Bell Bay Line

Bell Bay Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status In use
Locale Launceston, Tasmania
Termini Western Junction, Tasmania
Bell Bay, Tasmania
Operation
Opened 1973
Owner Government of Tasmania
Operator(s) TasRail
Technical
Line length 57.3 km (35.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
Legend
 Bell Bay ferry/water interchange
Old Bell Bay Road
 George Town
 Old Bell Bay Road
East Tamar Highway
Bridport Road
East Tamar Highway
Pulp Mill
Longreach
East Tamar Highway
 Fourteen Mile Creek
 East Arm Road
 Dalrymple Road
 Faheys Creek
 Swan Bay Creek
 Jollys Road
 Magazine Road
 Coulsons Creek
 Lady Nelson Creek
North East Line Right arrow
Coldwater Creek
 Lilydale Road
 Tip Road
 Newnham Creek
 Remount Road
 Launceston
 Vermont Road
 Henry Street
Inveresk Railyards

East Tamar Junction
Newstead
 St Leonards

West Junction •South Line Right arrow 
Western Line Down arrow

The Bell Bay Line is a freight rail corridor connecting the port of Bell Bay to the main rail network of Tasmania.[1][2] The Railway Line was built in 1973 to connect the Longreach sawmill to the rail network, and was extended to Bell bay in 1974.[2]

Traffic on the line was initially limited to woodchip logs to Longreach, with the occasional train to George Town and Bell Bay. By the 1990s, log traffic to Longreach by rail was decreasing, and container traffic to the port of Bell Bay was increasing. Today the only traffic on the line is containers to and from Bell Bay.[2] At present, the railway line is included in the Federal Government's AusLink initiative[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tasmanian rail network" (PDF). Federal government. 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bell Bay Line". Rail Tasmania. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ↑ "AusLink Network Corridors" (PDF). Commonwealth government. 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
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