Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the North West Province of Sierra Leone.
Port
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.
Railway
Pepel is connected by a gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at Marampa.
It is proposed to introduce a more efficient balloon loop at the port.Map - scroll down to view balloon loop.
An extension of this line to a deeper port at Tagrin Point is also proposed.
See also
Railway stations in Sierra Leone Transport in Sierra Leone
References