Swanston Street

Swanston Street Victoria
Swanston Street near City Square, March 2008
Swanston Street
Coordinates	37°48′21″S 144°57′47″E / 37.8058865°S 144.96310360000007°E / -37.8058865; 144.96310360000007
General information
Type	Street
Length	2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Opened	1837
Route number(s)	Metro Route 34 (1965–present) (through Parkville)
Former route number	Metro Route 3 (1965–1989) (through Melbourne)
Major junctions
North end	College Crescent Cemetery Road East Parkville, Melbourne
	Elgin Street Queensberry Street Victoria Street Franklin Street La Trobe Street Lonsdale Street Bourke Street Collins Street Flinders Street
South end	St Kilda Road Melbourne CBD
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Melbourne
Suburb(s)	Parkville, Carlton, Melbourne CBD
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Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It was laid out in 1837 as part of the original Hoddle Grid. The street vertically bisects Melbourne's city centre and is famous as the world's busiest tram corridor, for its heritage buildings and as a shopping strip.^[1]

Swanston Street runs roughly north–south in-between Russell Street to the east and Elizabeth Street to the west. To the south it becomes St Kilda Road after the intersection with Flinders Street, whilst the road's northern end is in the suburb of Carlton at Melbourne Cemetery. This northern section was originally named Madeline Street.^[2] The street is named after merchant, banker and politician Charles Swanston.