Town Pier
Station Pier is a historic Australian pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria. Opened in 1854, the pier is Melbourne's primary passenger terminal, servicing interstate ferries and cruise ships, and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dashers, Public domain.
- Type: Bus stop
- Description: historic Australian pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria
- Also known as: “Station Pier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Princes Pier and Port Melbourne Town Hall.
Princes Pier
Pier
Photo: Karn-b, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princes Pier is a 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince's Pier after the Prince of Wales who visited Melbourne in May 1920. Princes Pier is situated 460 metres northwest of Town Pier.
Port Melbourne Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Port Melbourne Town Hall was erected in 1882. The Town Hall is an important element in the historic Bay Street streetscape of inner city Port Melbourne. Port Melbourne Town Hall is situated 1¼ km northeast of Town Pier.
Graham Street light rail station
Tram stop
Graham Street is light rail station, and a former railway station on the former Port Melbourne railway line, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Graham Street light rail station is situated 800 metres northeast of Town Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inner south and Docklands.
Inner south
Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.
Docklands
Suburb
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census. Docklands is situated 3 km north of Town Pier.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Town Pier
- Categories: pier, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.84265° or 37° 50′ 34″ southLongitude
144.93172° or 144° 55′ 54″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Operator
SitaNetwork
PTV - Metropolitan BusesOpen location code
4RJ65W4J+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 9399158061OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Town Pier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “火車站棧橋”
- Chinese: “火车站栈桥”
- Chinese: “車站碼頭”
- German: “Station Pier”
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