Happy 170th birthday to Flinders Street Station, first opened 12th September 1854, shown here in 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nFlinders Street Station<\/strong>\u00a0is the central\u00a0railway station<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0rail network<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Melbourne<\/a>,\u00a0Australia<\/a>. It is on the corner of\u00a0Flinders<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Swanston<\/a>\u00a0Streets next to the\u00a0Yarra River<\/a>\u00a0in the middle of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to\u00a0Queen Street<\/a>\u00a0and covering two\u00a0city blocks<\/a>. Each weekday, about 105,000\u00a0people and 1,500\u00a0trains<\/a>\u00a0use the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is serviced by Metro’s suburban and city loop services<\/a>, and V\/Line<\/a>‘s regional services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Govt funding for more train services more often at times when people want to travel will help ensure Flinders St’s importance to Melbourne for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image from the State Library of Victoria Collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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