Southern Cross Station
Southern Cross Station is a railway station in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations in the mostly underground City Loop and the main hub for V/Line's services outside Melbourne, via Bus and Train. The station was called Spencer Street Station until December 13, 2005[1]
| Southern Cross railway station Melbourne | |
| Station information | |
|---|---|
| Code | SSS |
| Distance from Flinders St | 1.2 km |
| Line | All lines V/Line Trains terminate here |
| # Platforms | 15 |
| # Tracks | 22 |
| Status | Premium station |
| Metlink profile | Link |
| Google map | Link |
| GPS Coordinates | 37°49′6.09″S 144°57′8.70″E |
| Zone | 1 |
| Station Navigation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan service | ||||
| "City Loop" | ||||
| Anti - Clockwise | Flinders Street | | | Flagstaff | Clockwise |
| Broadmeadows, Flemington Racecourse, Sydenham, Upfield, Werribee & Williamstown lines | ||||
| Previous Station | Refer to City Loop | | | North Melbourne | Next Station |
| Regional service | ||||
| Ararat, Albury, Echuca, Shepparton, Swan Hill & Warrnambool lines | ||||
| Next Station | North Melbourne | |||
| Bairnsdale line | ||||
| Next Station | Flinders Street | |||
| Entire regional network | ||||
| Entire NSW TrainLink network | ||||
Southern Cross Station Media
- Spencer Street railway station (on site of present Southern Cross railway station), Melbourne, Australia, ca 1885 (cropped).tiff
Spencer Street station platforms and goods sheds, c. 1885
- Spencer street redevelopment.jpg
Works on the station, November 2004
- New spencer st station.jpg
Works on the roof, January 2005
- Southern-cross-station-melbourne-construction.jpg
Construction works inside the station, September 2005
Overlooking platforms 8, 7 & 6, March 2008
V/Line platforms, August 2017
- Southern Cross Station - Northern Platforms.jpg
The northern ("B") platforms as seen from the Bourke Street footbridge. Platform 3B is in the foreground and Docklands Stadium is in the background, May 2009
- Shops in Southern Cross railway station 2017.jpg
Concourse retail in August 2017
- Peak hour (32648589887).jpg
Platforms 9 and 10 during peak hour, April 2019
References
- ↑ Murphy, Mathew; The Age (December 14 2005), Time's up at last for railway landmark. Retrieved December 13 2005.
Other websites
- Southern Cross Station project Archived 2009-05-30 at the Library of Congress Web Archives