Railway stations in Sierra Leone explained

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.^[1]
• African Mineral iron ore railway Map

Towns served

Open

• (private 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

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• Marampa - iron ore mine.
• Makeni
• Bumbuna
• Tonkolili - proposed extension to iron ore deposit ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Under construction

• (new parallel 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

• Tonkolili - iron ore mine
• Sulima southern port at the mouth of the Moa River.^[8]

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

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• Bauya - junction
  • Magburaka - branch
  • Makeni - branch terminus

Possible

• Bagla Hills - iron ore ^[9]

Timeline

• September 2008 - dispute over mining leases hampers rehabilitation of Marampa railway.^[10]

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

• Sierra Leone Government Railway
• Transport in Sierra Leone
• Rail transport in Sierra Leone

Notes and References

1. http://www.otal.com/images/OTAL%20Services/TransportReport/Trade-Watch%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20September%202010.pdf
2. Web site: sierra leone development corp, pepel island, BRCW. www.derbysulzers.com.
3. Web site: Infrastructure . 2010-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090706112052/http://www.african-minerals.com/Corporate/Operations/Infrastructure/default.aspx?id=728 . 2009-07-06 .
4. Web site: Railpage. Railpage.
5. Web site: Railways Africa. Railways. Africa. Railways Africa.
6. Web site: allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone: African Minerals to Boost Bunbuna Hydro (Page 1 of 1). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081024151052/http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191261.html. 2008-10-24.
7. Web site: Chairman's Statement . 2010-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221023612/http://www.african-minerals.com/Investor_Relations/Shareholder_Information/Chairman~s_Statement/default.aspx?id=764 . 2008-12-21 .
8. Web site: SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals. March 25, 2015. AFP.
9. Web site: National Iron Ore Company / National Iron Ore Company, Southern, Sierra Leone, Africa. travelingluck.com.
10. http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=62079&sn=Detail
11. http://www.derbysulzers.com/pepelreport2005.pdf