Rocklyn railway station

Rocklyn was a railway station on the Ballarat to Daylesford railway line in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Rocklyn railway station
LocationVictoria, Australia
Coordinates37°25′27″S 144°02′34″E
Line(s)Ballarat to Daylesford railway line
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opened1887
Closed1953
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newlyn   Ballarat to Daylesford railway line   Wombat
  List of closed railway stations in Victoria  

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

  1. "North Creswick Daylesford Line". Vicsig.
  2. "Ballarat and District". The Argus. 22 February 1915.
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