Photos from the amazing Hejaz Railway, connecting Ottoman Istanbul to Medina
In 1900 Sultan Abduhamid II announced to the world a unique project: Istanbul would be connected to the holy sanctuaries of Medina and Mecca by railway. The railroad construction began in Damascus, reaching Dar’a in 1901, Amman in 1903, and on to Medina in 1908, spanning some 1300km. Two years ago, in 2018, we came […]