Bellville railway station
Bellville | |
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Railway station | |
Location | Durban Road, Bellville, 7530 |
Coordinates | 33°54′23″S 18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°ECoordinates: 33°54′23″S 18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°E |
Owned by | PRASA |
Line(s) | |
Platforms | 1 side platform, 2 islands, and 1 island containing 2 bays |
Tracks | 11 |
Connections | |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Location | |
Bellville Location within Cape Town |
Bellville railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Cape Town Metrorail railway network, after the Cape Town terminus. All trains on Metrorail's Northern Line pass through Bellville, and one branch of the Central Line also terminates there. It is also a stop for Shosholoza Meyl trains that terminate in Cape Town.
Bellville Station is a major terminus for Golden Arrow buses; it also has a large minibus taxi rank. To the south of the station is Transnet Freight Rail's main marshalling yard for the Cape Town area.
The station building is on the northern side of the tracks, attached to a side platform. There are three island platforms; the middle of these also contains two bays for trains traveling to and from Cape Town. The platforms are linked by two pedestrian tunnels.
Notable places nearby
- Bellville Civic Centre
- Bellville Sports Ground
- Northlink College Protea campus
- Tygerberg Medical Campus
Services
Preceding station | Metrorail | Following station | ||
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Oosterzee towards Cape Town | Northern Line Monte Vista service | Terminus | ||
Tygerberg towards Cape Town | Northern Line Wellington service | Stikland towards Wellington |
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Northern Line Stellenbosch service | Kuils River towards Muldersvlei |
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Northern Line Strand service | Kuils River towards Strand |
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Sarepta towards Cape Town | Central Line Lavistown service | Terminus | ||
Shosholoza Meyl | ||||
Terminus | Cape Town–Johannesburg | towards Johannesburg |
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Cape Town–Durban | towards Durban |
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Cape Town–East London | towards East London |