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Flinders Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River , Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid . It is exactly 1 mi (1.6 km) in length [ a ] and one and a half chains (99 ft; 30 m) in width.
The line was opened by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1857. It ran for 4.5 kilometres from the Melbourne (or City) Terminus (on the site of modern-day Flinders Street station), crossing the Yarra River via the Sandridge Bridge, to branch off from the Port Melbourne line and after stopping at three stations along the line – South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park ...
Flinders Street railway station is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, and V/Line services to Gippsland.
Melbourne tram route 48 is a tram route on the Melbourne tramway network serving the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.Operated by Yarra Trams, the route is coloured black and extends from North Balwyn to Victoria Harbour over 13.5-kilometre (8.4 mi) of double track via Kew East, Kew, Hawthorn, Richmond and East Melbourne.
Carnegie station is currently served by the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines which are both part of the Melbourne railway network. Additionally, the station is served by four bus routes, including SmartBus route 900. [4] The station is approximately 17 kilometres (11.8 mi), or around a 33-minute train ride away, from Flinders Street. [6]
The Jolimont Railway Yards, that occupied the southern edge of the Hoddle grid, were considered for redevelopment many times throughout the early to mid 20th century.In 1963, Victorian premier Henry Bolte announced that the State Government was to sell the air-rights over a small portion of the railyards closest to Flinders Street, up to Swanston Street, which was occupied by the Princes ...