Scenic route
Hejaz Railway (heritage)
Amman → Mafraq · Jordan
- Distance
- 70 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- Jordan Hejaz Railway
- Train
- Vintage narrow-gauge coaches; occasional steam
- Countries
- Jordan
- In service since
- 1903
Lawrence of Arabia’s Ottoman pilgrimage railway; heritage trains still run north from Amman via Zarqa, and a Hejaz steam loco fired up again in 2025 after 40 years.
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