Hijaz Railway Station (Haifa East)
The Haifa East railway station is small and secondary, but it has a glorious past. The laying of the line, which ran to Damascus, elevated Haifa to the status of the third most important city in the country. At that time, the Turkish government was involved in the mighty enterprise of laying a railway line to transport pilgrims to the Muslim holy places Mecca and Madina. Many migrants were attracted by this enterprise, investment in land and commerce was stimulated, and Haifa was transformed into the most important city in the Middle Eastern geographical array. The station was inaugurated in October 1905, and two years later was extended by a modern, stone jetty with cranes for unloading large cargoes. In the British Mandate period, the Hijaz line was further extended, making Haifa an important link on the long stretch from Egypt to Syria and Lebanon.
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