Melbourne Central railway station

Melbourne Central
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 3, June 2024
General information
LocationLa Trobe Street,
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
City of Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates37°48′36″S 144°57′46″E / 37.81000°S 144.96278°E / -37.81000; 144.96278
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth29 metres (95 ft)[1]
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codeMCE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened24 January 1981; 43 years ago (1981-01-24)
ElectrifiedJanuary 1981
(1500 V DC overhead)
Previous namesMuseum (1981–1997)
Passengers
2019-202010.866 million[2] Decrease 28.75%
2020-20214.207 million[2] Decrease 61.28%
2021–20225.491 million[2] Increase 30.54%
2022–20238.626 million[2] Increase 57.09%
2023–202411.177 million[2] Increase 29.57%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
Flagstaff
One-way operation
 Mernda line Parliament
towards Mernda
Hurstbridge line Parliament
towards Hurstbridge
Flagstaff
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Parliament
One-way operation
Cranbourne line
Direction of travel on metropolitan lines below between stations on the City Loop changes to either Flagstaff or Parliament depending on the line and time of day.
Flagstaff
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Parliament
towards Lilydale or Belgrave
Belgrave line
Alamein line
Select weekday peak services only
 Parliament
towards Alamein
Glen Waverley line Parliament
towards Glen Waverley
Flagstaff
towards Upfield
 Upfield line Parliament
towards Flinders Street
Flagstaff
towards Craigieburn
 Craigieburn line
Flagstaff
towards Sunbury
 Sunbury line
Future services (2025)
Flagstaff
towards Flinders Street
 Frankston line Parliament
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
to Flagstaff
1
3
L1 (upper)
2
4
L2 (lower)
to Parliament

Melbourne Central railway station is a commuter railway station on the Burnley, Caulfield, Clifton Hill and Northern group lines, serving the Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia. Melbourne Central is an underground premium station on the City Loop, featuring four platforms, two island platforms on two floors connected to street level by a shopping and commercial precinct. It opened on 24 January 1981, with station refurbishments underway as of June 2024.[citation needed]

Initially opened as Museum, the station was given its current name of Melbourne Central on 16 February 1996, after the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which it is beneath.

The station is located under La Trobe Street, between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, on the northern edge of the central business district (CBD). It feeds into Melbourne's main metro network station, Flinders Street, and also Southern Cross, Melbourne's main regional terminus. In 2023-24, it was the third-busiest station on the Melbourne metropolitan rail network, with 11.177 million passengers.[2][3][4]


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  1. ^ History of Melbourne's Metropolitan Rail System and the adoption of the Underground Rail Loop concept Metropolitan Transit Authority
  2. ^ a b c d e f Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  3. ^ "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1])
  4. ^ "Station Patronage Data 2013–2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.