Ruthven railway station
Ruthven | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view in May 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | High Street, Reservoir Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°42′28″S 145°00′34″E / 37.7079°S 145.0094°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | VicTrack | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mernda | ||||||||||
| Distance | 15.95 kilometres from Southern Cross | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 80 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Unstaffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | RUT | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Myki zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Public Transport Victoria | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 5 August 1963 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Ruthven railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It opened on 5 August 1963, and serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir.[1][2]
The station was named after William Ruthven, who served in both world wars (wining the Victoria Cross in World War I), and was later a member of the Victorian Parliament, representing Preston and then Reservoir.[3][4]
Platforms & services
Ruthven has one island platform with two faces. It is served by Metro Trains' Mernda line trains.[5]
Platform 1:
- Mernda line: all stations and limited stops services to Flinders Street
Platform 2:
- Mernda line: all stations services to Mernda
Transport links
Dyson's Bus Services operates one route via Ruthven station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
References
- ^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
- ^ Ruthven Vicsig
- ^ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 67. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
- ^ "Ruthven, William (1893-1970) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online". www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
- ^ South Morang Line timetable Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Route 555 Epping - Northland timetable Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
External links
- Melway map at street-directory.com.au