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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 , Sierra ...
include:


Maps

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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 line) * (upgraded to 20Mtpa) (Mtpa = Million Tonnes Per Annum?) * (renewed line to be
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) * Port Pepel - low capacity port * Madina * Lungi Lol * Makoato **
Bankasoka River The Bankasoka River is a river in Sierra Leone. As a tidal estuary (also called ''Port Loko Creek'') it combines with the Rokel River to the south to form the Sierra Leone River.West Africa Topographical Maps, Series N504, 1:250,000, U.S. Army Map ...
bridge * Port Loko * Lunsar - terminus at mine ---- *
Marampa Marampa Mines is the site of an hematite iron ore mine based in the town of Lunsar, Port Loko District,
- iron ore mine. * Makeni *
Bumbuna Bumbuna is a town in the central of Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies about 30 miles from the district capital of Magburaka and approximately 124 miles (by road) northeast of Freetown. The areas in and ar ...
*
Tonkolili Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. To ...
- proposed extension to iron ore deposit


Under construction

* (new parallel gauge line) * (capacity 50Mtpa) * (new line to be
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) *
Tagrin Point Tagrin Point is the proposed location of a deep water port to replace the older and shallower port of Port Pepel in Sierra Leone. It would be connected to existing and new iron ore mined by an upgraded railway line converted to standard gauge. F ...
proposed high capacity port *
Marampa Marampa Mines is the site of an hematite iron ore mine based in the town of Lunsar, Port Loko District,
- iron ore mine. * Makeni *
Bumbuna Bumbuna is a town in the central of Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies about 30 miles from the district capital of Magburaka and approximately 124 miles (by road) northeast of Freetown. The areas in and ar ...
*
Tonkolili Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. To ...
- proposed extension to iron ore deposit * Kasafoni - proposed iron ore mine


Proposed


2013

*
Tonkolili Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. To ...
- iron ore mine * Sulima southern port at the mouth of the
Moa River The Moa River (Makona River) is a river in west Africa. It arises in the highlands of Guinea and flows southwest, forming parts of the Guinea–Liberia and the Guinea – Sierra Leone borders. It flows into the Southern Province, Sierra Leone, ...
.


Closed

(government line) *
Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...
in 1896. *
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(7 miles) by March 1897. *
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April 1898 * Songo (32 miles/51.5 km) 1899 *
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- way station *
Rotifunk Rotifunk is a town in Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Sherbro people, Sherbro make up the largest ethnic group in the town. Rotifunk is the birthplace of Sierra Leonean politician, John Karefa-Smart, and writer ...
(56 miles/90.1 km) 1900 * Bauya - junction * Moyamba *
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* Bo (103 miles/165.8 km) 1903 *
Gerihun Gerihun is a small town in Bo District in southern Sierra Leone. In late April 1996, an attack on the town led its residents and the more than 20,000 inhabitants of a displaced camp in the vicinity to flee to Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo. Notable people ...
*
Blama Blama is a town and the seat of Small Bo Chiefdom Kenema District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Blama is located on the highway from Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo to Kenema, the largest city in Kenema District and the Eastern Province overa Bl ...
*
Baiima Baiima is a small town in Bo District in the Southern 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 Gu ...
(145m) (220 miles/354 km) 1905 *
Pendembu Pendembu is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The town population was 7,243 at the 2004 census but increased to 20,502 according to a more recent estimate. Pendembu lies approximately 36 miles from Kenema and ab ...
(227.5 miles/366 km) 1907 *
Kenema Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone (after Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo), and the largest city in the country's Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, Eastern Province. It is the capital of Kenema District and a major economic center of ...
* 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 Marampa Mines is the site of an hematite iron ore mine based in the town of Lunsar, Port Loko District,
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 A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
more easy.http://www.derbysulzers.com/pepelreport2005.pdf


See also

*
Sierra Leone Government Railway :''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' The Sierra Leone Government Railway operated in Sierra Leone from 1897 to 1974. It was unusual in that it formed a national railway system constructed solely to a Narrow ...
* Transport in Sierra Leone * Rail transport in Sierra Leone


References


External links

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