Rushall railway station is a

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way station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of

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, in

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, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 1 January 1927.

History

Named after a nearby street, itself possibly named after a housing development in 1869, 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 Merri Creek, and is connected to Westgarth by a narrow, 80-metre-long

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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. On 10 February 2016, another derailment occurred near Rushall, involving track maintenance machines, resulting in buses replacing trains between Clifton Hill and

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for much of 11 February. The line partially reopened for evening peak later that day.

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 ''Regent to Rushall''. 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.

Platforms and services

Rushall has two

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s and is served by Mernda line trains. Platform 1: * all stations and limited express services to Flinders Street Platform 2: * all stations services to Mernda

Transport links

Kinetic Melbourne operates two bus routes via Rushall station, under contract to

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: * : Queen Street (

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Gallery

File:Rushallstationbridge.JPG, Merri Creek footbridge, which connects the station to the Merri Creek Trail and nearby Westgarth station, November 2004 Rushall.JPG, South-east-bound view from Platform 2, October 2005

References

External links

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