Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

Hejaz Railway Station

Hejaz railway station is a former main railway station in central , Syria, close to the . It was built as part of the Hejaz railway project.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: historic railway station in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Damascus Hejaz railway station”, “Damascus-Hejaz”, “Hejaz Railway Station, Damascus”, “Hejaz Station”, “Mahattat al Hijaz”, “Maḩaţţat al Ḩijāz”, “Mahattet el Hijâz”, and “محطة قطار القنوات”
  • Address: 5, دمشق
Photo: DAVID HOLT, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum in Damascus and Marjeh Square.

Museum
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of , . As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millennia. is situated 480 metres west of Hejaz Railway Station.

Square
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
, also known as "Martyrs' Square", is a square in central , Syria, just outside the walls of the old city. The Syrian Interior Ministry has its headquarters in the square. is situated 330 metres northeast of Hejaz Railway Station.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world. is situated 1 km east of Hejaz Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

Hejaz Railway Station

Latitude
33.51123° or 33° 30′ 40″ north
Longitude
36.29495° or 36° 17′ 42″ east
Elevation
700 metres (2,297 feet)
Levels
2
Operator
المؤسسة العامة للخط الحديدي الحجازي
Open location code
8G5RG76V+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28843859
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
173780
Wiki­data ID
Q5701244
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Hejaz Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة الحجاز”
  • Arabic: “محطة القنوات”
  • Arabic: “محطة قطار الحجاز”
  • Bengali: “হেজাজ রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
  • Finnish: “Hijazin asema”
  • French: “gare du Hedjaz”
  • French: “Gare du Hedjaz”
  • French: “Hedjaz”
  • German: “Damaskus Hedschas-Bahnhof”
  • German: “Hedschasbahnhof”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת חיג׳אז”
  • Japanese: “ヒジャーズ駅”
  • Russian: “Хиджазский вокзал”
  • Thai: “สถานีรถไฟฮิญาซ”
  • Turkish: “Şam Hicaz Garı”

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