Railway stations in Sierra Leone
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Railway stations in Sierra Leone include:
Contents
Maps
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)
- (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) [8][9]
- Tagrin Point proposed high capacity port
- Marampa - iron ore mine.
- Makeni
- Bumbuna
- Tonkolili - proposed extension to iron ore deposit [10][11][12]
- 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 [14]
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.[16]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.otal.com/images/OTAL%20Services/TransportReport/Trade-Watch%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20September%202010.pdf
- ↑ http://www.derbysulzers.com/sierraleone.html
- ↑ http://www.african-minerals.com/Corporate/Operations/Infrastructure/default.aspx?id=728
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11336881-s15.htm
- ↑ Railways Africa - SIERRA LEONE RAIL PROJECT
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191261.html
- ↑ http://www.african-minerals.com/Investor_Relations/Shareholder_Information/Chairman~s_Statement/default.aspx?id=764
- ↑ http://www.african-minerals.com/Corporate/Operations/Infrastructure/default.aspx?id=728
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11336881-s15.htm
- ↑ Railways Africa - SIERRA LEONE RAIL PROJECT
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191261.html
- ↑ http://www.african-minerals.com/Investor_Relations/Shareholder_Information/Chairman~s_Statement/default.aspx?id=764
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/05/sleone-china-sign-8-billion-in-infrastructure-deals/#ixzz2YEtLkBd9
- ↑ http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Sierra%20Leone/Southern/_2570585_National+Iron+Ore+Company.html#local_map
- ↑ http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=62079&sn=Detail
- ↑ http://www.derbysulzers.com/pepelreport2005.pdf
