Comeng train at Melbourne Central

Melbourne Central is an underground railway station in the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations (and one of three underground) that comprises the City Loop, which encircles the central business district. The station is located under La Trobe Street, between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, on the northern edge of the CBD.

Melbourne Central is not the city's central station, as the name suggests, (Flinders Street is the city's central suburban station), but is named after the shopping centre built above and around the station concourse. The station was originally named Museum, after the nearby Melbourne Museum in the State Library of Victoria complex on Swanston Street. When the Museum was moved in 1995 to its current premises besides the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens, the station's name was changed to suit the new shopping centre.

Melbourne Central, like the other two underground City Loop stations (Parliament and Flagstaff) has four platforms over two levels, each serving a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the city's suburbs. It is a premium station, meaning that it is staffed from first to last train and provides extra customer services.

See also

• List of Melbourne railway stations

External links

• Melway map showing the location of Melbourne Central station (http://www.street-directory.com.au/aus_new/index.cgi?CountryName=vic&x=144.962625550507&y=-37.8098743293466&level=6&star=&heading=)
• Melbourne Central station facilities (http://www.connexmelbourne.com.au/travel_facilities/station/melcentral.asp)

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