Flinders Street | |
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PTV metropolitan and regional rail station | |
General information | |
Location | 207–361 Flinders Street[1] Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia |
Coordinates | 37°49′05″S 144°58′01″E / 37.818078°S 144.96681°E |
Owned by | VicTrack |
Operated by | Metro Trains |
Line(s) | |
Distance | 1.23 kilometres from Southern Cross |
Platforms | 13 (plus one removed) |
Tracks | 15 |
Train operators | |
Connections | |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | None |
Bicycle facilities | None |
Accessible | Yes—step free access |
Other information | |
Status | Premium station |
Station code | FSS |
Fare zone | Myki Zone 1 |
Website | Public Transport Victoria |
History | |
Opened | 12 September 1854 |
Electrified | 28 May 1919 (1500 V DC overhead) |
Previous names | Melbourne Terminus |
Passengers | |
2008–2009 | 24.641 million[2] |
2009–2010 | 24.670 million[2] 0.12% |
2010–2011 | 25.187 million[2] 2.09% |
2011–2012 | 26.187 million[2] 3.97% |
2012–2013 | Not measured[2] |
2013–2014 | 27.960 million[2] 6.77% |
2014–2015 | Not measured[3] |
2015–2016 | 28.087 million[3] 0.45% |
2016–2017 | 27.859 million[3] 0.81% |
2017–2018 | 28.161 million[3] 1.08% |
2018–2019 | 28.320 million[4] 0.56% |
2019-2020 | 21.504 million[5] 24.07% |
2020-2021 | 8.528 million[5] 60.34% |
2021–2022 | 11.393 million[5] 33.59% |
2022–2023 | 18.793 million[5] 64.96% |
Building details | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Railway station terminus |
Architectural style | Federation/Edwardian Period Baroque[1] |
Elevation | 20.6 metres (68 ft) AHD |
Construction started | 1900 |
Completed | 1909 |
Cost | £A 514,000 |
Technical details | |
Material | |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | James W. Fawcett |
Architecture firm | Fawcett and Ashworth |
Engineer | H.P.C. Ashworth |
Official name | Flinders Street Railway Station Complex |
Criteria | A, E, F, G |
Designated | 20 August 1982 |
Reference no. | H1083[1] |
Heritage Overlay number | HO649[1] |
Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest train station in Victoria, serving the entire metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, as well as some country and regional V/Line services to eastern Victoria.[6] Opened in 1854, the station is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the central business district, the complex includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street to nearly at Market Street.
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