Southern Cross Railway Station, Melbourne, Australia
Key Data:
Station Operator
Metro Trains Melbourne
Station Opened
1859
Platforms
16
Tracks
22
Visitor Numbers
15m/year
First Signal Box Erected
1880
Construction of a Viaduct Began to Link Flinders Street Station and Spencer Street Station
1888
Viaduct Opening
1891
Railway Administrative Building Construction
1893
Modernisation Began
1960
Project Timeline:
Project Began
September 2002
Completion
2006
Project Cost
$700m
Designer
Grimshaw Architects
Builder
Leighton Contractors
Developer
Civic Nexus and Southern Cross
Regional Rail Link Project:
Commenced
August 2009
Completion
Late 2014
Estimated Cost
4.3bn
