Bellville railway station

Bellville Railway station
Station statistics
Address	Durban Road, Bellville, 7530
Coordinates	33.9065°S 18.6275°E / -33.9065; 18.6275
Lines	Shosholoza Meyl:   Cape Town–Johannesburg   Cape Town–Durban   Cape Town–East London Metrorail:   Northern Line   Central Line
Connections	Golden Arrow Bus Services Minibus taxis
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	1 side platform, 2 islands, and 1 island containing 2 bays
Tracks	11
Other information
Owned by	PRASA

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