Ruthven railway station

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Ruthven
PTV commuter rail station
Ruthven Railway Station.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 2, May 2014
General information
LocationHigh Street,
Reservoir, Victoria
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates 37°42′28″S145°00′34″E / 37.7079°S 145.0094°E / -37.7079; 145.0094
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro Trains
Line(s) Mernda
Distance15.95 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Victoria bus logo.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeRUT
Fare zone Myki Zone 2
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 August 1963;60 years ago (1963-08-05)
ElectrifiedDecember 1929
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006140,727 [1]
Preceding station Melbourne train logo.svg Metro Trains Following station
Reservoir
towards Flinders Street
Mernda line Keon Park
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Reservoir
BSicon KRWgl.svg
BSicon KRWg+r.svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
1
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon PSTR(L).svg
2
BSicon PSTR(R).svg
BSicon STRg.svg
BSicon STRf.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
to Keon Park

Ruthven railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, and it opened on 5 August 1963. [5] [6]

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History

Ruthven station opened on 5 August 1963, and was named after William Ruthven, who served in both world wars (winning the Victoria Cross in World War I), and was later a member of the Victorian Parliament, representing Preston and then Reservoir. [7] [8] A ceremony occurred a day earlier to celebrate the opening, with dignitaries who attended the opening including then Transport Minister Edward Meagher, and then opposition leader in the Victorian Legislative Council, John Galbally. [9] [10] When it opened, the station building was painted in a bright red colour. [9]

In 2022, Ruthven received a $1.03 million upgrade, as part of the Victoria's Big Build project. [11] [12] Upgrades to the station included improved facilities and lighting, new signage and a substation constructed opposite Platform 1. [11] [12]

Platforms and services

Ruthven has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services. [13]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates one bus route via Ruthven 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. ↑ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ↑ "Ruthven". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail . Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
  7. ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 67. ISBN   0-909459-06-1.
  8. ↑ "Ruthven, William (1893-1970) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Ruthven Railway Station Opened". The Age . 5 August 1963. p. 9.
  10. ↑ "New Works, Closures, Tenders, Etc". Divisional Diary . Australian Railway Historical Society. November 1963. p. 10.
  11. 1 2 "Works notice – upcoming works at Ruthven Station May 2022". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Ruthven Substation". Victoria's Big Build. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  14. ↑ "555 Epping - Northland via Lalor & Thomastown & Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.
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