The Flinders Street Viaduct is a railway bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Made up of six tracks built at different times, it links Flinders Street station to Southern Cross station, forming the main connection between the eastern and western parts of the Victorian rail network.
Trains on the viaduct on the corner of Flinders and Spencer Streets
The four track viaduct in 1928, with the Sandridge Bridge crossing the Yarra and the turning basin still in use.
Viewed from Flinders Street itself, looking east.
The new Viaduct viewed from the Yarra River.
Flinders Street railway station
Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the busiest train station in Australia, serving the entire metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, as well as some country and regional V/Line services to eastern Victoria. Opened in 1854, the station is the oldest in Australia, backing onto the Yarra River in the central business district, the complex includes 13 platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street to nearly at Market Street.
Flinders Street station main entrance building, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, March 2021
View of the platforms looking west, 1895
Entrance from Swanston Street, c. 1890
1883 design competition winner