Flinders Street railway station

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Flinders Street station is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located near Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral, it is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire electrified metropolitan rail network (except the Metro Tunnel lines), 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, and V/Line services to Gippsland. Opened in 1854 by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, the station, but not the current building, is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the central business district. The complex now includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street west almost as far as Queen Street. Flinders Street station is served by most Metro Trains services and V/Line regional services to Gippsland. It is the busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with an average of 77,153 daily entries recorded in...

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