sejed

Updated: May 20, 2025

Thousands of pilgrims and tourists travel it every year; and most of them now go by the train in about four hours, with advertised stoppages of three minutes at Lydda, eight minutes at Ramleh, ten minutes at Sejed, and unadvertised delays at the convenience of the engine. But we did not wish to get our earliest glimpse of Palestine from a car-window, nor to begin our travels in a mechanical way.

Henry Van Dyke - Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit