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You can't really miss it since almost every train service ends here and if you are wandering around in the city, you have to be absolutely blind or ignorant to miss it. The building stretches from Swanston Street to Queen Street, covering two city blocks. Each weekday, approximately 105,000 commuters and 1,500 trains pass through the station.
There is rich history behind the origin of the station. The first railway station to occupy the current site was simply called Melbourne or City Terminus, and was a collection of weatherboard train sheds. It was completed in 1854 and was officially opened on September 12. The terminus was the first city railway station in Australia, and the opening day saw the first steam train trip in the country.
The Melburnian idiom "I'll meet you under the clocks" refers to the row of clocks above the station's main entrance which indicate the departure time of the next train on each line (though some of the clocks refer to discontinued lines). This is a popular meeting place, at the corner of two of the city's busiest thoroughfares. The original analogue clocks were replaced for a short time with digital ones, but due to a public outcry they were quickly returned. Similarly, plans in the 1970s to demolish the station and replace it with an office building were soon dismissed....thankfully.
The architecture is stunning....and great for photography both day & night. It is rumoured that the original plans of Flinders Street Station were actually designed for the central station of Mumbai, India, but were mixed up in the London office and sent to Australia instead. This perhaps explains the unusual (for Australia) arches and alcoves that feature in the Banana Alley section of the station, which would have been intended for street market vendors. Leave a Comment Directions: It is located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city.
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 by leffe3
Its mostly suburban trains that leave from Flinders St - Connex and Metro. The regional and interstate trains leaving frim the currently 'under development' Spencer St on stop further west. Leave a Comment
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Melbourne by allikatLeave a Comment Directions: On the corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street.
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its certainly a building you cant miss, its huge and its orange and brown stonework contrasts sharply with the ultra modern Federation Square just across the road Leave a Comment
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 by sweetie_inc
Trains had been arriving at Flinders Street since 1854. The present building is the most spectacular of a number that have stood on the site. Stretching along Flinders Street for more than a city block, and boasting grand archways and an expansive ballroom, it is public architecture on a majestic scale — a symbol of the importance of railways to the growth of the city and its suburbs.
Flinders Street Station has become far more than a place of transit. Meeting 'under the clocks' is a Melbourne institution, and the building arguably remains the city's principal landmark. Recently refurbished and repainted, Flinders Street Station is as resplendent today as ever. Leave a Comment
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 by keeweechic
When the building is outlined in lights, it is quite an impressive sight from all around. Leave a Comment
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 Flinders by PierreZA
It is a very busy station and worth a visit. Directions: Corners of Flinders and Swanson Sts
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Station by grantravel
'For more than a century the grand Edwardian baroque building of Flinders Street Station has dominated Melbourne's southern boundary. The design was selected by an architectural competition held in 1902, and the red brick and golden cream stucco building was constructed between 1905 and 1910.
Trains had been arriving at Flinders Street since 1854. The present building is the most spectacular of a number that have stood on the site. Stretching along Flinders Street for more than a city block, and boasting grand archways and an expansive ballroom, it is public architecture on a majestic scale, a symbol of the importance of railways to the growth of the city and its suburbs.
Flinders Street Station has become far more than a place of transit. Meeting 'under the clocks' is a Melbourne institution, and the building arguably remains the city's principal landmark. Recently refurbished and repainted, Flinders Street Station is as magnificent today as ever.' Leave a Comment
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