Hejaz Railway Station, Damascus
Hejaz Railway Station محطة الحجاز | |
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| General information | |
| Coordinates | 33°30′40″N 36°17′42″E / 33.511149°N 36.294949°E |
| Line(s) | Hejaz railway |
| History | |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Closed | 1920 |
Hejaz Railway Station (Arabic: محطة الحجاز) is a former main railway station in central Damascus, Syria close to the Marjeh Square.
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]
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References
- ^ See commons category Hejaz_Railway
- ^ Burns, Ross (2005), Damascus: A History, Routledge, p. 259, ISBN 9780415271059
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