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

Hejaz railway station محطة الحجاز
General information
Location	Hejaz Square, Al-Qanawat, Damascus Syria
Coordinates	33.511149°N 36.294949°E / 33.511149; 36.294949
Line(s)	Hejaz railway
Construction
Architect	Fernando De Aranda
History
Opened	1913; 109 years ago (1913)
Closed	1920; 102 years ago (1920)

The station was put into operation under the Ottoman Empire in 1907, when the first section of the line to the south of Tabuk was opened.[1] In 1909 the trains circulated frequently between Damascus and Medina.[2]

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.[3]

The passenger building, designed by the Spanish architect Fernando De Aranda, was commissioned in 1913.[4] The building later became a historical monument and a Swiss-made locomotive was exhibited in front of it.[5]

The station's interior has a beautiful decorated ceiling. The actual platforms of the station are closed.[5]

See also

• Hejaz railway
• Hedjaz Jordan Railway
• Damascus–Amman train
• Aleppo railway station
• Chemins de Fer Syriens

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