| Lawa Railway |
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Diesel railcar in the former station of Onverwacht
Map of the line from Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië, published between 1914 and 1917 |
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| Line length | Originally 173 km (107+1⁄2 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
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Station |
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0.00 |
Paramaribo (Vaillantsplein) |
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Dominee Creek |
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2.50 |
Beekhuizen |
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4.06 |
Saron |
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5.80 |
Ephraimszegen |
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7.55 |
Frederikshoop |
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9.07 |
Hanna'slust |
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10.50 |
Welgedacht |
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11.47 |
Monplaisir-weg |
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12.31 |
Commissaris-weg |
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13.14 |
Helena Christina |
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13.94 |
Bergershoop |
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15.15 |
Braamshoop |
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16.04 |
Houttuin-weg |
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16.85 |
Lelydorp |
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17.67 |
Schotel-weg |
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18.60 |
Java-weg |
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19.40 |
Van Hattem-tracé |
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20.10 |
Libanon-weg |
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20.10 |
Palisaden-weg |
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21.50 |
Copie-weg |
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22.30 |
Bijlhout-weg |
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23.25 |
Groenhart-weg |
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24.00 |
Rijsdijk-weg |
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26.39 |
Nyssen-weg |
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27.00 |
Toelseeda-weg |
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28.10 |
Meurs-weg |
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29.50 |
Onverwacht |
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32.00 |
On-demand halt |
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35.00 |
On-demand halt |
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41.20 |
Republiek |
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44.75 |
Zanderij I, airport |
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52.40 |
Berlijn |
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61.60 |
Zanderij II |
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64.70 |
Sectie O |
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79.10 |
Kwakoegron |
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95.70 |
Guyana (gold mine) |
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99.60 |
De Jong-Noord (gold mine) |
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102.60 |
Gros Placer |
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105.50 |
De Jong-Zuid (gold mine) |
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115.50 |
Brownsweg |
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123.00 |
Kamp III |
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133.00 |
Kabelstation-Noord (cable car station) |
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First cable car; later ferry |
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134.00 |
Kabelstation-Zuid (cable car station) |
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145.25 |
Abontjema |
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151.80 |
Adjama |
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158.50 |
Sikakamp |
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166.50 |
Gégé |
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173.00 |
Dam am Sara Creek |
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The stations in 1912 and in the 1950s |
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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.
