Back محطة فلينديرس ستريت ARZ Gorsaf reilffordd Stryd Flinders, Melbourne Welsh Bahnhof Melbourne Flinders Street German Flinders Street Station Spanish Gare de Flinders Street French Stasiun kereta api Flinders Street ID Stazione di Flinders Street Italian フリンダース・ストリート駅 Japanese Stesen keretapi Flinders Street Malay Flinders Street Station Dutch
Flinders Street | |
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| PTV metropolitan and regional rail station | |
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| 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% |
Building details | |
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| 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.[5] 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.
Flinders Street is served by Metro Trains services and V/Line regional services to Gippsland. It is the busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with an average of 77,153 daily entries recorded in the 2017/18 fiscal year.[3] It was the terminus of the first railway in Australia (the Port Melbourne line) and was reputedly the world's busiest passenger station in the 1920s, owing to the concentration of services there that was only rectified with the construction of the City Loop in the 1970s. Its main platform (operationally divided into platforms 1 and 14) is Australia's 2nd longest, and the eighteenth longest railway platform in the world.[6] Flinders Street connects with several tram services and is responsible for two of Melbourne's busiest pedestrian crossings, both across Flinders Street, including one of Melbourne's few pedestrian scrambles.
The station's current main building was completed in 1909 and is a cultural icon of Melbourne. The distinctive and eclectic Edwardian building, with its prominent dome, arched entrance, tower and clocks is one of the city's most recognisable landmarks, and its grand, somewhat exotic character led to the popular myth that the design was actually intended for Mumbai's Victoria Terminus and vice versa, but was swapped in the post.[7][8]
The Melbourne saying "I'll meet you under the clocks" refers to the row of indicator clocks above the main entrance, which show the next departure for each line;[9] the alternative, "I'll meet you on the steps", refers to the wide staircase beneath the clocks.
It has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register since 1982.[10]
- ^ a b c d "Flinders Street Railway Station Complex". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ a b c d e "Station Patronage Data 2013–2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Metro Train Station Patronage (from 2005–06 to 2018–2019)". Department of Transport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station to undergo changes". SBS. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Flinders Street Railway Station". City of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Flinders Street Railway Station". www.onlymelbourne.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Secrets of Melbourne's Historic Flinders Street Station, Slated for Redesign". Untapped New York. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Meet me under the clocks". Culture Victoria. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Flinders Street Railway Complex – Victorian Heritage Database Report". Victorian Heritage Council. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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