Carlshrue was where the Daylesford line left the Melbourne to Bendigo line. The Daylesford line closed July 7 1978.

An interesting feature of this diagram is the bracket distant, trains going to Daylesford could get a distant at proceed even though they were diverging, likewise, up trains coming off the branch could get a distant at proceed even though they were diverging, this practice was largely discontinued around.the 1940's