- HADIYAH STATION
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- (N25° 32.460’: E38° 44.295’)
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- The Hadiyah Station was a major stopping point for trains
on the Hejaz Railway. The Station area comprises of black basalt
buildings though the blockhouse has red sandstone edging. The
blockhouse is the two-storey type, standard for this area, and
there is another single story building alongside the railway
track. Between the two is a twin water tower that has no additional
protection probably because the numerous hilltop defences proved
effective. On a siding opposite the blockhouse, running perpendicular
to the main track is a train lying on its side comprising an
0-6-0 T No 17 engine. This train was standing in 1987 and it
is assumed it was tipped over to reuse the track and sleepers
beneath it. Additionally there are two covered carriages a coal/water
tender and four flatbeds. In the same siding is a further flatbed.
On a siding running alongside the main track, south of the blockhouse,
are the remains of six covered carriages and one covered freight
car. At each end of the station complex is a water hose mounted
on a crane for filling engines and water tenders. Behind the
blockhouse is evidence of extensive ruins though I cannot tell
what they were, presumably railway buildings and barrack accommodation
for the large garrison based here. The numerous hill fortifications
and the lack of additional protection around the station is consistent
with the claim that up to eleven hundred soldiers were barracked
here during World War 1.
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- Contribution by
- Steve Turpin
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- Above: Near Hadiyya Station is an old hill-top
fort. Below are the remains of old watchtowers on the hills.
- Below: General view including carriages on siding next to
the main track
- Below: General view showing buildings and siding with overturned
train
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- Below: One of the two crane mounted water hoses
- Below: There used to be a soldiers booth in the siding next
to the main line.
- Below: Original woodwork remains on some carriages.
- Above: These carriages are all standing on the main line.
The ones below are on a siding.
- Below: General View of the Overturned Train
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