Southern Cross railway station information

Southern Cross
Southern Cross
Inter-city, regional and commuter rail station
	Main entrance to the station on the corner of Collins & Spencer Streets, December 2007
General information
Location	Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria; Australia
Coordinates	37°49′06″S 144°57′09″E / 37.8184°S 144.9524°E
Owned by	IFM Investors
Operated by	Civic Nexus
Line(s)	Metropolitan: Hurstbridge Mernda; Pakenham Cranbourne; Lilydale Belgrave Alamein; Glen Waverley; Craigieburn Upfield Sunbury; Flemington Racecourse; Frankston Werribee Williamstown; Regional and inter-city: Seymour Shepparton (Tocumwal); Ballarat Ararat Maryborough Geelong Warrnambool (Serviceton); Bendigo Echuca Swan Hill (Deniliquin); Gippsland (Gippsland); Albury Southern (North East); The Overland (Western SG);
Platforms	16
Tracks	22
Connections	Bus; Tram; Coach; SkyBus;
Construction
Structure type	Ground level with mezzanine
Bicycle facilities	12
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	SSS
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	17 January 1859; 165 years ago
Rebuilt	1960s and 2000s
Electrified	Platforms 8 to 14 only
Previous names	Spencer Street
Passengers
2008–2009	13.1 million
2009–2010	14.4 million (Metro) 10.02%
2010–2011	16.9 million (Metro) 17.57%
2011–2012	16.8 million (Metro) 0.6%
2012–2013	Not measured
2013–2014	17.1 million (Metro) 1.56%
2014–2015	Not measured
2015–2016	16.6 million (Metro) 2.99%
2016–2017	17.5 million (Metro) 5.37%
2017–2018	18.6 million (Metro) 6.54%
2018–2019	19.5 million (Metro)
2018–2019	6.3 million (V/Line)
2019–2020	14.9 million (Metro)
2019–2020	4.9 million (V/Line)
2020–2021	4.6 million (Metro)
2020–2021	2.0 million (V/Line)
Metropolitan services
	Direction of travel on metropolitan lines between stations on the City Loop changes to either Flinders Street or Flagstaff depending on the line and time of day.
Future services (2025)
Regional services
	Building details
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Railway station terminus
Construction started	2002
Completed	2006
Cost	$700m
Height	23 metres (75 ft)
Technical details
Size	60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nicholas Grimshaw
Architecture firm	Grimshaw Architects; Jackson Architecture
Developer	Civic Nexus consortium
Engineer	WSP Global
Awards and prizes	Royal Institute of British Architects' Lubetkin Prize – most outstanding building outside the European Union

Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe streets, at the western edge of the Melbourne central business district. The Docklands Stadium sports arena is 500 metres (1,640 ft 5 in) north-west of the station.

The station is owned, operated and maintained by Civic Nexus, a subsidiary of IFM Investors and operating as Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd,^[5] under a 30-year lease to 2036 from the Victorian State Government, as part of a public-private partnership.^[6] Southern Cross Station contracts Infranexus for management services. Infranexus is also wholly owned by IFM.^[7]

The station is the terminus of the state's regional railway network operated by V/Line, The Overland rail service to Adelaide, and NSW TrainLink XPT services to Sydney. It is also served by metropolitan rail services operated by Metro Trains, and connects with Flinders Street station and the underground City Loop. It is the second busiest railway station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 19.5 million metropolitan passenger movements recorded in 2018/19.^[3] In 2018/19 the station also recorded an additional 6.3 million regional passengers through the V/Line network.^[4]

Southern Cross also has a coach terminal underneath the Spencer Outlet shopping complex. SkyBus services to Melbourne Airport and since 2017 to Avalon Airport^[8] operate from there, as well as Firefly Express and Greyhound Australia interstate coach services and V/Line coach services to Mildura, Yarram, Mansfield, and other parts of Victoria not served by rail.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Research and statistics – Public Transport Victoria". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Station Patronage Data 2013–2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Victorian Department of Transport, Data Vic (2022). "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Victorian Department of Transport, Data Vic (2022). "Annual regional train station patronage (station entries)".
^ "Southern Cross Station". Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Southern Cross Station". IFM Investors. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "About Southern Cross Station" (PDF). Southern Cross Station. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ Geelong-Avalon Airport shuttle bus service replaced by SkyBus Geelong Advertiser 9 July 2017

[patronage2008-2014-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Research and statistics – Public Transport Victoria". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.)

[patronage2013-2018-4] "Station Patronage Data 2013–2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[Victorian_Department_of_Transport_2022-5] Victorian Department of Transport, Data Vic (2022). "Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries)".

[discover.data.vic.gov.au-6] Victorian Department of Transport, Data Vic (2022). "Annual regional train station patronage (station entries)".

[7] "Southern Cross Station". Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[8] "Southern Cross Station". IFM Investors. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[inx-9] "About Southern Cross Station" (PDF). Southern Cross Station. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[10] Geelong-Avalon Airport shuttle bus service replaced by SkyBus Geelong Advertiser 9 July 2017

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