Turkiye, Syria, Jordan Agree To Restore Historic Railway Corridor
Turkiye, Syria, Jordan Agree To Restore Historic Railway Corridor
The revived Ottoman-era line could open a direct link from Anatolia to the Red Sea
Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced on 23 September that Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan agreed to revive the Hejaz railway, the Ottoman-era line once stretching 1,750 kilometers from Istanbul to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
“The historic Hejaz Railway is being revived,” Uraloglu declared, describing the outcome of a tripartite meeting in Amman earlier this month. He confirmed that the three sides have prepared a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering full cooperation on transport infrastructure.
Turkiye is committed to finishing 30 kilometers of missing superstructure on the Syrian stretch of the line. Jordan will evaluate its technical ability to repair and operate locomotives inside Syrian territory. Joint technical studies are also planned to create a corridor from Turkiye through Syria into Jordan, granting access to the Red Sea via the Port of Aqaba.
As part of the same framework, road transport between Turkiye and Jordan through Syria will restart after being halted for 13 years.
That suspension ended in December with the ousting of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, whose removal cleared the way for renewed connectivity between the three West Asian countries.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle
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