Bellville railway station

Bellville
Railway station
Location	Durban Road, Bellville, 7530
Coordinates	33°54′23″S 18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°E / -33.9065; 18.6275Coordinates: 33°54′23″S 18°37′39″E / 33.9065°S 18.6275°E / -33.9065; 18.6275
Owned by	PRASA
Line(s)	Shosholoza Meyl: Cape Town–Johannesburg Cape Town–Durban Cape Town–East London Metrorail: Northern Line Central Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 2 islands, and 1 island containing 2 bays
Tracks	11
Connections	Golden Arrow Bus Services minibus taxis
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Location
Bellville Location within Cape Town

Bellville railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Cape Town Metrorail 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.

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

Bellville Civic Centre
Bellville Sports Ground
Northlink College Protea campus
Tygerberg Medical Campus

Services

Preceding station	Metrorail	Following station
Oosterzee towards Cape Town	Northern Line Monte Vista service	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 Lavistown service	Terminus
Shosholoza Meyl
Cape Town Terminus	Cape Town–Johannesburg	Huguenot towards Johannesburg
	Cape Town–Durban	Huguenot towards Durban
	Cape Town–East London	Huguenot towards East London

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