Pepel is a
coastal
The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in ...
town in the
Port Loko District
Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous District in the North and the second most populous District in Sierra Leone, after the Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Lo ...
in the
Northern Province of
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
.
Port
Pepel has a port in the
Sierra Leone River
The Sierra Leone River is a river estuary on the Atlantic Ocean in Western Sierra Leone. It is formed by the Bankasoka River and Rokel River and is between 4 and 10 miles wide (6–16 km) and 25 miles (40 km) long. It holds the major port ...
used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company
African Minerals.
Railway
Pepel is connected by a gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at
Marampa.
It is proposed to introduce a more efficient
balloon loop
A balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop ( North American Terminology) allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains.
Bal ...
at the port.
Map - scroll down to view balloon loop.
An extension of this line to a deeper port at Tagrin Point is also proposed.
See also
* 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 ra ...
* Transport in Sierra Leone
There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports.
Just like Great Britain, Sierra Leone used to driv ...
References
Populated places in Sierra Leone
Western Area
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