Transport in Jordan - Railways

Railways

Total: 507 km - narrow gauge of 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄3 in) (2008) Railway companies in Jordan are:

  • Hedjaz Jordan Railway: The only passenger railway currently operating in Jordan, connecting Amman to Damascus, in Syria,and passing through Zarqa and Mafraq. It is narrow gauge; the rest of the Syrian network uses standard gauge.
  • Aqaba Railway Corporation

Read more about this topic:  Transport In Jordan

Famous quotes containing the word railways:

    “There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
    —H.G. (Herbert George)