Bell | |||||||||||||
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 Westbound view from station platform looking at station building, December 2008 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Bells Line of Road, Bell Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°30′20″S 150°16′44″E / 33.505658°S 150.27886°E | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,069 metres (3,507 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Western | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 137.13 kilometres (85.21 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Station code | BEL | ||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1875 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Mount Wilson (1875-1889) | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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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]
- ^ 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