Railway stations in Sierra Leone include:
Maps
Black, open & dotted extension proposed.
Red; closed 1974
The MSN and FallingRain and UNHCR maps still show the railway lines closed in 1974.
- UN Map of Sierra Leone - no railways shown at all.
- UNHCR Atlas map
- Map on page 24.[1]
- African Mineral iron ore railway Map
Towns served
Open
- (private 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) line) [2]
- (upgraded to 20Mtpa) (Mtpa = Million Tonnes Per Annum?)
- (renewed line to be open access) [3][4]
- Port Pepel - low capacity port
- Madina
- Lungi Lol
- Makoato
- Bankasoka River bridge
- Port Loko
- Lunsar - terminus at mine
- Marampa - iron ore mine.
- Makeni
- Bumbuna
- Tonkolili - proposed extension to iron ore deposit [5][6][7]
Under construction
- (new parallel 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge line)
- (capacity 50Mtpa)
- (new line to be open access) [3][4]
- Tagrin Point proposed high capacity port
- Marampa - iron ore mine.
- Makeni
- Bumbuna
- Tonkolili - proposed extension to iron ore deposit [5][6][7]
- Kasafoni - proposed iron ore mine
Proposed
2013
Closed
(government 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) line)
- Freetown in 1896.
- Wellington (7 miles) by March 1897.
- Waterloo April 1898
- Songo (32 miles/51.5 km) 1899
- Bradford - way station
- Rotifunk (56 miles/90.1 km) 1900
- Bauya - junction
- Moyamba
- Mano
- Bo (103 miles/165.8 km) 1903
- Gerihun
- Blama
- Baiima (145m) (220 miles/354 km) 1905
- Pendembu (227.5 miles/366 km) 1907
- Kenema
- Daru - terminus
Possible
- Bagla Hills - iron ore [9]
Timeline
Theft
While the Port Pepel line is non-operational, much theft of the rail and sleepers is taking place. The only advantage of this is to make conversion to standard gauge more easy.[11]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.otal.com/images/OTAL%20Services/TransportReport/Trade-Watch%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20September%202010.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "sierra leone development corp, pepel island, BRCW". www.derbysulzers.com.
- ^ a b "Infrastructure". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ a b "Railpage". Railpage.
- ^ a b Africa, Railways. "Railways Africa". Railways Africa.
- ^ a b "allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone: African Minerals to Boost Bunbuna Hydro (Page 1 of 1)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24.
- ^ a b "Chairman's Statement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ "SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals". AFP. March 25, 2015.
- ^ "National Iron Ore Company / National Iron Ore Company, Southern, Sierra Leone, Africa". travelingluck.com.
- ^ "Not Found".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Report from Sierra Leone - The dismantling of, what would be, a national asset" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-24.
External links
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