Tuesday 4 February 2014

Melbourne Central Station - Melbourne

Location: Swanston Street, Melbourne
Opened: January, 1981

Melbourne's third busiest train station, lying beneath Swanston and Latrobe streets, was originally named Museum - after the museum that was previously across the road at the State Library. Opened in 1981, the underground station took 8 years to complete.

10 years later, the Melbourne Central shopping centre was opened, including the famous glass cone which has become an icon of Melbourne

In 1995 the museum relocated from Swanston Street to beside the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton. This lead to the decision in 1997 to rename Museum Station after the shopping centre.

Related:
Flinders Street Station
Spencer Street Station

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