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]

Rushall
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2 in October 2005
General information
Location	Sumner Avenue, Fitzroy North, Victoria 3068 City of Yarra Australia
Coordinates	37°47′00″S 144°59′31″E
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Mernda
Distance	7.54 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	5
Disabled access	No—steep ramp
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	RUS
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	1 January 1927; 95 years ago (1927-01-01)
Electrified	1500 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:

•  Mernda line  all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street

Platform 2:

•  Mernda line  all stations services to Mernda

Transport links

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]

Gallery

• 
  Merri Creek bridge, which connects the station to the Merri Creek Trail and nearby Westgarth, in November 2004

References

External links

• Media related to Rushall railway station, Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
• Melway map at street-directory.com.au