Railways in

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comprised two lines from the port of Monrovia in the northeast, and one line from the port of

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in the centre. The principal traffic is, or was, iron ore. In 2010, only the Bong mine railway was operational but the Lamco Railway was at least partially rebuilt by Arcelor Mittal and put back into service in 2011.

History

Infrastructure

Mano River Railway (1N)

The gauge Mano River railway primarily carried freight, but had very limited passenger service between Monrovia, Mano River terminal, Brewerville, Klay, Tubmanburg, and Mano River Mine. These are now disused, due to exhaustion of the Iron Ore deposits on the line.

Bong mine railway (2C)

The Bong Mine railway was damaged during the civil war, and reopened in 2009. It had intermittent service to the following places: * Monrovia Port * Louisiana * Sheshe * Harrisburg *

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* Motobli * Yapagua * Bong Mine This railway is .

Lamco Railway (3S)

The Lamco railway was originally built to take

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...

from mount Nimba - Yekepa Train station and Tokadeh to the port of

, for export. It fell into disuse and was damaged during the civil war, but has recently been rebuilt by Arcelor Mittal and was put back into service in 2011. This railway is/was . In 2022 a short extension across the border into Guinea to serve iron ore deposits there was proposed.

Simandou-Didia

In 2010, BSG Resources planned to build a cross-border line to export iron ore from mines near

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North (in

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) via the Liberian port of

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. 51% of BSGR is now owned by

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. This line parallels the Lamco Railway for a considerable distance.

Accidents

In January 2006, there was an accident on the Bong Mines railway; a train travelling from the mine to Monrovia collided with a makeshift wooden trolley used by locals (known as a "Make-away"). Two were killed.

Maps

UN Map

References

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