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
Black, open & dotted extension proposed.
Red ; closed 1974
The MSN and FallingRain and UNHCR maps still show the railway lines closed in 1974.
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
- Madina
- Lungi Lol
- Makoato
- Bankasoka River bridge
- Port Loko
- Lunsar - terminus at mine
Under construction
Proposed
Closed
Cotton Tree station, Freetown (1915)
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Magburaka station
(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 [9]
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]
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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.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Railpage". Railpage.
- Africa, Railways. "Railways Africa". Railways Africa.
- http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191261.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-19.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
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