History
The station was built using Tunnel#Construction, cut and cover construction. In December 1973, to permit excavation of the station, La Trobe Street and its tram tracks were temporarily relocated to the south, onto the site of what is now the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, and moved back on completion of the work in 1978. The pit was long and wide, deep at the Swanston Street end and deep at the Elizabeth Street end. Seven layers of struts were used to support the excavation, with 2,600 tonnes of steel temporary supports required.History of Melbourne's Underground Rail SystemFacilities
Melbourne Central has an underground concourse and two levels of platforms below it (2 island platforms with four faces and tracks). Each platform serves a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the List of Melbourne suburbs, city's suburbs. At peak times, with a train arriving every 2.5 minutes, the station has a passenger flow of 30,000 per hour. Three elevators were initially provided, as well as 21 escalators. Melbourne Central is a Premium Station, meaning that it is staffed from first to last train and provides extra customer services. The concourse has two sections separated by the shopping centre food court: * The Elizabeth Street concourse has stairs and three escalators providing access to the street, a walkway to the Swanston Street concourse, a booking office, ticket barriers, toilets, and stairs and five escalators leading down to the platforms. * The Swanston Street concourse was altered in the early 2000s, when redevelopment works were carried out at the adjacent Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. Inside the ticket barriers there are toilets, and two lifts and five escalators going to the platforms. Outside is a food court, an exit to La Trobe Street and Level LG of the shopping centre (which passes under Little Lonsdale Street). There is also a lift and four escalators to the shopping centre level above. On the next level up (Level G), there is access to Little Lonsdale and La Trobe Streets via the shopping centre. Access to Swanston Street is via three escalators rising another floor (or the lift to Level 1 and a 70m walk), and a walk through the shopping centre past the shot tower.Platforms and services
Platform 1 - Clifton Group * all stations and limited express services to Mernda railway station, Mernda * all stations and limited express services to Hurstbridge railway station, Hurstbridge Platform 2 - Caulfield Group * limited express services to Pakenham railway station, Melbourne, Pakenham via Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Street * limited express services to Cranbourne railway station, Melbourne, Cranbourne via Flinders Street Platform 3 - Northern Group * all stations services to Craigieburn railway station, Craigieburn * all stations services to Upfield railway station, Upfield * all stations and limited express services to Sunbury railway station, Melbourne, Sunbury Customers for Werribee railway line, Werribee or Williamstown railway line, Williamstown services, change at Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Street, Southern Cross railway station, Southern Cross or North Melbourne railway station, North Melbourne Platform 4 - Burnley Group * all stations and limited express services to Lilydale railway station, Lilydale * all stations and limited express services to Belgrave railway station, Belgrave * all stations and limited express services to Glen Waverley railway station, Glen Waverley * weekday shoulder peak all stations and limited express services to Alamein railway station, AlameinTransport links
Yarra Trams operates thirteen services via Melbourne Central station, on Swanston, Elizabeth, and La Trobe Streets. Swanston Street *: Coburg, Victoria, East Coburg – South Melbourne, South Melbourne Beach *: Melbourne University tram stop, Melbourne University – Malvern East, Victoria, East Malvern (operates as 3a on weekends and Public Holidays) *: Melbourne University – Malvern, Victoria, Malvern *: Moreland railway station, Moreland – Glen Iris, Victoria, Glen Iris *: Melbourne University – Kew, Victoria, Kew *: Melbourne University – Brighton East *: Melbourne University – Carnegie, Victoria, Carnegie *: Melbourne University – Camberwell, Victoria, Camberwell Elizabeth Street *: Coburg North – Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Street station *: Maribyrnong, Victoria, West Maribyrnong – Flinders Street station *: Airport West – Flinders Street station La Trobe Street *: St Vincent's Plaza – Docklands, Victoria#Central Pier, Central Pier *: City Circle tram, City Circle Tram Kinetic Melbourne operates four routes from Lonsdale Street (Melbourne Central side), under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *: to Bulleen *: to Westfield Doncaster *: to La Trobe University#Melbourne (Bundoora), La Trobe University Bundoora Campus *: to Northland Shopping Centre Kinetic Melbourne operates thirteen routes from Lonsdale Street (Myer side), under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *: to Queen Street, Melbourne, Queen Street *: to Queen Street *: to Queen Street *: to Queen Street *: to King Street, Melbourne, King Street *: to Spencer Street (Peak Hour only) *: to Queen Street *: to Spencer Street *: to Queen Street *SmartBus, : to Spencer Street *SmartBus, : to Spencer Street *SmartBus, : to Spencer Street *SmartBus, : to Spencer Street (Peak Hour only) Kinetic Melbourne operates eleven routes from Swanston Street, Swanston/Lonsdale Streets (Queen Victoria Village, QV), under contract to Public Transport Victoria: *: to Box Hill railway station, Melbourne, Box Hill station *: to Ringwood North *: to Westfield Doncaster *: to The Pines Shopping Centre (Peak Hour only) *: to Donvale *: to Deep Creek Reserve (Doncaster East) *: to La Trobe University Bundoora Campus *SmartBus, : to The Pines Shopping Centre *SmartBus, : to Warrandyte, Victoria, Warrandyte *SmartBus, : to Mitcham railway station, Melbourne, Mitcham station *SmartBus, : to The Pines Shopping Centre (Peak Hour only)Gallery
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