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Swanston Street

Victoria
Swanston Street near City Square, March 2008
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Swanston Street is located in Melbourne
Swanston Street
Swanston Street
Coordinates
  • 37°48′21″S 144°57′47″E / 37.8058865°S 144.96310360000007°E / -37.8058865; 144.96310360000007
General information
TypeStreet
Length2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Opened1837
Route number(s)Swanston Street Metro Route 34 (1965–present)
(through Parkville)
Former
route number
Swanston Street Metro Route 3 (1965–1989)
(through Melbourne)
Major junctions
North endSwanston Street College Crescent
Swanston Street Cemetery Road East
Parkville, Melbourne
 
  • Swanston Street Elgin Street
  • Queensberry Street
  • Swanston Street Victoria Street
  • Franklin Street
  • La Trobe Street
  • Lonsdale Street
  • Bourke Street
  • Collins Street
  • Swanston Street Flinders Street
South endSwanston Street 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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "GENERAL NEWS". The Age. 3 March 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

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