Hejaz Railway Station

Hejaz Railway Station (Arabic: محطة الحجاز) is a former main railway station in central Damascus, Syria close to the Marjeh Square.

Hejaz Railway Station
محطة الحجاز
Coordinates33.511149°N 36.294949°E / 33.511149; 36.294949
Line(s)Hejaz railway
History
Opened1913
Closed1920

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.[1]

It was designed by the Spanish architect Fernando de Aranda.[2]

Night view in 2009

References

  1. See commons category Hejaz_Railway
  2. Burns, Ross (2005), Damascus: A History, Routledge, p. 259, ISBN 9780415271059


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