Rushall railway station

Rushall railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North, and it opened on 1 January 1927.[1]

For the closed station in England, see Rushall railway station (England).

Rushall
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 1 in October 2005
General information
LocationSumner Avenue,
Fitzroy North, Victoria 3068
City of Yarra
Australia
Coordinates37°47′00″S 144°59′31″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance7.54 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking5
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeRUS
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened1 January 1927 (1927-01-01)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead (July 1921)
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Clifton Hill
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Merri
towards Mernda

Named after a nearby street, it was also a station on the former Inner Circle line, which ran between Clifton Hill and Royal Park stations, until July 1948.

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

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

On 10 February 2016, another derailment, involving 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 commuters later that day.[5]

Platforms and services

Rushall has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.[6]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

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

  •  250 : Queen Street (Melbourne CBD) – La Trobe University Bundoora Campus[7]
  •  251 : Queen Street (Melbourne CBD) – Northland Shopping Centre[8]
  • Merri Creek bridge, which connects the station to the Merri Creek Trail and nearby Westgarth, in November 2004

References
  1. Rushall Vicsig
  2. Songs About Melbourne - Fitzroy Australia by Song
  3. "Rushall, by arcadic". arcadic. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. Whitelaw, Anna (7 February 2016). "South Morang train derails in Fitzroy North". The Age. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. Carey, Adam (11 February 2016). "Metro's second derailment at Rushall in one week forces commuters onto buses". The Age. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "250 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "251 City (Queen St) - Northland SC". Public Transport Victoria.
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