Railway stations in Sierra Leone

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.

* [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/sierrale.pdf UN Map of Sierra Leone - no railways shown at all.]
* [http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3f3ca17a4.pdf UNHCR Atlas map]

Towns served

Open

(private 1067mm line) (possible conversion to 1435mm gauge)

* Port Pepel - port
* Port Loko
* Lunsar - terminus
* Marampa - iron ore mine.

* Bumbuna
* Tonkolili - proposed extension. [ [http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2679&Itemid=35 Railways Africa - SIERRA LEONE RAIL PROJECT ] ] [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191261.html ]

Closed

(government 762mm 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
* Bo (103 miles/165.8 km) 1903
* Baiima (220 miles/354 km) 1905
* Pendembu (227.5 miles/366 km) 1907
* Kenema
* Daru - terminus----
* Bauya - junction
** Magburaka - branch
** Makeni - branch terminus

Timeline

* September 2008 - dispute over mining leases hampers rehabilitation of Marampa railway. [ http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=62079&sn=Detail ]

See also

* Sierra Leone Government Railway
* Transport in Sierra Leone

References


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