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Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe streets, at the western edge of the Melbourne central business district. The Docklands Stadium sports arena is 500 metres (550 yards) north-west of the station.
DFO South Wharf is located in South Wharf, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the Melbourne central business district. It opened in 2009, [13] after moving from its previous location on Spencer Street. [28] The former site has since remained an outlet centre, now known as the Spencer Outlet Centre.
No. 2 Goods Shed is a large railway freight shed in the former Spencer Street rail yards off Flinders Street Extension, Melbourne, Australia. It was constructed in 1889, originally called 'A Goods Shed', and at the time was the longest single building in Australia. Its address is at 733 Bourke Street, Docklands.
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district.Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.
The Melbourne railway network comprises 17 railway lines organised into six groups and is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. The first section of the network opened in 1854, making the Melbourne metropolitan rail network the oldest rail system in Australia. Most of the network is above ground, with the main underground section being the City ...
In 1985 Transport House at 589 Collins Street was acquired and 67 Spencer Street was vacated. The Victorian Government sold the building by tender in 1988 for $5.2 million, to a development company and a Japanese financier who proposed a 217-room hotel and 158 car parks, but the deal fell through when the Japanese financier pulled out.
Spencer Street is a major street and thoroughfare in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The street was gazetted in 1837 as the westernmost boundary of the Hoddle Grid . Spencer Street is named for John Spencer , former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
For example, when the King Street Bridge was built in 1958, some was turned over to the City of Melbourne, who used it as a car impound yard for parking offences. [8] That ceased in 2003 when the Flinders Street overpass of King Street was demolished. [9] The original viaduct was re-decked in 2000, from near Spencer Street through to near ...