Sham Gateway Station

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Sham Gateway Station (Arabic: محطة بوابة الشام maḥaṭṭat bawābat ash-shām) is a junction railway station in Jamousiya, a suburb of the Capital Metropole located 15 km northeast of Nasser City. It was opened in 1922 at the spot where the Upper Jordan Railway branches off from the Jezreel Valley Railway, the latter originally a branch line of the Hejaz Railway.