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List of stations is missing

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There were at least a few main routes. I am thinking here about the Mamluk & Ottoman barid connection between Damascus and Cairo for instance. At Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) there is material insufficiently referenced, but probably all from Kohner (2006), listing the following stations, to which I have added a couple of bridges, too:

not listed, but probably immediately before Sa'sa': Damascus
Sa'sa' or Sasa
Quneitra
Daughters of Jacob Bridge (Jisr Benat Ya'kub): khan and bridge
Khan el-Minya
Khan el-Tujjar
Lajjun
Qaqun
Ras al-Ayn (Binar Bashi fort after 1573)
Jisr Jindas, Baybars' bridge to Lydda and Ramleh
Ramleh (not clearly listed as a station, but it was almost certainly one.)
Khan Bidres (?) in Beit Daras
Gaza
Khan Yunes
El Arish

According to the editor there, some stations between Ramleh and Gaza, and between Gaza and El-Arish, are missing from this list.

Bridges

Jisr al-Ghajar, stone bridge south of Ghajar
Al-Sinnabra Crusader bridge, with nearby Jisr Umm el-Qanatir/Jisr Semakh and Jisr es-Sidd further downstream
Jisr al-Majami bridge over the Jordan, with Mamluk khan
Jisr Jindas bridge over the Ayalon near Lydda and Ramla
Yibna Bridge or "Nahr Rubin Bridge"
Isdud Bridge (Mamluk, 13th century) outside Ashdod/Isdud
Jisr ed-Damiye, bridges over the Jordan (Roman, Mamluk, modern)<br

There were of course other important routes within Syria, Egypt, Iraq and more.

In the end, we need something like this: Jezreel Valley railway#Historical stations. Who's interested? Cheers, Arminden (talk) 19:46, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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