Aqaba Railway Corporation

Aqaba Railway Corporation
A phosphate train near Ma'an
Overview
HeadquartersAqaba
Reporting markARC
LocaleJordan
Dates of operation1979–2018
PredecessorHedjaz Jordan Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,050 mm (3 ft 5+1132 in)
Other
Websitehttps://www.arcjo.com/

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]

  1. ^ "The Aqaba Railway Corporation 🇯🇴 - nick86235". nick86235.smugmug.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. ^ a b "2.4 Jordan Railway Assessment | Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments". dlca.logcluster.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.