Melbourne Central railway station

Melbourne Central
PTV commuter rail station
Eastbound view from Platform 3, June 2024
General information
Location	La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 City of Melbourne Australia
Coordinates	37°48′36″S 144°57′46″E / 37.81000°S 144.96278°E / -37.81000; 144.96278
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro Trains
Line(s)	Hurstbridge Mernda Pakenham Cranbourne Lilydale Belgrave Alamein[a] Glen Waverley Craigieburn Upfield Sunbury
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	State Library (future) Tram Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	29 metres (95 ft)[1]
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Operational, premium station
Station code	MCE
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	24 January 1981; 43 years ago (1981-01-24)
Electrified	January 1981 (1500 V DC overhead)
Previous names	Museum (1981–1997)
Passengers
2008–2009	14.916 million[2]
2009–2010	14.511 million[2]  2.71%
2010–2011	15.384 million[2]  6.01%
2011–2012	14.333 million[2]  6.83%
2012–2013	Not measured[2]
2013–2014	15.925 million[2]  11.11%
2014–2015	Not measured[3]
2015–2016	15.498 million[3]  2.68%
2016–2017	15.724 million[3]  1.46%
2017–2018	15.859 million[3]  0.86%
2019-2020	10.866 million[4]  28.75%
2020-2021	4.207 million[4]  61.28%
2021–2022	5.491 million[4]  30.54%
2022–2023	8.626 million[4]  57.09%
Services
Preceding station 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 2017/2018, it was the third-busiest station on the Melbourne metropolitan rail network, with 15.859 million passenger movements.^[3]

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