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All the photos in this Gallery are courtesy of Richard Gennis Jordan has two railway systems, these are the Hedjaz Jordan Railway and the Aqaba Railway Corporation. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway runs a twice weekly passenger service from Amman to the Syrian border (where there is a connecting service through to Damascus). The Aqaba Railway Corp runs a freight only system some 300km long for the transportation of phosphate ore from the mines to the port at Aqaba. There are approximately seven train loads from the mines to docks each day and the corresponding returning empty wagons
Phosphate train and camels near Rashdiya on October 22, 2006 UPDATES Photo montage of the Aqaba Railway Corporation uploaded to YouTube on August 16, 2008 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQ5dVIOpnI New pages added July 01, 2008 : Hedjaz (4) Hedjaz (5) New pages added June 10, 2008 : Jordan 2008 Jordan (2) 08 Jordan (3) 08 Jordan (4) 08 Jordan (5) 08 Jordan (6) 08 Jordan (7) 08 Jordan (8) 08 Jordan (9) 08 Jordan (10) 08 New pages added November 26, 2006 : Aqaba Railway (4) Aqaba Railway (5) Aqaba Railway (6) Aqaba Railway (7) Aqaba Railway (8) Hedjaz (3) New pages added November 25, 2006 : Aqaba Railway Corp Aqaba Railway (2) Aqaba Railway (3) Hedjaz Railway Hedjaz (2) --------- Return to Middle East Gallery Index page or Return to the Phantasrail Gallery Index page
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