Flinders Street, Melbourne

Flinders Street Victoria
Flinders Street, facing east from the intersection of Elizabeth Street
General information
Type	Street
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Route number(s)	Metro Route 30 (1965–present)
Tourist routes	Tourist Route 2 (1989–present) (through Docklands)
Major junctions
West end	Wurundjeri Way Docklands, Melbourne
	Spencer Street King Street Kings Way William Street Queen Street Elizabeth Street Swanston Street Russell Street Exhibition Street Batman Avenue (toll road) Spring Street
East end	Wellington Parade East Melbourne
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Melbourne
Suburb(s)	Melbourne
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Flinders Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid. It is exactly 1 mi (1.6 km) in length^[a] and one and a half chains (99 ft; 30 m) in width.

The street is named after the English explorer, Matthew Flinders, who was erroneously credited with discovering Port Phillip at the time of its naming. It extends eastwards as far as Spring Street and the Treasury Gardens and, originally, westwards to Spencer Street,^[a] but now continues past Batman's Hill to the Melbourne Docklands. As the closest street to the river, Flinders Street served Melbourne's original river port. The Customs House, now the site of Victoria's Immigration Museum, is on Flinders Street.

The street is home to Flinders Street station, the central station in Melbourne's suburban rail network. Tram routes 70 and 75, as well as the City Circle route, run along Flinders Street, and the Flinders Street Viaduct runs roughly parallel to the street, linking the city's two major railway stations.

Other landmarks along Flinders Street include Federation Square, St Paul's Cathedral, Young and Jackson Hotel, the Banana Alley Vaults, the old Herald & Weekly Times building, Melbourne Aquarium and Batman Park, which adjoins the Yarra River. The land between the south side of Flinders Street and the railway viaduct between Spencer and King Streets was once home to the Melbourne City Markets,^[b] an ornate building constructed in 1890, covering 23,000 square metres. The market buildings were demolished between 1958 and 1960, after which the site became a public carpark. The site is now home to the three towers of the Northbank Place complex which includes office space, residential apartments, retail outlets and a multi-level carpark. The Melbourne Fish Market was situated on the south side of the railway viaduct, facing Spencer Street, having been displaced from the south-west corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets when the present Flinders Street station was constructed in the early 1900s. The site of the former Fish Market now forms the western end of Batman Park.
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