Hejaz Railway

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The Hejaz Railway was an early 20th-century Ottoman narrow-gauge railway built to connect Damascus with the holy cities of the Hejaz, notably facilitating Muslim pilgrimage to Medina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman infrastructure project ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
builtFor Hajj pilgrims ⓘ
completedIn 1908 ⓘ
connects Amman ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Ma'an ⓘ
linked to: Ma’an

Medina ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1900 ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
currentStatus largely defunct in Saudi Arabia ⓘ
partially operational in Jordan ⓘ
endPoint Medina ⓘ
fundingSource donations from Muslims across the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
donations from Muslims outside the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
gauge 1050 mm ⓘ
3 ft 5 11⁄32 in ⓘ
hasSuccessor Jordan Hejaz Railway ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway

Syrian Hejaz Railway ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
heritageStatus considered an important industrial heritage site ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Ottoman period ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
length approximately 1300 km ⓘ
locatedIn Hejaz ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
namedAfter Hejaz ⓘ
notableStation Amman station ⓘ
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station ⓘ
Ma'an station ⓘ
Medina station ⓘ
openedForService 1908 ⓘ
openingDate 1908 ⓘ
partiallyDestroyedDuring Arab Revolt ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
patron Sultan Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
primaryPurpose facilitating Muslim pilgrimage to Medina ⓘ
improving military logistics for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
strengthening Ottoman control over the Hejaz region ⓘ
religiousSignificance served pilgrims traveling to the holy cities of Islam ⓘ
startPoint Damascus ⓘ
subjectOf Arab Revolt sabotage operations ⓘ
terminus Damascus ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
trackType single track ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hejaz → historicalRoute → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Palestine Railways → connectedTo → Hejaz Railway remnants ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Abdul Hamid II → knownFor → Hejaz Railway project ⓘ
subject linked to: Sultan Abdul Hamid II
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Haydarpaşa Railway Station → servedAsTerminusFor → Hejaz Railway connection ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Hejaz Railway → hasSuccessor → Jordan Hejaz Railway ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Hejaz Railway → hasSuccessor → Syrian Hejaz Railway ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Ma’an Governorate → transportInfrastructure → Hejaz Railway (historic alignment) ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Ottoman garrisons in Syria → locatedIn → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Mafraq → railwayOn → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Hamidian Era → notableProject → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Jezreel Valley railway → followsRouteOf → Haifa–Daraa railway ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Siege of Medina → relatedTo → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Baghdad Railway → relatedTo → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station → startPointOf → railway line from Damascus to Medina (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Amman station → partOf → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Amman station → railwayLine → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Amman station → builtFor → Hejaz Railway project ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Ma'an station → partOf → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Ma'an station → locatedOnRoute → Damascus–Medina railway line ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz Railway
Ma'an station → builtFor → Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Ma'an station → railwayLine → Hejaz Railway ⓘ