Pdf hejaz railway headquarters building of the original. In jordan it is now primarily used for phosphate transit. Would you like wikipedia to always look as professional and uptodate. I hope you enjoyed your privet tour and asking you to do it again but this time as a special guest. Theres a small onsite museum, and you can sit in the elaborately decked royal carriage. Syria, turkey and in the end with europe with a modern rail system with. The main objective of its construction was to serve the two holy mosques and provide a modern means to transport pilgrims who came from asia, europe and the levant to the holy shrines in makkah and madinah, in addition to strengthen ties between the then. A historic line to islams holiest cities the ottomans understood the importance of the railway right from the start.
Pdf urban and architectural impacts of hejaz railway in. The study seeks to highlight the urban and architectural impacts of hejaz railway stations that were constructed during the ottoman rule in mafraq. Its main line was constructed in 190008, ostensibly to facilitate pilgrimages to the muslims holy places in arabia but in. The hejaz railway was the last great religious foundation of the ottomans, which set to revolutionise travel for muslim pilgrims. Mar 10, 2018 the difficulties of communication with his arabian provinces, and of relieving or reinforcing the garrisons there, induced the sultan abdul hamid in 1900 to undertake the construction of a railway directly connecting the hejaz the hejaz railway.
The hjr operated the line of the hedjaz railway in jordan at the time british palestine. The hejaz railway also spelled hedjaz was a 1050mm gauge railway originally built to transport pilgrims from the city of damascus in syria to the city of madina in saudi arabia. We have a facebook page and a youtube channel called. Pdf urban and architectural impacts of hejaz railway in mafraq. Tentative world heritage site 2015, hejaz railway, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, townplanning or landscape design, object illustrates significant stage in human history, cultural object with outstanding universal significance.
Much of the original rail embankment still survives today, as do the station buildings. Just as new inventions such as the telegraph and tramway were adopted easily, the empire began to get. The hejaz railway and the ottoman empire by murat ozyuksel. Jordan s prince hassan bin talal, supports the rebuilding of the railway.
The album includes views of jerusalem, mecca, medina, hejaz and jiddah in saudi arabia, petra in jordan, and mount sinai. The british were keen to ensure that the turks did not launch attacks elsewhere, and so encouraged the arabs in the peninsula to rise against them. Hejaz railway, railroad between damascus, syria, and medina now in saudi arabia, one of the principal railroads of the ottoman turkish empire. The difficulties of communication with his arabian provinces, and of relieving or reinforcing the garrisons there, induced the sultan abdul hamid in 1900 to undertake the construction of a railway directly connecting the hejaz the hejaz railway. It gives the reader an insight into a largely neglected part of the kingdom of saudi arabias remarkable history.
The last train to syria may have departed ammans nowabandoned station a decade ago, but there are plans in motion to revive the line in. Interestingly, the administration of the hejaz railway was virtually corruption free quite an accomplishment in late ottoman times, chiefly because the line had a serious religious purpose. The hedjaz jordan railway was one of the two successor railways to the famous hedjaz railway. The main objective of its construction was to serve the two holy mosques and provide a modern means to transport pilgrims who came from asia, europe and the levant to the holy shrines in makkah and madinah, in addition to strengthen. There is a free bus transfer to teh actual station quite a way out along the line the guy in the museum can. May 19, 2015 the hejaz railway from damascus to medina once served as a vital route across the desert and was a principal target for the arabs and lawrence of arabia in the revolt against turkish domination.
Jul 15, 2005 interestingly, the administration of the hejaz railway was virtually corruption free quite an accomplishment in late ottoman times, chiefly because the line had a serious religious purpose. The hejaz or hedjaz railway was a narrowgauge railway that ran from damascus to medina, through the hejaz region of saudi arabia. The study seeks to highlight the urban and architectural impacts of hejaz railway stations that were constructed during the ottoman rule in mafraq governorate, especially the impact of the mafraq. Pdf the importance of the berlinbaghdad and hejaz railways for. It is possible to take the hejaz railway from the mahatta station in amman to the city of damascus. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the wiki 2 technology. The ottoman empire entered the war in 1914 on the side of the germans. Pdf the hejaz railway download full pdf book download. Hicaz demiryolu was a narrowgauge railway 1,050 mm 3 ft 5 11. Simply enter and you leave the hustle, bustle and noise of the city behind you. There is a free bus transfer to teh actual station quite a way out along the line the guy in the museum can tell you when the it leaves, but he may be wrong by up. At the qadem station on the outskirts of damascus, tourists inspect rusty old steam trains.
In amman in jordan, the old hijaz railway station is open to the public as a small railway museum. The hejaz railroad station building is just outside the city walls of the old city of damascus. Defined primarily bi its wastren mairch on the reid sea, it extends frae haql on the gulf o aqaba tae jizan. The hejaz railway was an obvious target and in june 1916 the tribes began attacking the line. The hejaz railway once carried hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from all over the middle east to medina. Nearly a hundred years ago, these trains were used on the hejaz line. The ottoman empire enters the war sherif hussein and the british the stotzingen mission the arab revolt. Your support will go a long way in helping tour operators worldwide get back on. It was a part of the ottoman railway network and was built to extend the line from the haydarpasa terminal in istanbul. Times are tough for the travel community right now. Pfullman states that the journey was free for the pilgrims124 he hejaz railway was. I really like the recent refurbishing as they have kept many of the original fixtures in place. The hejaz railway lawrence of arabia was elevated to global stardom, firstly by lowell thomas in his depiction of col t.
Its main ceety is jeddah, but it is probably better kent for the islamic holy ceety o medina. Lawrence and then by david leans 1962 hollywood epic movie. Hejaz railway damascus 2020 all you need to know before. History of the hejaz railway rare pictures of hejaz railway. Railway developments and regulations in the middle east. However, if you cannot afford to fly to amman and take the trip, these pictures will have to suffice. Oct 26, 2015 hejaz railways is a 100 year old heritage rail line that is still in use in jordan. Here is a work that combines authoritatlve research with outstanding presentation. The line still operates as a tourist attraction but not from the hejaz station. Approach to a tunnel which was part of the hejaz railway.
The hejaz railway was built on the order of ottoman ruler sultan abdulhameed ii on september 1st 1909 ce. However, for anyone interested in lawrence and the arab revolt, james nicholsons hejaz railway stands head and shoulders above the rest. Dec, 2011 the line still operates as a tourist attraction but not from the hejaz station. Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and britain, germany and france built railways at enormous speed and reaped great. Now an ambitious plan is underway to resurrect the railway to reclaim it from the ravages of the desert.
Hejaz railroad, saudi arabia travel photos by galen r frysinger, sheboygan, wisconsin hejaz railroad, saudi arabia travel photos by galen r frysinger, sheboygan, wisconsin a garrisoned station along the railway the hijaz railway, conceived as a convenient route to the holy cities of medina and makkah for muslim pilgrims from the turkish ottoman empire, had a short but eventful. It was a part of the ottoman railway network and the original goal was to extend the line from the haydarpasa. Hejaz railway station near alula stock photo image of. Hejaz railroad, a narrow gauge line built by the ottomans and the germans to link istanbul constantinople with hejaz and mecca, although it ultimately only. Its main line was constructed in 190008, ostensibly to facilitate pilgrimages to the muslims holy places in arabia but in fact also to strengthen. Hejaz railway station in damascus steam locomotive and train wagons at hejaz railway station near wadi rum, jordan the hejaz railway under hazy blue skies in wadi rum desert hejaz railway locomotive in wadi rum station, jordan hejaz train station in damascus haydarpasa train station in istanbul, turkey. The jordan hejaz railway corporation organizes regular weekly trips and in holidays to aljeezah station near queen alia international airport, and to al qaser station umm al hiran near the radio and television corporation, and to alzarqa and almafraq. I work in jordan hejaz railway im a train driver im glad that your takling about our station train the hejaz train and i liked your way with tilling the advenger. Once bustling, syrias fractured railroad is a testament to. It was a part of the ottoman railway network and the original goal was to extend the line from the haydarpasa terminal in kadikoy beyond damascus to the holy city of mecca.
Lawrence, the life, the legend stimulated a crop of goodquality publications in 20056, including reprints and revised editions. Photo about abandoned railway station of hejaz railway from damascus to saudi arabia. In the middle east, railways were no less important and the ottoman empires hejaz railway was the first great industrial project of the 20th century. How historically significant were te lawrences attacks during the arab revolt. History of the hejaz railway rare pictures of hejaz. A luxurious preserved cabin used by king abdallah bin alhussein placed in hejaz railway station museum on the grounds of the restored historic hejaz railway station in amman, jordan which was a part of the ottoman railway network that ran from damascus to medina, through the hejaz region of saudi arabia, with a branch line to haifa on the mediterranean sea. One of the great civilengineering projects of the early 20th century, the hejaz railway was an attempt by the ottoman sultan to propel his empire into modernity and knit together his farflung realm. And what finished off the railway s throughservice to medina. The first pilot train journey was launched on 20 august 1908 from damascus, through jordan on 21august 1908, arriving in almadinah almunawwarah on 22 august 1908.
Damascus, syria for younes alnasr, a lifelong train lover, the hejaz railway station here in the heart of the syrian capital is a repository of. The hejaz railway from damascus to medina once served as a vital route across the desert and was a principal target for the arabs and lawrence of arabia in the revolt against turkish domination. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. There is a free bus transfer to teh actual station quite a way out along the line the guy in the museum can tell you when the it leaves, but he may be wrong by up to an hour. In the recent attempted invasion of egypt by the turks across arabia and the suez canal the hedjaz railway appears to have been utilised, for if reports given by prisoners taken near ismailia are true, the station at seila was used as. A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the jordanian desert. When the ottoman empire collapsed in 1920, the hedjaz railway, formerly under ottoman control, was divided into 2 railways. Railway expansion was symbolic of modernization in the late 19th century, and britain, germany and france built railways at enormous speed and reaped great commercial benefits. Hejaz railways is a 100 year old heritage rail line that is still in use in jordan. Although the railway link to haifa israel has been lost, the hijaz railway depot is used as a railway museum, including an. It was completed almost a century ago, replacing the centriesold method of going on pilgrimage.
How projects hope to restore life to hejaz railways. Discover hejaz railway train of wadi rum in shakaria, jordan. Winding its way from damascus through the vast desert wastes of. The hejaz railway available for download and read online in other formats. The book answers just about any question that might come to mind about this remarkable old transportation system. Hejaz railway amman, jordan attractions lonely planet.
Built upon the order of ottoman ruler sultan abdulhamid ii, the hejaz railway provided a modern means to transport pilgrims to mecca and medina by replacing old camel caravans as well as served to strengthen relations in the islamic world. A railway had been suggested in 1864 to relieve the suffering of the hajis on their 40day journey through the wilderness of midian, the nafud, and the hejaz mountains. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf hejaz railway headquarters building of the original drawings via a reading article pdf available january 2017 with 56 reads. A formal celebration was held for the inauguration of the railway on 1 september in the same year, which coincided with the accession day of sultan abdul hamid.
Lawrences field of endeavour was the hejaz railway that is now the focal line for the garp conflict archaeology study. Sadly, the hijaz rail network was never completed and it did not reach makkah due to the outbreak of world war one. The ottomans built a railway which linked istanbul to madinah. The true story of lawrence of arabia history smithsonian.
This is a trip that all old train enthusiasts will want to take. Hicaz demiryolu was a narrow gauge railway 1,050 mm3 ft 5 1. The exalted column, the hejaz railway and imperial legitimation in. The region is so called as it separates the land of the najd in the east from the land of tihamah in the west. Jan 12, 2006 the hejaz railway was the last great religious foundation of the ottomans, which set to revolutionise travel for muslim pilgrims. The history of late ottoman haifa was fundamentally shaped by the construction of a branch of the hejaz railway connecting haifa and northern palestine with the. Due to the extreme distances of these far flung outposts of the empire, communications were slow and. The first world war saw significant stretches of the hejaz railway destroyed by the legendary lawrence of arabia and his bedouin fighters. Hicaz demiryolu was a narrow gauge railway 1,050 mm 3 ft 5 11. Chevron is pleased to be the sponsor of the hejaz railway. And what finished off the railways throughservice to medina. The importance of the berlinbaghdad and hejaz railways for germany.
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