What was Melbourne Central station called before?
Museum
Melbourne Central railway station
| Melbourne Central | |
|---|---|
| Previous names | Museum |
| Passengers | |
| 2008-2009 | 14.916 million |
| 2009-2010 | 14.511 million 2.71% |
How many people pass through Flinders Street Station a day?
110,000 commuters
Today, heritage-listed Flinders Street Station is the one of the busiest suburban railway stations in the Southern Hemisphere, with over 1500 trains and 110,000 commuters passing through each day.
What is the main train station in Melbourne?
Southern Cross Station
The main train station in Melbourne – Southern Cross Station.
Where is the train station in North Melbourne?
Tucked away on the city’s north-western CBD fringe, the station deserves to be the new pin-up for Melbourne’s rail operations. Lightweight, slender steelwork flows across the site as a sequence of platforms for viewing, arrival and departure. Parasol roofs and sharp functionality deliver a signature of scale and fully human spaces.
When was the first steam train in Australia?
The first steam locomotive hauled passenger train service in Australia commenced operation from the site of the present Flinders Street station to Port Melbourne in 1854 under the privately owned Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Company.
When was the Suburban Railway established in Victoria?
Other suburban railway lines were constructed in the succeeding years by both private companies and by the Victorian Railways Department that was established by the State Government in 1856. By 1878 all railway lines and train operations in Victoria were consolidated within the Victorian Railways Department.
How many miles is the Melbourne suburban railway?
In it he recommended proceeding with electrification of the Melbourne suburban railway system in three stages with a total route length of 218 miles (350 km). For traction supply he considered overhead 10 kV single-phase AC (with transformers in the motor cars supplying AC commutator motors) and 800 volt DC via a protected third-rail.