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The Hejaz Railway: A Plan to Unite the Middle East by Train

The Hejaz Railway: A Plan to Unite the Middle East by Train

by Richard Collett | Mar 18, 2025 | Borders, Stories

Discover the story of the Hejaz Railway, an audacious Ottoman-era plan to unite the Middle East, and how it could soon be resurrected. The Hejaz Railway was the most ambitious engineering project the Ottoman Empire ever embarked on. Intended to link...

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