Bell Bay Line

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Bell Bay Line
Overview
StatusIn use
Owner Government of Tasmania
Locale Launceston, Tasmania
Termini
Service
Type Heavy rail
Operator(s) TasRail
History
Opened1973
Technical
Line length57.3 km (35.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
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Old Bell Bay Road
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George Town
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Old Bell Bay Road
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Bridport Road
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Pulp Mill
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Longreach
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East Tamar Highway
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Fourteen Mile Creek
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East Arm Road
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Dalrymple Road
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Faheys Creek
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Swan Bay Creek
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Jollys Road
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Magazine Road
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Coulsons Creek
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Lady Nelson Creek
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Coldwater Creek
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Tip Road
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Newnham Creek
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Remount Road
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Launceston
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Henry Street
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Newstead
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The Bell Bay Line is a freight rail corridor connecting the port of Bell Bay to the main rail network of Tasmania. [1] [2] The Railway Line was built in 1973 to connect the Longreach sawmill to the rail network, and was extended to Bell Bay in 1974. [2]

Traffic on the line was initially limited to woodchip logs to Longreach, with the occasional train to George Town and Bell Bay. By the 1990s, log traffic to Longreach by rail was decreasing, and container traffic to the port of Bell Bay was increasing. Today the only traffic on the line is containers to and from Bell Bay. [2] At present, the railway line is included in the Federal Government's AusLink initiative [3]

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References

  1. "Tasmanian rail network" (PDF). Australian Government. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bell Bay Line". Rail Tasmania. 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  3. "AusLink Network Corridors" (PDF). Australian Government. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.