Jordan Railways history started from the begging of last century . work
started in building track link between the Northern and southern parts of Jordan
in 1900 .
The part of track is considered part of the main track which links Turkish land
with AL-Median passing through the capital city of Amman .
This called Hidjaz, -Railway . This track was linked by a sub-line to Ras -EL-Naqab
in 1942 to carry phosphates from mines to Ras – EL-Naqab station then by tracks
to Aqaba port .
Due to the importance of phosphate to the Jordan National income , it has become
very necessary to find an economic and high capacity ,means of transport .
For this reason concerned Government officials had taken the decision to construct
a railway line to connect phosphate mines with Aqaba port .
Work had started to strengthen the part of Hidjazi Railway from EL-Hasa mines to
Batn-EL-Gnoul .
A new line was constructed to connect Batn EL-Ghoul to Aqaba port in Nov 1972 and
officially opened in 14/11/1975 a new organization called Aqaba Railways corporation
has been named to manage this Railway a new line was added to join phosphate mines
in EL-Abiad 22 KM . the total lines reached 293.34 Kms .
It has been founded according to low no (22) in 1972 . has been grunted an independent
character both financially and Adminstra tively so it can practice its authority
and power to construct, manage operate and maintain Railway track for the purpose
of carring both people and cargo .
Board of Directors headed by minister of Transport supervised ARC management which
headed by Director General according to special financial and Administrative instructions
and regulations.
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