Railway stations in Sierra Leone
Railway stations in Sierra Leone include:
Maps[]
Railway network of Sierra Leone
Black, open & dotted extension proposed.
Red ; closed 1974
The MSN and 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
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- 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[]
Cotton Tree station, Freetown (1915)
Magburaka station
(government 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) line)
- Freetown in 1896.
- (7 miles) by March 1897.
- Waterloo April 1898
- (32 miles/51.5 km) 1899
- Bradford - way station
- Rotifunk (56 miles/90.1 km) 1900
- - 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
- ^ "sierra leone development corp, pepel island, BRCW". www.derbysulzers.com.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=62079&sn=Detail
- ^ http://www.derbysulzers.com/pepelreport2005.pdf
External links[]
Media related to Railway stations in Sierra Leone at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
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