Saudi Railway Organization Projects. Red is the functional line as of 2008. Black is the Saudi Landbridge. The North South Railway connects Riyadh to Jordan. The Haramain High Speed Rail Project will connect Mecca to Medina.
The Hejaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050mm/ 3ft5+11⁄32in track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network. The line was and was planned to extend from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadikoy beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca. However, due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I, it got no further than Medina, 400 kilometres (250mi) short of Mecca The length of the line from Damascus to Medina was 1,300 kilometres (810mi). Hejaz Railway stations in Saudi Arabia were:
Station name
Notes
Tabuk
Mada'in Saleh
Al-'Ula
Medina
Now the Hejaz Railway Museum. Opened in 2006.[5][6]
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