Bell railway station, New South Wales
33°30′20″S 150°16′44″E / 33.505658°S 150.27886°E / -33.505658; 150.27886
- 1000 (year)
- 2-3 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
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Zig Zag towards Lithgow | Blue Mountains Line | Mount Victoria towards Central |
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Bell railway station is a heritage-listed railway station 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] |
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2 | BMT | services to Lithgow | request stop[6] |
References
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Bell Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Bell Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Full schedule of services resume on Main Western Line Rail Express 22 May 2020
- ^ 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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- Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
- Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service