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Flinders Street Station

Melbourne, Australia

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15 of the Top Busiest Train Stations in the World

Situated in Melbourne's bustling Central Business District, Flinders Street Station is the busiest and oldest railway terminal in Australia.

With around 110,000 passengers and 1,500 trains passing through every day, Flinders is also the busiest terminal in the entire Southern Hemisphere. Among the station's 13 platforms is the 2,323-foot-long Platform 1, which ranks among the world's longest platforms. Completed in 1909, the striking terminal building features a yellow facade crowned by a green copper dome. Above the arched entrance is a series of 13 analog clocks that display the times of the next departing trains.

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