Ruthven railway station

Ruthven
PTV commuter rail station
Southbound view from Platform 2, May 2023
General information
LocationHigh Street,
Reservoir, Victoria
City of Darebin
Australia
Coordinates37°42′28″S 145°00′34″E / 37.7079°S 145.0094°E / -37.7079; 145.0094
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Mernda
Distance15.95 kilometres from
Southern Cross
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsList of bus routes in Melbourne Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
AccessibleNo—steep ramp
Other information
StatusOperational, unstaffed
Station codeRUT
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened5 August 1963; 61 years ago (1963-08-05)
ElectrifiedDecember 1929
(1500 V DC overhead)
Passengers
2005–2006140,727[1]
2006–2007154,873[1] Increase 10.05%
2007–2008192,765[1] Increase 24.46%
2008–2009313,836[2] Increase 62.8%
2009–2010274,917[2] Decrease 12.4%
2010–2011273,027[2] Decrease 0.68%
2011–2012258,962[2] Decrease 5.15%
2012–2013Not measured[2]
2013–2014205,369[2] Decrease 20.7%
2014–2015250,925[1] Increase 22.18%
2015–2016340,791[2] Increase 35.81%
2016–2017373,097[2] Increase 9.47%
2017–2018407,505[2] Increase 9.22%
2018–2019409,500[2] Increase 0.49%
2019–2020334,100[2] Decrease 18.4%
2020–2021162,400[2] Decrease 51.4%
2021–2022157,350[3] Decrease 3.1%
2022–2023237,150[4] Increase 50.71%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Reservoir
towards Flinders Street
 Mernda line Keon Park
towards Mernda
Track layout
Legend
to Reservoir
1
2
to Keon Park

Ruthven railway station is a commuter railway station on the Mernda line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Reservoir, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ruthven station is a ground-level unstaffed station, featuring an island platform. It opened on 5 August 1963.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d Estimated Annual Patronage by Network Segment Financial Year 2005-2006 to 2018-19 Department of Transport
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Railway station and tram stop patronage in Victoria for 2008-2021 Philip Mallis
  3. ^ Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  4. ^ Annual metropolitan train station entries 2022-23 Data Vic
  5. ^ "Ruthven". vicsig.net. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ Jack McLean (November 1995). "Reservoir - Whittlesea: Signalling and Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 333–337.