Bella Vista railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Bella Vista

| style = Sydney Metro

| image = Bella Vista Station Sydney 01.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Station entrance and platforms, June 2019

| type =

| address = Lexington Drive, Bella Vista

| borough = New South Wales

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|-33.729580|150.943535|region:AU-NSW_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{Convert|6|m|abbr=on}} below ground level{{cite web |last1=Sydney Metro |title=Interactive map |url=https://www.sydneymetro.info/map/sydney-metro-interactive-train-map |website=Sydney Metro |accessdate=27 July 2019}}

| owned = Transport Asset Holding Entity

| operator = Metro Trains Sydney

| distance = 28km from Chatswood

| platforms = 2

| train_operators = Metro Trains Sydney

| connections = {{TFNSW|B}} Bus

| structure = Open cut

| parking = 800 spaces

| bicycle = 30 spaces

| accessible =Yes

| opened = 26 May 2019

| passengers =

1,288,610 (year)
3,530 (daily)This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.

| pass_year = 2023{{cite web |title=Train Station Monthly Usage |url=https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/dataset/train-station-entries-and-exits-data |website=Open Data |access-date=26 January 2024}}

| pass_rank =

| pass_system = Sydney Metro

|mpassengers =

| services =

{{Adjacent stations

|system4=Sydney Metro

|line7=M1|left7=Kellyville|right7=Norwest

|header8=Future services

}}

Bella Vista railway station is a Sydney Metro station on the western edge of the Norwest Business Park in Sydney, Australia. The station serves the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy.{{cite book|title=Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains|date=June 2012|author=Transport for New South Wales|author-link=Transport for New South Wales|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydneys-rail-future.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626104616/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydneys-rail-future.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-06-26}}[http://sydneymetro.info/project-overview1/documents/23035/download Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917165629/http://sydneymetro.info/project-overview1/documents/23035/download |date=17 September 2015 }} Sydney Metro June 2015

History

File:Bella vista railway station entrance.jpg

The NSW Government announced a future railway line to Castle Hill, south-east of Bella Vista, as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998. Bella Vista was to be served by a bus rapid transit connection to the new rail terminus.{{cite book|title=Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney|author=New South Wales Department of Transport|year=1998}} A longer-term plan presented by Co-ordinator General of Rail Ron Christie three years later included a 'Mungerie Park Line', with a station at Burns Road (now called Memorial Avenue) in Kellyville – about one kilometre north of the present Bella Vista Station site.{{cite book|year=2001|title=Long-term strategic plan for rail|first=Ron|last=Christie|publisher=Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail|location=Sydney}} In the years that followed, Burns Road Station formed part of successive north-western rail proposals, including the Metropolitan Rail Expansion Plan in 2005 and a short-lived metro proposal in 2008.{{cite web|title=Media release: release of preferred route for the proposed rail link to for Sydney's north west|author=Office of the Minister for Transport|date=10 March 2002|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news/media/2002/10-03-02-nwrl-min.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050502140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/49629/20050503-0000/www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news/media/2002/10-03-02-nwrl-min.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2005}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Burns Road opened as a North West T-way bus station in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/priority-bus-green-lights-scrapped/2007/04/11/1175971183194.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Priority bus green lights scrapped|first=Linton|last=Besser|date=12 April 2007}}

Work on the North West Rail Link got underway with the election of the O'Farrell Government in 2011. As part of the approved proposal, Burns Road Station was replaced with new stops at Lexington Drive, Bella Vista, to the south and Samantha Riley Drive, Kellyville, to the north. The new station opened to passengers 26 May 2019. The station is operated by Metro Trains Sydney, which was also responsible for the design of the station as part of its Operations, Trains and Systems contract with Transport for NSW.[https://www.sydneymetro.info/station/bella-vista-station Bella Vista Station] Sydney Metro - Transport for NSW[http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/north-west-rail-link-340-million-skytrain-contract-awarded North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192215/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/north-west-rail-link-340-million-skytrain-contract-awarded |date=2 January 2014 }} Transport for NSW 18 December 2013[http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/83-billion-north-west-rail-link-open-late-2019 $8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214748/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/83-billion-north-west-rail-link-open-late-2019 |date=26 April 2014 }} Transport for NSW 16 June 2013

Services

File:Bella vista railway station platform.jpg

Bella Vista has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services.{{Cite New South Wales transport timetables|Metro}} Bella Vista station is served by bus route 745 to Glenwood, Stanhope Gardens, Quakers Hill and St Marys, operated by Busways, whilst CDC NSW services to Sydney CBD, North Sydney and Parramatta operate from Celebration T-way.[https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104005#/ Bella Vista Station] Transport for NSW

{{Sydney Trains platform box

|p1linename = M1

|p1stop = Services to Sydenham

|p1notes =

|p2linename = M1

|p2stop = Services to Tallawong

|p2notes = }}

{{External media|float=left|image1=[https://transportnsw.info/document/4142/bella-vista-bus-guide.pdf Bella Vista Bus Guide] by Transport for NSW}}

References

External links

[http://nwrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/The-Project/Stations/Bella-Vista Bella Vista Station description] at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
[http://www.nrt.com.au Northwest Rapid Transit] corporate website
[https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104005#/ Bella Vista Station details] Transport for New South Wales ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190615035014/https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104005#/ Archived] 15 June 2019)

Category:Easy Access railway stations in Sydney

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Category:Sydney Metro stations

Category:Bella Vista, New South Wales

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