Flinders Street Station

Flinders Street Station (frequently just called Flinders Street; the context of use will indicate whether the station or the street is being specified) is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city. The building stretches from Swanston Street to Queen Street, covering two city blocks. Each weekday, approximately 105,000 commuters and 1,500 trains pass through the station.

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Railway station - Melbourne - Australia - Flinders - Swanston - Yarra River - Queen Street - City block - Commuters - Train

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Melbourne's 16 radial electrified train lines all originate from the station. It is also a part of the partly-underground, five-station City Loop which encircles the central business district, and services V/Line services through Gippsland to Sale and Bairnsdale.

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Train lines - City Loop - Central business district - V/Line

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The Melburnian idiom "I'll meet you under the clocks" refers to the row of clocks above the station's main entrance which indicate the departure time of the next train on each line (though some of the clocks refer to discontinued lines). This is a popular meeting place, at the corner of two of the city's busiest thoroughfares. The original analogue clocks were replaced for a short time with digital ones, however, due to a public outcry, they were quickly returned. Similarly, plans in the 1970s to demolish the entire station and replace it with an office building were soon dismissed.

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Idiom - Clock - Analogue clock - Digital - 1970s - Office building

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