Railway in Suriname
Lawa Railway Line length Originally 173 km (107+ 1 ⁄2 mi) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
km
Station
0.00
Paramaribo (Vaillantsplein)
Dominee Creek
2.50
Beekhuizen
4.06
Saron
5.80
Ephraimszegen
7.55
Frederikshoop
9.07
Hanna'slust
10.50
Welgedacht
11.47
Monplaisir-weg
12.31
Commissaris-weg
13.14
Helena Christina
13.94
Bergershoop
15.15
Braamshoop
16.04
Houttuin-weg
16.85
Lelydorp
17.67
Schotel-weg
18.60
Java-weg
19.40
Van Hattem-tracé
20.10
Libanon-weg
20.10
Palisaden-weg
21.50
Copie-weg
22.30
Bijlhout-weg
23.25
Groenhart-weg
24.00
Rijsdijk-weg
26.39
Nyssen-weg
27.00
Toelseeda-weg
28.10
Meurs-weg
29.50
Onverwacht
32.00
On-demand halt
35.00
On-demand halt
41.20
Republiek
44.75
Zanderij I, airport [ 1]
52.40
Berlijn
61.60
Zanderij II[ 1]
64.70
Sectie O
79.10
Kwakoegron
95.70
Guyana (gold mine)
99.60
De Jong-Noord (gold mine)
102.60
Gros Placer
105.50
De Jong-Zuid (gold mine)
115.50
Brownsweg
123.00
Kamp III
133.00
Kabelstation-Noord (cable car station)
First cable car; later ferry
134.00
Kabelstation-Zuid (cable car station)
145.25
Abontjema
151.80
Adjama
158.50
Sikakamp
166.50
Gégé
173.00
Dam am Sara Creek
The stations in 1912[ 2] and in the 1950s[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The Lawa Railway (Dutch : Lawaspoorweg or later Landsspoorweg ) was a 173-kilometre-long (107+ 1 ⁄2 mi) single-track metre gauge railway in Suriname . It was built during the gold rush in the early 20th century, from the harbour town Paramaribo to Dam at the Sara Creek , but it was not extended to the gold fields at the Lawa River , as originally intended.
^ a b c The Railways of Surinam, 2014 - Suriname Landspoorweg.
^ De Vraagbaak: Almanak voor Suriname 1913. 1912.
^ F.J. Ormeling (Hrsg.), Bos/Niermeyer Atlas der gehele aarde, Vol 40, J.B. Wolters, Groningen/Batavia, 1959
^ F.J. Ormeling (Hrsg.), De Grote Bosatlas, Vol 47, Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, 1971
^ Nieuwe Geïllustreerde Lekturama Encyclopedie, Tirion, Amsterdam, 1981