Bell Bay Line

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]

Bell Bay Line
Overview
StatusIn use
OwnerGovernment of Tasmania
LocaleLaunceston, Tasmania
TerminiWestern Junction, Tasmania
Bell Bay, Tasmania
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)TasRail
History
Opened1973
Technical
Line length57.3 km (35.6 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
 Bell Bay
Old Bell Bay Road
George Town
 Old Bell Bay Road
Bridport Road
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
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 •

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. "Bell Bay Line". Rail Tasmania. 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  3. "AusLink Network Corridors" (PDF). Commonwealth government. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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