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Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city blocks. Image File history File links MetlinkSignBase_313. ... A premium station is a railway station on Melbournes suburban rail network that has: An enclosed waiting area Open toilets (at most stations toilets close after evening peak to prevent illegal activity) Staff from first to last train, who are available for ticket sales (including concession cards and V... The Front Cover of the Melway 35th Edition The Melway (also commonly referred to as the Melways) is the most ubiquitous street directory for Melbourne, Australia and its immediate surrounds, including the city of Geelong. ... Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps... Image File history File links Reallyoldfindersstreetstation1. ... Image File history File links Reallyoldfindersstreetstation1. ... Download high resolution version (1115x885, 197 KB)Intersection of Swanston Street (running left-right) and Flinders Street (running diagonally top-bottom), Melbourne, 1927. ... Download high resolution version (1115x885, 197 KB)Intersection of Swanston Street (running left-right) and Flinders Street (running diagonally top-bottom), Melbourne, 1927. ... Flinders St, facing east from the intersection of Elizabeth St Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... Flinders St, facing east from the intersection of Elizabeth St Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Swanston Street, looking north from the corner of Bourke Street Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. ... Queen Street is a street in the Melbourne central business district. ... City Blocks are a part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. // Overview Also known as starscrapers or stratoscrapers (compare skyscraper), they are the most common form of mass-housing in Mega-City One, averaging a population of...

Each weekday, over 110,000 commuters^[1] and 1,500 trains pass through the station. Flinders Street is serviced by Connex's suburban services, and V/Line regional services to Gippsland. Commuters on the New York City Subway during rush hour Rush hour at Shinjuku Station, Yamanote Line Traffic jam Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. ... For other uses, see Train (disambiguation). ... Connex Melbourne is a private company which operates suburban trains in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on behalf of the State Government of Victoria. ... This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia. ... V/Line is a regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. ... The Bairnsdale railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. ...

The Melburnian idiom "I'll meet you under the clocks" refers to the row of clocks above the main entrance, which indicate the departure time of the next train on each line. This is a popular meeting place, at the intersection of two of the city's busiest thoroughfares. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. An idiom is an expression (i. ... For other uses, see Clock (disambiguation). ... The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by Heritage Victoria, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment a department of the Government of Victoria, Australia. ...

History

The first railway station to occupy the Flinders Street site was called Melbourne or City Terminus, and was a collection of weatherboard train sheds. It was completed in 1854 and was officially opened on 12 September^[2] by the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Charles Hotham. The terminus was the first city railway station in Australia, and the opening day saw the first steam train trip in the country. It travelled to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne), over the now redeveloped Sandridge Bridge, travelling along the now light rail Port Melbourne line. In British usage, weatherboarding is the cladding or â€˜sidingâ€™ of a house consisting of long thin boards that overlap one another horizontally on the outside of the wall. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Governors of Victoria See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Charles Hotham Sir Charles Hotham KCB RN (January 14, 1806 - December 31, 1855) was Lieutenant-governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from June 1854 - 31 December 1855. ... Great Western Railway No. ... Port Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Sandridge Bridge from Southbank The Sandridge Bridge is a historic railway bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about to be redeveloped in 2005 as a new pedestrian, cycle path and public space connecting a new Queensbridge Square at Southbank to the Flinders Walk on the north bank. ... The Port Melbourne railway line was a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Melbourne's two other early central-city stations, Spencer Street Station (now Southern Cross Station) and Princes Bridge, opened in 1859. Spencer Street was isolated from the rest of the network until a ground level railway was built connecting it to Flinders Street in 1879,^[3] this track being replaced by a viaduct in 1889.^[4] Interior of Southern Cross Station at the trailing end of rush hour. ... THE PRINCES BRIDGE RAILWAY STATION WAS BUILT IN THE 1800S AND WAS THE TERMINUS FOR ALL EPPING LINE TRAINS.THE ORIGINAL STATION BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED IN 1964 AND REPLACED WITH THE GAS AND FUEL TOWERS.THE STATION CONTINUED TO USE THE NAME PRINCES BRIDGE UNTIL 1980 WHEN IT BECAME... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Princes Bridge was originally separated from Flinders Street, even though it was only on the opposite side of Swanston Street. Once the railway line was extended under the street to join the two, Princes Bridge slowly became amalgamated into Flinders Street. Federation Square now occupies its site. Federation Square (also colloquially known as Fed Square) is a cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Current Building

In 1882 the government decided to build a new central passenger station to replace the existing ad-hoc construction. A world-wide design competition was held in 1899,^[1] with 17 entries received. The £500 first prize went to railway employees J. W. Fawcett and H. P. C. Ashworth, whose design included a giant dome and clock tower. Work began in 1905 and ended in 1910.^[4] One of the original platform verandas from the Melbourne Terminus building was dismantled and re-erected at Hawthorn station, in the inner-eastern suburbs. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... An architectural design competition is a special type of competition in which an organization or government body that plans to build a new (often public) building asks for architects to enter differing designs for the building. ... GBP redirects here. ... For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). ... Clocktower at Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia A clock tower is a tower built with one or more (often four) clock faces. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses of the name Hawthorn, see Hawthorn (disambiguation). ... â€œSuburbiaâ€ redirects here. ...

Rumours persist that the design for Flinders Street Station was originally designated for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, India.^[5] However, no convincing evidence, other than architectural similarities to other buildings in their respective cities, has been produced to support the rumour. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (better referred to by its acronym CST) - is a historic railway station on Mumbai suburban railway. ... , Bombay redirects here. ...

The building contains a number of rooms along the Flinders Street frontage, including station offices, and a disused ballroom. The building once featured a creche inside the main dome for a number of years,^[6] with an open-air playground on an adjoining roof. Gaskell Ball Ballroom dance, refers collectively to a set of partner dances, which originated in the Western world and are now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ... Day care is the care of a child during the day by a person other than the childs parents or legal guardians, often someone outside the childs immediate family. ... Combination playground structure for small children; slides, climbers (stairs in this case), playhouse A playground is an area designed for children to play freely. ...

The first electric train operated from Flinders Street to Essendon in 1919^[4], and by 1926 it was the world's busiest passenger station.^[7] To cater for the increasing numbers of passengers, the Degraves Street subway from the station was extended to the north side of Flinders Street in 1954.^[4] A GG1, perhaps the best-known electric locomotive ever built. ... Essendon stations island platform Essendon railway station is located on Buckley Street near Mt Alexander Road in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, 9. ...

The original analogue clocks were replaced for a short time with digital ones, but due to a public outcry analogue ones were quickly returned.^{[citation needed]} Plans arose at various times from the 1960s to the 1970s for the demolition of the station and replacement with an office building, but were never carried out. By the 1970s the station was in a state of disrepair. Basic digital alarm clock without a radio. ... For other uses, see Skyscraper (disambiguation). ...

Refurbishment

In 1984 Flinders Street Station underwent a $7 million refurbishment.^[8] New ramps were provided to platforms which were less steep than those previous, and overhead skylights added to provide better lighting. The main station concourse was tiled and extended westward over the tracks, 16 new shops opened on the concourse, and a restaurant was opened on the southern side along the river,^[8] now the "Clocks on Flinders" poker machine venue. The main steps were embedded with electrical circuits to keep them dry in June 1985. Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), poker machine (Australian English), or fruit machine (British English) is a certain type of gambling machine. ... This article is about the year. ...

The 1990s saw the first escalators at the station provided to platform 2 and 3 replacing the former ramps, and the Elizabeth Street pedestrian subway was opened out at the Southbank end. Further changes were made with the opening of access from the main Swanston Street concourse to platform 1, platform resurfacing with tactile tiles, and the replacement of the reminder of the main platform access ramps with escalators and elevators.^[9]^[10] Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... Southbank, across the Yarra from Melbourne City Southbank is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... Tactile paving is a system of textured ground surface indicators found on many footpaths and train station platforms to assist blind and vision impared pedestrians. ... For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ...

The final round of changes were completed by 2007. It included refurbishment of the building roof and concourse foundations, an upgrade of platform 10 with escalators and a lift replacing the ramp, the relocation of all ticket booking offices to the main entrance under the main dome and new LCD Passenger Information Displays (PIDS) installed on the platforms, subways and concourse.^[11]

The works carried out the main concourse were carried out to permit the commercial leasing of space in the station for retail use. $150,000 has also been put aside to investigate the potential of the public spaces in the station. The investigation will be overseen by a taskforce comprising representatives from Connex, the Committee for Melbourne, Melbourne City Council, Heritage Victoria and the National Trust.^[12]

Platforms

Flinders Street Station's platforms are numbered from north to south, with Platform No. 1 being the furthest north, and generally serve specific lines as follows. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 475 KB) Flinders st station platform, Melbourne, Australia. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 475 KB) Flinders st station platform, Melbourne, Australia. ... The Eureka Tower is a residential building in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platform 1: Epping and Hurstbridge The Epping railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platforms 2 & 3: Belgrave, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Alamein (via loop) and Blackburn (via loop) Heathmont railway station Boronia railway station Tecoma railway station The terminus, Belgrave railway station The Belgrave railway line is a broad gauge electric suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Heyington railway station Darling railway station East Malvern railway station Mount Waverley railway station The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Bridge over the Yarra River at Hawthorn The terminus, Lilydale railway station looking towards Melbourne The Lilydale railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... For other uses of the name Alamein, see Alamein. ... Blackburn railway station (station code BBN) is a station on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platforms 4 & 5: Craigieburn, Sydenham, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown (off-peak only) The Craigieburn railway line is a suburban electric railway serving the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Sydenham railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Upfield railway line is a suburban electric railway in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Werribee railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platforms 6 & 7: Cranbourne, and Pakenham, Alamein (direct services), Blackburn (direct services) The Cranbourne railway line is a suburban electric railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. ... For other uses of the name Alamein, see Alamein. ... Blackburn railway station (station code BBN) is a station on the Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platforms 8 & 9: Frankston, Sandringham (weekends only) and Bairnsdale. (Showgrounds and Flemington Racecourse trains depart here during special events) The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Bairnsdale railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. ... Showgrounds is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Flemington Racecourse is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Platform 10: Williamstown (peak only) The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Platforms 12 & 13: Sandringham (weekdays only) The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The eastern end of Platform No. 1 is designated as Platform No. 14, located under the main concourse past the Platform 1 escalators . Platforms 12 and 13 are located under the main concourse at the eastern end of platform 10. Platform 11 is currently not in use and is trackless.

Three concourses link the platforms. The main concourse is at the east end of the station, located off Swanston Street and the main dome, and has direct access to all platforms via escalators, stairs and lifts. The Degraves Street subway runs under the centre of the station, exiting to Flinders Street at the north end, with stairs directly connecting to all platforms except for platforms 12 and 13. The Elizabeth Street subway is at the west end, and has direct access via ramps to all platforms except for platforms 1, 12, 13 and 14. Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ... Degraves laneway Degraves Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... The word ramp can mean one of several things: Inclined plane A ramp is the area around an airport terminal where aircraft are loaded and unloaded. ...

References

^ ^a ^b Department of Infrastructure: Flinders Street Station
^ Vicsig: Flinders Street Station
^ City of Melbourne: Roads > Spencer Street
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Some Significant Dates in the History of the City of Melbourne
^ Walking Melbourne: Flinders Street Station
^ Google Books: Simone Egger, David McClymont (2004) Melbourne Lonely Planet
^ Melbourne and scenes in Victoria 1925-1926 from Victorian Government Railways From the National Library of Australia
^ ^a ^b (October 1984) "News". Newsrail 12 (10). Australian Railway Heritage Society.
^ Department of Infrastructure: Flinders Street Station The latest works complement previous measures which began in the 1990s to improve the accessibility of the station.
^ Media Release: MORE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT - March 18, 1996
^ Media Release: STATE GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SAVE MELBOURNE’S MOST FAMOUS DOME February 28, 2006
^ Media Release: FLINDERS STREET STATION TO GET MAJOR UPGRADE November 25, 2005

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The stair entrance to Parliament Station, on the corner of Spring and Bourke Streets. ... For other uses of the name Alamein, see Alamein. ... Heathmont railway station Boronia railway station Tecoma railway station The terminus, Belgrave railway station The Belgrave railway line is a broad gauge electric suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Cranbourne railway line is a suburban electric railway in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Frankston railway line is a bay-side suburban electrified railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Heyington railway station Darling railway station East Malvern railway station Mount Waverley railway station The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Bridge over the Yarra River at Hawthorn The terminus, Lilydale railway station looking towards Melbourne The Lilydale railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland. ... The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway line in Melbourne, Australia. ... The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a railway - mostly underground, but partly surface-level and partly elevated - that encloses the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Richmond station Richmond station (station code: RMD) is a suburban railway station in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Epping railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a railway - mostly underground, but partly surface-level and partly elevated - that encloses the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Jolimont is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Craigieburn railway line is a suburban electric railway serving the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Upfield railway line is a suburban electric railway in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Sydenham railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Werribee railway line is a suburban electric railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Williamstown railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. ... Interior of Southern Cross Station at the trailing end of rush hour. ... The stair entrance to Parliament Station, on the corner of Spring and Bourke Streets. ... The Bairnsdale railway line is a regional railway in Victoria, Australia. ... Interior of Southern Cross Station at the trailing end of rush hour. ... Richmond station Richmond station (station code: RMD) is a suburban railway station in Melbourne, Australia. ... This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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