Editing Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File: Logan Engine Lamb.jpg|thumb|Logan Fire Company Engine 1 responding to a call]]

===Transportation===
Bellefonte is served by the [[Centre Area Transportation Authority]] for local bus service, linking Bellefonte to various points in State College including the [[Nittany Mall]], downtown and the Penn State [[University Park, Pennsylvania|main campus]].  The town is also served by the [[University Park Airport]] for commercial air travel.

Bellefonte does not have passenger train service, with the nearest [[Amtrak]] stations located in [[Lewistown, Pennsylvania|Lewistown]] (approximately 32 miles away) and [[Tyrone, Pennsylvania|Tyrone]] (approximately 35 miles away) and  serving Amtrak's ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'' train between Pittsburgh and [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pennsylvanian schedule|publisher=Amtrak|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Pennsylvanian-Schedule-P40-030419.pdf|accessdate=September 11, 2019}}</ref>

===Public safety===
The law enforcement agency in Bellefonte is the Bellefonte Police Department. The Centre County Sheriff's office is also located in Bellefonte.

The Bellefonte Fire Department is made up of two volunteer companies: Logan Fire Company #1 and Undine Fire Company #2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bellefonte Fire Department |url=https://bellefonte.net/departments/bellefonte-fire-department/ |website=Borough of Bellefonte |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> Ambulance service is provided by Bellefonte EMS, which separated from Logan Fire Company in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://bems.net/aboutus.htm |website=Bellefonte Emergency Medical Services |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref>

===Early railroads===
Up until 1946 the [[Bellefonte Central Railroad]] served the town on a Bellefonte-Lemont (State College) route. Until 1933 the BCR continued the route south to Tyrone over the Pennsylvania Railroad's former Fairbrook Branch.<ref>Bellefonte Central Railroad timeline https://web.archive.org/web/20061105015647/http://bellefonte.com/heritage/BCR/BFCtime.html</ref> Additionally, the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] ran passenger trains from [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]] to [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], after [[Milesburg]] heading into Bellefonte, then backing out to return to the Bald Eagle Valley Branch's route to continue the trip northeast.<ref>''Official Guide to the Railways,'' June 1921, Pennsylvania Railroad section, Table 114</ref> The last Altoona - [[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania|Lock Haven]] train was between August 1950 and 1951.<ref>Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, August 6, 1950, Table 30</ref><ref>''Official Guide to the Railways,'' December 1951, Pennsylvania RR section, Table 109 freight only</ref> The PRR also operated trains until the late 1940s from Bellefonte south to Lemont (nearest train station to State College), then east to Northumberland and [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania]].<ref>''Official Guide to the Railways,'' May 1946, Pennsylvania RR section, Table 109</ref>

===Turnpikes and roads===
A [[Toll road|turnpike]] was created in 1822 after ten years of construction. This turnpike, named The Northumberland and Anderson's Creek Turnpike, connected Bellefonte to [[Clearfield, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]] on the west and [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania|Sunbury]] on the east.<ref>{{cite web |author=The Tallyrand Park Citizens Committee |title=Background to the Virtual Walking Tour of Bellefonte, PA |url=http://www.bellefontearts.org/Virtual_walk/background.htm |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> Today, [[Pennsylvania Route 550]] runs through the town. [[Interstate 99]]/[[US Route 220]] pass by the eastern outskirts of the town.