Princes Bridge railway station
Princes Bridge | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Closed Hurstbridge line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 1.3 kilometres from Southern Cross | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | |||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Demolished | |||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1859 | |||||||||||||||||||
Closed | May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Princes Bridge was a
History
Originally known as Prince's Bridge (as was the bridge itself), the station was opened as the city terminus of the
The Hobson's Bay, Melbourne and St Kilda and Brighton railway companies merged into the Hobson's Bay United Railway Company in mid-1865. The three systems were connected at Flinders Street station in October 1865 and Princes Bridge station was closed. It was reopened on 2 April 1879, when the Railways Department began to use it as the terminus of the newly opened Gippsland Railway.[2] The City Morgue was located close to the station entrance on Swanston Street, until it was acquired by the railways and demolished in 1890.[2] The direct rail connection between Princes Bridge and Clifton Hill station was not opened until October 1901. Before that, trains from the north-eastern suburbs used the indirect route of the Inner Circle line via Fitzroy to reach Spencer Street Station.[3]
By 1910, the two stations were effectively joined together, although they retained their separate names. There were three platforms at Princes Bridge. One was an extension of Flinders Street platform 1 ("platform 1 East"), while the other two served an
The original Princes Bridge station buildings were
From 6 December 1981 until 23 August 1993, a train service called "City Circle" originated at the station. This train ran in a circle around the City Loop, stopping at all stations, before returning to Princes Bridge. It was replaced by the City Circle tram in mid-1994.
In 1994, the Premier of the State Government
References
- ^ Leo J. Harrigan (1962). Victorian Railways to '62. Public Relations and Betterment Board.
- ^ a b Leo J. Harrigan (1962). Victorian Railways to '62. Public Relations and Betterment Board. p. 184.
- ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
- ^ Victorian Railways Signalling Diagram: Flinders Street 14'10 (1910)
- ^ Victorian Railways Signalling Diagram: Flinders Street 8'57 (1957)
- ^ ISBN 0-9592069-3-0.
- ^ Victorian Railways Signalling Diagram: Flinders Street 10'75 (1975)
- ^ Victorian Railways Signalling Diagram: Flinders Street 13'82 (1982)
- ^ "City Towers Eyesore Will Go In Two Years". The Age. 20 January 1994.
- ^ Jodie Misiak. "Federation Square: Masterpiece or Publicly-Funded Folly?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ^ "Department of Infrastructure: Annual Report 1998-99" (PDF). transport.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.