Rushall railway station

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Rushall
PTV commuter rail station
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North-west bound view from Platform 1, showing station buildings, November 2022
General information
LocationSumner Avenue,
Fitzroy North, Victoria 3068
City of Yarra
Australia
Coordinates 37°47′00″S144°59′31″E / 37.7832°S 144.9920°E / -37.7832; 144.9920
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance7.54 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking5
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeRUS
Fare zone Myki Zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 January 1927;97 years ago (1927-01-01)
ElectrifiedJuly 1921 (1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006115,830 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Clifton Hill
towards Flinders Street
Mernda line Merri
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
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to Clifton Hill
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2
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Merri Creek
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to Merri

Rushall railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Fitzroy North, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Rushall station is a ground level unstaffed station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 1 January 1927. [4]

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History

Named after a nearby street, itself possibly named after a housing development in 1869, [5] Rushall was also a station on the former Inner Circle line, which operated between Clifton Hill and Royal Park until July 1948.

Rushall is located next to the Merri Creek, and is connected to Westgarth by a narrow, 80-metre-long footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists, crossing the Merri Creek as part of the Merri Creek Trail.

Incidents

On 6 February 2016, whilst operating a Flinders Street service, and negotiating the tightest curve on the metropolitan railway system, a trailer carriage of an X'Trapolis train derailed 100m north of the station, resulting in one injury. The line reopened the next day. [6]

On 10 February 2016, another derailment, involving railway track machines, occurred near Rushall. That derailment resulted in buses replacing trains between Clifton Hill and Bell for much of 11 February. The line partially reopened for evening peak-hour commuters later that day. [7]

In music

Melbourne indie band Underground Lovers wrote a song named Rushall Station, about the quietness of the site, which then became the title track for an album. The station is also mentioned in Marcel Borrack's song Ruthven to Rushall. [8]

In October 2016, Melbourne electronic music producer Arcadic released a single named after the station, titled Rushall. The artwork depicted Merri Creek, taken from the window of a train departing Rushall station. [9]

Platforms and services

Rushall has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services. [10]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Rushall station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ↑ "Rushall". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fitzroy North". Victorian Places. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Whitelaw, Anna (7 February 2016). "South Morang train derails in Fitzroy North". The Age . Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Carey, Adam (11 February 2016). "Metro's second derailment at Rushall in one week forces commuters onto buses". The Age. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Songs About Melbourne - Fitzroy Australia by Song
  9. ↑ "Rushall, by arcadic". arcadic. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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  11. ↑ "250 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
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