Hedjaz Jordan Railway


The Hedjaz Jordan Railway was one of the two successor railways to the famous Hedjaz Railway. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1920, the Hedjaz Railway, formerly under Ottoman control, was divided into 2 railways: the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie and the Hedjaz Jordan Railway. The HJR operated the line of the Hedjaz railway in Jordan. When Jordan was formed in 1946, the railway served as the state railway of Jordan, though it was not owned by the state. In 1975 the HJR built a line branch line from Ma'an to Aqaba, a port city. The line was later sold to the Aqaba Railway Corporation in 1979. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway still operates today between the Jordan/Syria border, through Amman to Irbid.

Operations

The Hedjaz Jordan Railway operates passenger trains from Amman to Damascus in Syria. The HJR also operates freight trains on its tracks.

Passenger services

List of stations. This list is incomplete.
The following may not be a complete list.

Steam

s include:
Running numberWheel arrangementBuilder and works numberDate built
232-8-2Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, 74331951
512-8-2Arnold Jung, 120811955
61 2-6-2THaine St. Pierre, Belgium, 21471955
712-8-2Haine St. Pierre, Belgium, 21441955
824-6-2Nippon Sharyo, 16101953/1959

Diesel

s include:
QuantityWheel arrangementBuilder and typeDate built
3A1A-A1AGE U10B1976

Museum

There is a museum at Amman station. In 2003, it contained more than 250 exhibits, including murals depicting the development of the railway.