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The last station of the Hejaz Railway
Madinah was the end of the line from Damascus. The station is now a museum.
The Hejaz Railway reached Madinah in 1908, cutting a journey of weeks from Damascus to a few days. The city was its southern terminus.
Service stopped within a decade, during the First World War. The stone station in Al-Anbariyah has been restored and now holds a museum of the line.
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