Trains at Flinders Street Station - Metro Trains Melbourne

In this video we visit the iconic Flinders Street Station; Melbourne's busiest railway station that serves as the hub for the metropolitan rail network. We see various Metro Trains Melbourne Comeng, Siemens and X'trapolis EMU's recorded from all of Flinders Street's active platforms. We also see a couple of V/Line Vlocities and N Class trains, as well as the QUBE Maryvale paper train passing through.

Flinders Street opened as one of Melbourne's first railway stations in 1854 as part of Melbourne's first rail line to Port Melbourne. However over time it grew to become the cities' main rail station as new lines were built. From 1900 to 1909 the current Flinders Street station was built, including the construction of the main station building, inspired by the French Renaissance style with large domes and clocktowers; truely becoming a Melbourne icon.

The role of Flinders Street grew as the metropolitan rail network was electrified from 1919 onwards, to the extend that in 1926 it was the worlds busiest train station!

However by the 1960's and 1970's the station was in various states of disrepair, with multiple redevelopment proposals being touted during this time (thankfully none succeeded as we would have had another NY Penn Station if they did). From 1982 onwards the station has been refurbished and upgraded numerous times, which often involved expanding the Swanston Street Concouse, replacing ramps with escalators and lifts , and other various works.

The most recent refurbishment was conducted between 2015 - 2018, which involved $100 million to repaint the station to its original colours, refurbish all the toilet facilies, upgrade the Elizabeth Street subway, and other improvements.

Date: November 2017

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