The Melbourne rail network is a metropolitan suburban and freight rail system serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The metropolitan rail network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of 221 railway stations across 16 lines, which served a patronage of 99.5 million over the year 2021–2022. It is the core of the larger Victorian railway network, with regional links to both intrastate and interstate rail systems.
Flinders Street railway station in March 2021
Steam-hauled suburban train departing North Melbourne station for Sunshine in April 1913
The pre-1910 Flinders Street railway station building on Swanston Street
Connex train arriving at Camberwell railway station in June 2004
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia. Its name generally refers to a 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi) metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area.
Image: Melburnian Skyline
Image: Flinders Street Station Melbourne March 2021
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