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Connecting the first line to Aqaba, and from Mafraq to Irbid, replacing another part of the Hedjaz Railway.

From the Syrian border, via Zarqa, to the Saudi border replacing part of the Hedjaz Railway.

Following a study by BNP Paribas, three routes are planned, which are expected to be tendered later in 2010. The Jordanian government has begun acquiring land for new rail routes. It is narrow gauge the rest of the Syrian network uses 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in) standard gauge.

Hedjaz Jordan Railway: The only passenger railway currently operating in Jordan, connecting Amman to Damascus, in Syria, and passing through Zarqa and Mafraq.

Jordan Highway: encircles the city of Amman and connects it to Jerash and Irbid.

It connected Safi, the south end of Dead Sea to Aqaba, the north point of Red Sea.

The first part of the highway (Safi-Aqaba) was constructed in 1978 as part of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Access.

Highway 65 (Dead Sea Highway): connects Aqaba to the northwestern region of Jordan.

It has four lanes on double carriageway on its stretch from Irbid until Amman.

Highway 35 (King's Highway): connects Irbid in the northern region to Aqaba, it takes the name and route of the historic King's Highway.

It is a four-lane, double carriageway road almost on its entirety, from the Syrian border until the junction with the road to Petra.

Highway 15 (Desert Highway): connects the Syrian border with Amman and to the port city of Aqaba on the Gulf of Aqaba.

Some of the major highways in Jordan are: The previous two WRC winners were Mikko Hirvonen (2008) and Sébastien Loeb (2010).ĭespite no longer being a part of the world series, the Jordan Rally is still organised to the highest of standards and is based at the Dead Sea.In 2009, it was estimated that Jordan had 7,891 kilometres (4,903 mi) of paved highways. It worked a treat, with three tremendous events capped by the closest finish in WRC history when Sébastien Ogier beat Jari-Matti Latvala by just 0.2 seconds.

In 2005, with HRH Prince Feisal recognising the value that jordanmotorsport has in promoting a country, Jordan launched a bid to become a round on the FIA WRC, and succeeded in hosting three editions in 2008, 20 and a completely remodeled route through the Jordan Valley and around the Dead Sea. However, it was a home grown talent that put his name on the trophy in 2004 when Amjad Farrah became the only Jordanian to win the title by capitalising on a final stage engine blow out from leader Hamed Al Wahaibi. He ended Ben Sulayem’s domination by launching his own Jordan era with no less than 11 Jordan Rally victories since.

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In 1984, jordanmotorsporting icon Mohammed Ben Sulayem started his dominance of the regional series with his first international victory in Jordan in a Toyota Celica Turbo, with Saleh in second.Īl Hajiri won the next two, with His Majesty King Abdullah II (then Prince Abdullah) taking third place in 1986 driving an Opel Manta 400, a feat he repeated two years later.īen Sulayem resumed his domination, winning 11 of the next 14 Jordan Rallies with only Abbas Al Mosawi (1992), Sheikh Hammad Al Thani (1993) and Abdullah Bakhashab (1995) breaking his clean sweep of that period.īut 2003 signalled the arrival of the new kid on the block, with Nasser Al Attiyah, of Qatar, announcing his arrival with a victory. The following year it was included as a round on the Middle East Championship which Saleh won, before the great Saeed Al Hajiri took the honours a year later.

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Such was its reputation, it stepped up for three editions of the World Rally Championship in 2008, 20, becoming the first Arab country to do so in the modern era of rallying.īut it all started back in 1981 when Lebanese driver Michel Saleh, with his co-driver Tony Samia, took the inaugural title in a Toyota Celica GT. The jewel in the crown on the Jordan jordanmotorsport calendar is the annual Jordan Rally which holds a special place in the heart of the region’s petrol heads.Īs the leading round on the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, its winners’ list reads like a who’s who of Middle East jordanmotorsport with the biggest names to have graced our roads all winning the sought after title.