Railway stations in Sierra Leone

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.
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.

References

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