Flinders Street railway station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network. Backing onto the city reach of the Yarra River in the heart of the city, the complex covers two whole city blocks and extends from Swanston Street to Queen Street. Flinders Street is served by Metros suburban services, and V/Line regional services to Gippsland. It is the busiest station on Melbournes metropolitan network, with some 92.6 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12.[1] It was the first railway station in an Australian city and the worlds busiest passenger station in the late 1920s. The main station building, completed in 1909, is a cultural icon of Melbourne, with its prominent dome, arched entrance, tower and clocks one of the citys most recognisable landmarks. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Melburnian idiom Ill meet you under the clocks refers to the row of clocks above the main entrance, which indicate the time-tabled time of departure for trains on each line; another idiom, Ill meet you on the steps, refers to the wide staircase underneath these clocks. Flinders Street Station is responsible for two of Melbournes busiest pedestrian crossings, both across Flinders Street, including one of Melbournes few pedestrian scrambles.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:13 +0000
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