Bellville railway station

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Bellville
Railway station
LocationDurban Road, Bellville, 7530, Western Cape
South Africa
Coordinates 33°54′23″S18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°E / -33.9065; 18.6275 Coordinates: 33°54′23″S18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°E / -33.9065; 18.6275
Owned by PRASA
Line(s) Shosholoza Meyl: Metrorail:
Platforms1 side platform, 2 islands, and 1 island containing 2 bays
Tracks11
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Location
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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.

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Bellville Station 2018

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

Services

Preceding station Shosholoza Meyl Following station
Huguenot
towards Johannesburg
Johannesburg–Cape Town Cape Town
Terminus
Cape Town
Terminus
Cape Town–East London Huguenot
towards East London
Preceding station Metrorail Western Cape Following station
Oosterzee
towards Cape Town
Northern Line
services via Monte Vista
Terminus
Tygerberg
towards Cape Town
Northern Line
Wellington service
Stikland
towards Wellington
Northern Line
Stellenbosch service
Kuils River
towards Muldersvlei
Northern Line
Strand service
Kuils River
towards Strand
Sarepta
towards Cape Town
Central Line
Bellville service
Terminus


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