Rocklyn railway station was on the Ballarat to Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia.[1]
Rocklyn railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Rocklyn, Shire of Hepburn Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°25′27″S 144°02′34″E / 37.424281°S 144.042683°E | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ballarat to Daylesford railway line | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | 1953 | |||||||||||||||
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On Boxing Day in 1914, the station was the scene of a "sensational shooting incident", in which 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
edit- ^ "North Creswick Daylesford Line". Vicsig.
- ^ "Country News: Ballarat and District". The Argus. 22 February 1915. Retrieved 15 November 2022.