It was a single track, narrow-gauge (1.05 m), railway extending 1,302km from Damascus to Medina, Winterburn continued, noting that the construction began in 1900 and was completed in 1908.

THE SYRIA-OTTOMAN RAILWAY. Share full article. May 7, 1899. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 7, 1899, Page 7 Buy Reprints. ... Site Map; Canada; ...

In 1908, you could get to the holy city from Damascus in three days by train," Zahi Khalil, president of the Jordan Hejaz Railway, tells MEE. Amman was only a small village at the time.

The Ottoman Empire, which at the time this map was drawn included much of the Balkans and the Middle East, used a version of the Turkish language written in a slightly modified Arabic script.

An initial budget of NIS 5 million ($1.34 million) was approved this week to begin planning for a new hike-and-bike trail on an Ottoman-era train track that runs between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh ...

Talk by Richard J. A. Talbert, History Dept. and Ancient World Mapping Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill With An Introduction by Tsering Wangyal Shawa, Geographic Information Systems ...