Transport in Sierra Leone

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 2 Timeline 2.1 2006 3 Highways 4 Waterways 5 Ports and harbours 6 Merchant marine: 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7.3 Heliports 8 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 84 km
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge
note: Sierra Leone no longer has any common carrier railroads; the 762mm gauge Sierra Leone Government Railway closed in 1974.

The existing railroad is private and used on a limited basis connecting an iron ore mine at Marampa with Port Pepel. Tecsbacos the mining company is reported in 2006 to have problems of theft and obstruction in operating the railway. [1]

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

• Guinea - no - 1000mm & 1435mm
• Liberia - no - 1067mm & 1435mm

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2006

• Talks start with Russia to seek help to rebuild railways in the Country. Choice of gauge is problematic since original 760mm gauge is obsolete. May as well restart with 1435mm.

[edit] Highways

total: 11,700 km
paved: 936 km
unpaved: 10,764 km (2002)

total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

800 km; 600 km navigable year round

[edit] Ports and harbours

Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel

[edit] Merchant marine:

total:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 7,435 GRT/8,750 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2

total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,105 GRT/1,307 DWT
ships by type: specialized tanker 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

10 (2002, 1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2002, 1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 2 (2002, 1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

2 (2002, 1999.)

[edit] See also

• Sierra Leone

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.