Bell railway station, New South Wales

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

33°30′20″S 150°16′44″E / 33.505658°S 150.27886°E / -33.505658; 150.27886Elevation1,069 metres (3,507 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main WesternDistance137.13 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStation codeBELWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpenedMay 1875ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesMount WilsonPassengers2023[2]
  • 1000 (year)
  • 2-3 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Zig Zag
towards Lithgow
 Blue Mountains Line Mount Victoria
towards Central
Pre 1975 service
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Newnes Junction
towards Lithgow
 Blue Mountains Line
Pre 1975
 Mount Victoria
towards Central

Bell railway station is located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains village of Bell, and opened in May 1875 as Mount Wilson, being renamed Bell on 1 May 1889.[3][4] Situated 1,069 metres above sea level, it is the station with the highest elevation on the NSW TrainLink network. From December 2019 to May 2020, the station was closed due to major bushfire damage on the line.[5]

Platforms and services

Bell has one island platform with two sides. It is served by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line trains travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow. It is a request stop with passengers having to notify the guard if they wish to alight, and signal the driver if they want to board.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
BMT
 services to Sydney request stop[6]
2
BMT
 services to Lithgow request stop[6]

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Bell Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Bell Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ Full schedule of services resume on Main Western Line Rail Express 22 May 2020
  6. ^ a b "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Bell railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Bell station details Transport for New South Wales
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