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Railway operating company in Jordan
Aqaba Railway Corporation
A phosphate train near Ma'an
Overview
Headquarters
Aqaba
Reporting mark
ARC
Locale
Jordan
Dates of operation
1979–2018
Predecessor
Hedjaz Jordan Railway
Technical
Track gauge
1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in)
Other
Website
http://www.arc.gov.jo
The Aqaba Railway Corporation (ARC) was a railway company operating in southern Jordan. The railway was formed in 1979 to transport phosphate[1] to the port in Aqaba. It used the tracks of the Hejaz Railway partly.[2] It was closed in 2018[2]
The AqabaRailwayCorporation (ARC) was a railway company operating in southern Jordan. The railway was formed in 1979 to transport phosphate to the port...
of Aqaba is the only port in Jordan, and is owned by Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) and has 12 terminals operated by five operators: the Aqaba Company...
435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. AqabaRailwayCorporation transporting phosphates to the port of Aqaba In the 2000s, Jordanian government began...
a port city. The line was later sold to the AqabaRailwayCorporation in 1979. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway still operates today between the Jordan/Syria...
Aqaba (English: /ˈækəbə/ AK-ə-bə, US also /ˈɑːk-/ AHK-; Arabic: الْعَقَبَة, romanized: al-ʿAqaba, pronounced [ælˈʕæqɑba, ælˈʕæɡæba]) is the only coastal...
Jordan Railway, and from phosphate mines near Ma'an to the Gulf of Aqaba, as the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie,[dubious – discuss] or the AqabaRailway Corporation...
Japan Railways Group (JR Group) Hedjaz Jordan RailwayAqabaRailwayCorporation Qazaqstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan railways) Korean State Railway passenger/freight...
Lebanese national railway company. The GE U17C is also used on the AqabaRailwayCorporation for transporting phosphates from the Mines to Aqaba. "GE U17C"....
The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) is the financially and administratively autonomous institution responsible for the management, regulation...
Jordan; article 'CPCS Transcom Selected to Assist the Government of Jordan with the Privatization of the AqabaRailwayCorporation', retrieved 20 Jan 2009...
connects the Syrian border with Amman and to the port city of Aqaba on the Gulf of Aqaba. It is a four-lane, double carriageway road almost on its entirety...
August 2011, the Jordanian government approved the construction of the railway from Aqaba to the Iraqi border (near Traibil). The Iraqis in the meantime started...
British and Sharifian forces sought a way to overtake the Ottoman forces at Aqaba, the British decided to send Captain (later Colonel) T. E. Lawrence (commonly...
are in Ashrafiyya, Salt, Zarqa, Marka refugee camp, Irbid, Al Husn and Aqaba. In general, Muslims and Christians live together with no major problems...
Traffic Adviser to AqabaRailwayCorporation in Jordan where he was sent on deputation. He helped improve the freight loading of AqabaRailways from 1.9 million...
Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran at the entrance of the Gulf of Aqaba. The blockade closed Israel's sea lane to East Africa and the Far East,...
Airport Royal Jordanian Airlines RailwaysAqaba seaport Communications Newspapers Internet Jordan Radio & TV Corporation (JRTV) ATV Jordan Jordan portal...
events to follow in the near future are the relocation of Aqaba's main port, a national railway system, and the construction of a new terminal at QAIA....
Airport Royal Jordanian Airlines RailwaysAqaba seaport Communications Newspapers Internet Jordan Radio & TV Corporation (JRTV) ATV Jordan Jordan portal...
Cárdenas, Puerto Quetzal, Yucatan, and Limon (Costa Rica). Middle East: Aqaba, Haifa, Bahrain, Salalah, Port Said and Jebel Ali. Asia: Cai Mep, Colombo...
of directors of AqabaRailway. Member of the board of Royal Jordanian Management. Member of the board of Jordan Investment Corporation management. Member...
Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Kutch, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Aden, and the Gulf of Oman, dolphins and finless porpoises...
Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is...
State having both the Negev and an "outlet to the Red Sea and the Port of Aqaba". According to John Snetsinger, Chaim Weizmann visited President Truman...
services are available. Zayed International Airport does not feature any railway connection. The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport does provide overall...
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