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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 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 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 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 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 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

• 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

1. http://www.otal.com/images/OTAL%20Services/TransportReport/Trade-Watch%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20September%202010.pdf
2. "sierra leone development corp, pepel island, BRCW". www.derbysulzers.com.
3. ^ "Infrastructure". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
4. ^ "Railpage". Railpage.
5. ^ Africa, Railways. "Railways Africa". Railways Africa.
6. ^ "allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone: African Minerals to Boost Bunbuna Hydro (Page 1 of 1)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24.
7. ^ "Chairman's Statement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
8. "SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals". AFP. March 25, 2015.
9. "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

External links

• Media related to Railway stations in Sierra Leone at Wikimedia Commons

• Railway stations in Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone transport-related lists
• Lists of buildings and structures in Sierra Leone