Hejaz Railway Route

سكة حديد الحجاز

A route following the Saudi remains of the Ottoman Hejaz Railway, from Tabuk and Al-Akhdar through AlUla and Mada’in Saleh to the Madinah railway museum.

📍5 stops

Route stops (5)

Hajj routeتبوك

Tabuk Hejaz Railway Station

Tabuk’s Hejaz Railway station preserves Ottoman stone buildings, water and maintenance facilities for pilgrim trains.

Palace / fortressتبوك

Al-Akhdar Castle

Al-Akhdar Castle in Wadi al-Akhdar (Tabuk) is an Ottoman Syrian-Hajj station by wells and pools for pilgrim caravans.

Trade routeالعلا

Hejaz Railway Station, AlUla

AlUla’s Hejaz Railway station ruins link the oasis Old Town to the Ottoman pilgrim line running south toward Madinah.

Trade routeالعلا

Madain Salih Station

The Hejaz Railway station near Hegra (Mada’in Salih) keeps stone buildings, track and a locomotive — among Saudi Arabia’s best rail remnants.

Local heritageالمدينة المنورة

Al-Anbariyah Station

Madinah’s Anbariyya Hejaz Railway Station opened in 1908 and is now a museum of the city and the Ottoman rail journey.

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1Tabuk Hejaz Railway Stationتبوك

2Al-Akhdar Castleتبوك

3Hejaz Railway Station, AlUlaالعلا

4Madain Salih Stationالعلا

5Al-Anbariyah Stationالمدينة المنورة