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Southern Cross Station

Southern Cross station is a major railway station in , . It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe streets, at the western edge of the .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Metropolitan railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Southern Cross”, “Southern Cross railway station”, “Southern Cross station”, “Spencer Street railway station”, “Spencer Street station”, and “SSS”
  • Historically known as: “Spencer Street”
  • Address: 99 Spencer Street
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marvel Stadium and Batman’s Hill.

Stadium
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Docklands Stadium, known by naming rights sponsorship as , is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment in the suburb of in , Victoria, Australia. is situated 470 metres northwest of Southern Cross Station.

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Batman's Hill in , was named for the Vandemonian adventurer and grazier John Batman. Now removed, the 18-metre-high hill was located to the south of today's Collins Street and Southern Cross railway station, and is the site of a steel marker the same height as the original hill. is situated 180 metres southeast of Southern Cross Station.

Public aquarium
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Sea Life is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central , . It is located on the banks of the beside and under the and the . is situated 590 metres southeast of Southern Cross Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melbourne and CBD.

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is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb in , Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the . had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.

Southern Cross Station

Latitude
-37.81838° or 37° 49′ 6″ south
Longitude
144.95235° or 144° 57′ 8″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Levels
3
Height
25 metres (82 feet)
Operator
Metro Trains Melbourne;V/Line;NSW Trains;Great Southern Rail
Network
PTV;NSW TrainLink;Great Southern Rail
Open location code
4RJ65XJ2+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33261083
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2148836
Wiki­data ID
Q801455
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Southern Cross Station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “南十字車站”
  • Dutch: “station Southern Cross”
  • Esperanto: “Stacidomo Suda Kruco”
  • French: “gare de Southern Cross”
  • French: “Southern Cross”
  • German: “Bahnhof Melbourne Southern Cross”
  • German: “Bahnhof Spencer Street”
  • Hebrew: “סאת’רן קרוס”
  • Hebrew: “ספנסר סטריט”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת סאת’רן קרוס”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת ספנסר סטריט”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת של הצלב הדרומי (ויקטוריה)”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת סאת’רן קרוס”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת ספנסר סטריט”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun kereta api Southern Cross”
  • Japanese: “サザン・クロス駅”
  • Malay: “Southern Cross”
  • Malay: “Spencer Street”
  • Malay: “SSS”
  • Malay: “stesen keretapi Southern Cross”
  • Malay: “stesen keretapi Spencer Street”
  • Malay: “stesen Southern Cross”
  • Malay: “stesen Spencer Street”
  • Marathi: “सदर्न क्रॉस रेल्वे स्थानक”
  • Marathi: “सदर्न क्रॉस स्टेशन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Cross jernbanestasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Southern Cross jernbanestasjon”
  • Slovak: “Southern Cross Station”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Croes y De, Melbourne”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Croes y De”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Southern Cross Station”. Photo: Xb-70, CC BY-SA 2.5.