Rupertswood railway station

Rupertswood
Station information
Line Echuca
Distance from Southern Cross 39.50 km
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 2
Station status Closed (Abandoned)
Station opened Between 1909 and 1913
Station closed 2004

Rupertswood is an abandoned railway station on the Melbourne - Bendigo railway in the suburb of Sunbury in Victoria, Australia. It was the last station in the state that operated only to service school traffic, with services only stopping to pick up and drop off traffic for the adjacent Salesian College.

The platforms were opened sometime between 1909 and 1913 to serve the Rupertswood mansion. Until the Second World War the main use of the platforms was for the annual picnic held at Rupertswood. From 1962 the platform had been used daily by students attending the college until 2004, when the Victorian government embarked on the Regional Fast Rail project. Due to the school traffic only status it was officially closed in December 2004.

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