Railway stations in Sierra Leone include:
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.Unknown African Mineral iron ore railway Map
Towns served
Open (private line) (upgraded to 20Mtpa) (Mtpa = Million Tonnes Per Annum?) (renewed line to be open access) 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
Under construction
(new parallel gauge line) (capacity 50Mtpa) (new line to be open access) Tagrin Point proposed high capacity port Marampa - iron ore mine. Makeni Bumbuna Tonkolili - proposed extension to iron ore deposit Kasafoni - proposed iron ore mine
Proposed
2013 Tonkolili - iron ore mine Sulima southern port at the mouth of the Moa River.
Closed
(government 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
Bauya - junction Magburaka - branch Makeni - branch terminus
Possible
Bagla Hills - iron ore
Timeline
September 2008 - dispute over mining leases hampers rehabilitation of Marampa railway.
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.
See also Sierra Leone Government Railway Transport in Sierra Leone Rail transport in Sierra Leone
References
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