The Hejaz (also Hedjaz) Railway (Turkish: Hicaz Demiryolu) was a narrow gauge railway (1050 mm/3 ft 5 11⁄32 in 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 and was built to extend the line from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Istanbul beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca.
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