| Hedjaz Jordan Railway | |
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The International Train at Amman Station. |
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| Reporting mark | HJR |
| Locale | western Jordan |
| Dates of operation | 1920–present |
| Predecessor | Hedjaz Railway |
| Track gauge | 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄3 in) |
| Length | 1,320 km (820 mi) |
| Headquarters | Amman |
The Hedjaz Jordan Railway was one of the two successor railways to the famous Hedjaz Railway. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1920, the Hedjaz Railway, formerly under Ottoman control, was divided into 2 railways: the Chemin de Fer de Hedjaz Syrie (CFH) and the Hedjaz Jordan Railway (HJR). The HJR operated the line of the Hedjaz railway in Jordan (at the time British Palestine). When Jordan was formed in 1946, the railway served as the state railway of Jordan, though it was not owned by the state. In 1975 the HJR built a line branch line from Ma'an to Aqaba, a port city. The line was later sold to the Aqaba Railway Corporation in 1979. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway still operates today between the Jordan/Syria border, through Amman to Arbiad.
The Hedjaz Jordan Railway operates 1 passenger train from Amman to Damascus in Syria per day. The HJR also operates freight trains on its tracks.