Bell railway station, Melbourne

Bell
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 2, August 2024
General information
LocationGarnet Street,
Preston, Victoria 3072
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°44′44″S 145°00′01″E / 37.7456°S 145.0003°E / -37.7456; 145.0003
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance11.70 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking75
Bicycle facilities6
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeBEL
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened8 October 1889; 134 years ago (1889-10-08)
Rebuilt5 September 2022 (LXRP)[1]
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesPreston-Bell Street (1889–1905)
Passengers
2005–2006307,030[2]
2006–2007355,959[2] Increase 15.93%
2007–2008393,114[2] Increase 10.43%
2008–2009508,278[3] Increase 29.29%
2009–2010549,773[3] Increase 8.16%
2010–2011532,537[3] Decrease 3.13%
2011–2012523,225[3] Decrease 1.75%
2012–2013Not measured[3]
2013–2014433,148[3] Decrease 17.2%
2014–2015422,536[2] Decrease 2.45%
2015–2016462,990[3] Increase 9.57%
2016–2017477,003[3] Increase 3.02%
2017–2018541,111[3] Increase 13.44%
2018–2019530,900[3] Decrease 1.88%
2019–2020444,100[3] Decrease 16.35%
2020–2021170,000[3] Decrease 61.7%
2021–2022132,450[4] Decrease 22.08%
2022–2023262,500[5] Increase 98.19%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Thornbury
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Preston
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Thornbury
1
2
to Preston

Bell railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Preston, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Bell station is an elevated structure premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 8 October 1889, with the current station provided in 2022.[6]

Initially opened as Preston-Bell Street, the station was given its current name of Bell on 1 August 1905.[6]

  1. ^ "Modern stations at Preston just weeks away". Victoria's Big Build. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Archived 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Archived 17 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Philip Mallis
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Archived 6 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine Data Vic
  5. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  6. ^ a b "Bell". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.