Bellville railway station
Bellville | |
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Railway station | |
Location | Durban Road, Bellville, 7530, Western Cape South Africa |
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) | Shosholoza Meyl: Johannesburg–Cape Town Cape Town–East London Metrorail: |
Platforms | 1 side platform, 2 islands, and 1 island containing 2 bays |
Tracks | 11 |
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Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
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Bellville Location in Cape Metrorail |
Bellville railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Metrorail Western Cape 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[]
- Northlink College Protea campus
- Tygerberg Medical Campus
Services[]
Preceding station | Shosholoza Meyl | Following station | ||
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Huguenot towards Johannesburg
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Johannesburg–Cape Town | Cape Town Terminus
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Cape Town Terminus
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Cape Town–East London | Huguenot towards East London
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Preceding station | Metrorail Western Cape | Following station | ||
towards Cape Town
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Northern Line services via Monte Vista
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Terminus | ||
towards Cape Town
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Northern Line Wellington service
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towards Wellington
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Northern Line Stellenbosch service
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towards
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Northern Line Strand service
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towards
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towards Cape Town
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Central Line Bellville service
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Terminus |
- Railway stations in Cape Town
- Shosholoza Meyl stations
- Metrorail Western Cape stations
- African railway station stubs
- South Africa transport stubs
- South African building and structure stubs