Baghdad Station (Aleppo-Hejaz Railway Station)

Baghdad Station (Aleppo–Hejaz Station)
Transportation Facility
1915 CE

Principal Terminal of the Historic Berlin–Baghdad Railway
Art Deco reception hall, iron-vaulted arcade, clock tower

Designed in 1910 by German architect Hugo Hoste, this monumental station—with its imposing limestone façade—was the second railway terminal established in Aleppo, following the Damascus Station. Crowning the building is a clock tower, whose mechanism was imported from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

The vaulted arcade roof was constructed using an iron framework inspired by Berlin’s railway architecture, while the floors are adorned with multicolored tiles manufactured by the French firm Victoire. Trains operated along the Berlin-bound route until 1940, after which the line was limited to Istanbul.

In 2010, the station’s stained-glass transom above the main entrance was restored. The central hall now regularly hosts photo exhibitions documenting the history of the German–Ottoman railway enterprise that built this pivotal line.

Plans are currently underway to integrate the station into a new electric railway network that will connect it directly to Aleppo International Airport, reaffirming its historic role as a central hub in the city’s transportation infrastructure.