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.^[1]
African Mineral iron ore railway Map

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

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

Under construction

(new parallel 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 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 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 ^[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]

References

^ http://www.otal.com/images/OTAL%20Services/TransportReport/Trade-Watch%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20September%202010.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "sierra leone development corp, pepel island, BRCW". www.derbysulzers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Infrastructure". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
^ ^a ^b "Railpage". Railpage.
^ ^a ^b Africa, Railways. "Railways Africa". Railways Africa.
^ ^a ^b "allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone: African Minerals to Boost Bunbuna Hydro (Page 1 of 1)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24.
^ ^a ^b "Chairman's Statement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
^ "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 ^{[bare URL PDF]}