesin viaduct 234.0 Qasr tunnel Amman Ring Road 248.8 Lubin bridge over valley Amman–Airport Road 259.7 Al-Jizah bridge over valley bridge over valley 278.7 Daba'a bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley 295.2 Khan az-Zibib bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley 309.3 Suaq bridge over valley 326.2 Qatrana wye bridge over valley bridge over valley bridge over valley 348.4 Menzil crossing Abiad phosphate mine M45 367.1 Faraifra Wadi el-Hassa phosphate mine 377.8 Al-Hassa M45 397.4 Jurf ed-Darawish M45 422.7 Uneiza to Hishish 440.5 Wadi al-Hardon crossing (Ma'an Old Station) to Naqb Ashtar 458.8 Maʿan 475.0 Gadir al-Hajj 487.0 Al-Shediya crossing 491.0 Abu Tarafa 500.0 Al-Shifia 508.0 Fassu'a 514.2 Aqaba al-Hejaz (Hattyia) 519.7 Batn al-Ghul 522.5 to Aqaba 530.0 Wadi Rasem 545.0 Tel esh-Sham 572.0 Mudawwara Jordan Saudi Arabia border 583,0 crossing 591.0 Halat Ammar 598,0 crossing 610.0 Dhat al-Hajj 622,0 crossing 635.0 Bir Ibn Hermas 654.0 El-Hazim 667.0 Al-Muhtatab 681,0 crossing 692.0 Tabuk 706,0 crossing 710.0 Wadi al-Athily 716,0 crossing 737.0 Dahr al-Hajj/Qareen al-Ghazal 743.0 Dar al-Hajj 753.0 Al-Mustabagha 754,0 Al-Boghaz (rock cut) tunnel 757.0 Al-Ukhaydir 773.0 Khamisa 794.4 Al-Assda (al-Khanzira) 830.0 Al-Mu'azzam 844,0 crossing 855.0 Khashm Sana' 871,0 crossing 883.0 Al-Muteli' 885.0 Dar al-Hamra 904.0 Al-Muteli' 912.0 Abu Taqa 924,0 crossing 938.0 Al-Muzhim 946.0 Mabrakat al-Naka 958.0 Mada'in Saleh works & museum 973,0 crossing 983.0 Al-'Ula 994,0 Al-Badae' crossing 1003,0 Maghira crossing 1013,0 crossing 1025,0 crossing 1029,0 Matran crossing 1,048.0 Zumrud 1060,0 crossing 1,079.0 Bir Jadid 1099,0 Al-Tawira crossing 1115,0 Wiban crossing 1126,0 Al-Madraj crossing 1,144.0 Hadiyya 1,166.3 Jada'a 1,176.0 Abu al-Na'am 1,194.5 Stabl Antar 1215,0 Al-Bweir crossing 1228,0 crossing 1,245.0 Bir Nassif 1273,0 Al-Hafdour crossing 1,290.5 Bir Abu Jabir 1303,0 Bouat crossing 1,309.0 Al-Hafirah 1,315.5 Bir Osman 1,320.5 Medina 1,322.0 Medina Citadel km

The Hejaz railway (also spelled Hedjaz or Hijaz; Arabic: سِكَّة حَدِيد الحِجَاز sikkat ḥadīd al-ḥijāz or Arabic: الخَط الحَدِيدِي الحِجَازِي, Ottoman Turkish: حجاز دمیریولی, Turkish: Hicaz Demiryolu) 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 modern day Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea.

It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and the original goal was to extend the line from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadıköy, Istanbul beyond Damascus to the Islamic holy city of Mecca. However, construction was interrupted due to the outbreak of World War I, and it reached only to Medina, 400 kilometres (250 mi) short of Mecca. The completed Damascus to Medina section was 1,300 kilometres (810 mi).

The main purpose of the railway was to establish a connection between Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and the seat of the Islamic Caliphate, and Hejaz in Arabia, the site of the holiest shrines of Islam and Mecca, the destination of the Hajj annual pilgrimage. Other objectives were to improve the economic and political integration of the distant Arabian provinces into the Ottoman state, and to facilitate the transportation of military forces.