Rocklyn railway station
Rocklyn was a railway station on the Ballarat to Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia.[1]
Rocklyn railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°25′27″S 144°02′34″E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ballarat to Daylesford railway line | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1953 | |||||||||||||||
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On Boxing Day in 1914 the station was subject to a "sensational shooting incident" wherein a group of three young men, who had been shooting at a church bell and grown bored of the target, opened fire on a passing train, and very nearly killed the guard.[2]
References
- "North Creswick Daylesford Line". Vicsig.
- "Ballarat and District". The Argus. 22 February 1915.
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