Hejaz Railway Stations

Hejaz Railway Stations

Some of the stations were located near the traditional Hajj caravan stations, where the Ottomans had built fortified inns (see Ottoman Hajj route).

The Arabic word for station is "mahattat". The Ottoman- and interwar-period spelling tends to be simpler than the current official ones.

Pre-WWI, the Ottomans used French spelling:

• Damascus Kanawat/Qanawat, 1906 extension
• Damascus Kadem/Qadem (Cadem Works)
• branch line Damascus-Cadem–Halep
• branch line to Qayara
• Kiswe (Al-Kiswah)
• Dair Ali (Deir Ali)
• Mismia/ Al-Mismiya, also Masjid/Masjed
• Jabab/Jebab (Ghabaghib)
• Habab (1912)/Khebab (Khabab) in 2000, the station is listed, also at km 69.1, as/at As-Sanamain
• Mehaye/Mohadje (Mahajjah/Muhajjah)
• Shakra (Shaqra(h))
• Ezra (Ezraa/Esra/Izra)
• Gazali (Al-Ghazali, Khirbet Ghazaleh)
• Haifa-Daraa branch line (Jezreel Valley railway)
• Deraa (Daraa)
• Kum Gharz/Koumgarze now Kawm Gharz (see "Mahattat Kawm Gharz" at MapCarta, 32°36′10″N 36°09′23″E).
• branch line to Bosra
• Nessib (Nasib)

Syria-Jordan Border

• Jaber (Jabir as-Sirhan see Jaber Border Crossing)
• Mafrak (Mafraq). Has a Hajj fort, Khan or Qal'at el-Mafraq.
• Samra/Semra/Sumra (Khirbet as-Samra, 32°11′N 36°10′E)
• Zerqa/Zarqa. Has a Hajj fort, Manzil az-Zarqa or Qasr Shabib.
• Rusaifa (in 1930, 38)
• Amman
• Kassir (Qasr see Al-Qasr, Karak)
• Libban/Lubin (Al Lubban)
• Jiza/Zizia (Djizeh/Al-Jizah). Has a Hajj fort, Manzil or Qal'at Zizya
• Deba'a/Daba'a/Dab'ah
• Khan Zebib/Khan az Zabib (Khan az-Zabib: station at 31°28′19″N 36°06′21″E Umayyad site see here).
• Sultani/Suaka (Suaq/Suaqa)
• Qatrana (Qatraneh) triangle. Has a Hajj fort, Khan Qatrana/Qasr al-Qatraneh.
• Menzil/Manzil
• Harbet-ul-Kreika (1912)/Faraifra (Farafra)
• Al Hasa (al-Hasa/el-Hassa.) The station stands 5 km southeast of the Ottoman Hajj fort of Khan al-Hasa (1760, 30°50′21″N 35°56′01″E), along Wadi el-Hasa's upper course.
• Jerouf (Jurf ad-Darawish)
• Aneiza/Unaiza (Uneiza/'Unayzah in Husseiniyeh, Ma'an, Jordan). Has a Hajj fort, Khan al-'Unayzah/Qal'at 'Unaiza.
• Vadi-Djerdoun (1912)/Jerdun
• Mahan (1912)/Ma'an (Old Station). Has a Hajj fort, Manzilt or Qal'at Ma'an.
• Ghadir al Hajj (Gadir al-Hajj)
• Abu Tarfa/Abu Tarafa or Ghadr el Hadj, only post-WWII
• Shidiyya/Shedia, Bir Shedia
• Fassu'a (station only appears on plan here above, in no other source). Has a Hajj fort, Manzilt or Qal'at Fassu'a, which stands along the railway line.
• Aqaba Shamia, name used by thehejazrailway.com - probably same as Aqaba al-Hejaz
• Hittiyya
• Batn al Ghul (Batn al-Ghul/Batn al-Gul)
• Wadi Rutum/Wadi Rutm (Wadi Rassim/Wadi Rasem)
• Tel es Sham/Tel Shahem/Tel Shahm (Tel esh-Sham)
• Ramleh/Ramle
• Mudévéré/Mudawwara. Has a Hajj fort, Manzilt or Qal'at al-Mudawwara.

Jordan - Saudi Arabia Border

• Halat Ammar/Kalaat Amara/Haret Ammar
• Zat-ul-Hadj (1912)/Dhat al-Hajj. Has a Hajj fort.
• Bir Hermas (1911)/Bir Ibn Hermas
• El-Hazim/Al-Hazm
• Muhtatab (Al-Muhtatab)/Makhtab
• Tebouk (1912)/Tabuk
• Wadi Ithil (Wadi al-Athily)
• Khashm Birk/Sahr ul Ghul
• Dar al-Hajj (Dahr al-Hajj/Qareen al-Ghazal)
• Mustabgha (Al-Mustabagha)
• Ashtar alimentation (1911)/Ashdar (1912)/al-Akhdar (Al-Ukhaydir). Has a Hajj fort, Qal'at al-Akhdar/el-Akhthar.
• Maqsadat ad Dunya
• Khamis/Khamees/Khamisa
• Disa'ad - Al-Assda (al-Khanzira)
• Muazzam/Muazzem/Al-Mu'azzam
• Khashm Sana'a (also Khism, Khashim Sanaa)
• Al-Muteli' (km 883 according to route plan above, or km 878)
• Dar al-Hamra
• Mutalli/Matali (km 904)
• Abu Taqa
• El Muzhim
• Mabrak al-Naga/Mabrakat al-Naka
• Médain Salih (1912)/Mada'in Saleh/Meda'in Saleh (Al-Hijr/Hegra)
• Wadi Hashish
• El Oula (1912)/Alula/Al-'Ula
• Bedaï (2911)/Bedaya
• Mashad
• Sahl Matran/Sahel Mater
• Zumurrud/Zumrud/Zomorod
• Bir Jadeed/Bir el Djedid/Bir Jadid
• Towaira/Tuweiro
• Wayban
• Mudarraj (Madahni)
• Hedié (1912)/Hedia/Hadiyya (Hadiyyah, Al Madinah)
• Jeda'a/Jada'a
• Ebou Naam (1911)/Abu Na'am/Abu al-Na'am
• Istabl Antar/Stabl Antar
• Buveiré (1911)/Buéiré (1912)/Buwair
• Bir Nassif
• Buwat
• Hafiré (1912)/Hafira/al-Hafirah Is on Hajj route.
• Bir Abu Jabir
• Makhit/Muhit
• Biri Osman/Bir Osman
• Medine (1912)/Medina
• Medina Citadel

Hejaz railway Overview

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