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The Flinders Street Station is located on the corner of Flinders
and Swanson Streets in the heart of Melbourne, Australia. Nearby
the station there is the Yarra River. Usually the station is
just called Flinders street. The building covers 2 city blocks
it starts from Swanson Street to Queen Street. There are
everyday around 1500 trains passing through, and around 105,000
travellers. On the Flinders Street Station the analogue Clocks
were replaced by digital clocks but only for a short laps of
time because of the public complaints. In the 1970 it was also
decided to demolish the station by replacing it with an office
building but again because of the public’s complaints the
demolition plan was rejected. The City Terminus or just
Melbourne was the first railway station on Flinders Street and
it was also the first railway station in Australia. The station
was opened on 12th September 1854 by the Lieutenant-Governor,
Sir Charles Hotham. In 1859 the Spencer Station and Princes of
Bridge Station were opened. |
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