Ruthven railway station

Ruthven
Ruthven
PTV commuter rail station
	Northbound view in May 2014
Location	High Street, Reservoir, Victoria 3073; City of Darebin; Australia
Coordinates	37°42′28″S 145°00′34″E / 37.7079°S 145.0094°ECoordinates: 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
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational, Unstaffed
Station code	RUT
Fare zone	Myki Zone 2
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	5 August 1963
Electrified	1500 V DC overhead
Services

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.^[1]^[2]

The station 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.^[3]^[4]

Platforms and services[]

Ruthven has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Mernda line services.^[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Dysons operates one route via Ruthven station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

^ Ruthven Vicsig
^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.
^ 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.
^ "Mernda Line". Public Transport Victoria.
^ "555 Epping - Northland via Lalor & Thomastown & Reservoir". Public Transport Victoria.