Southern Cross railway station

Southern Cross
Inter-city, regional and commuter rail station
Main entrance to the station on the corner of Collins and Spencer Streets, August 2024
General information
Location	Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Coordinates	37°49′06″S 144°57′09″E / 37.8184°S 144.9524°E / -37.8184; 144.9524
Owned by	IFM Investors
Operated by	Civic Nexus
Line(s)	Metropolitan: Hurstbridge Mernda Pakenham Cranbourne Lilydale Belgrave Alamein[a] Glen Waverley Craigieburn Upfield Sunbury Flemington Racecourse[b] Frankston Werribee Williamstown Regional and inter-city: Seymour Shepparton (Tocumwal) Ballarat Ararat Maryborough Geelong Warrnambool (Ararat) Bendigo Echuca Swan Hill (Deniliquin and Piangil) Gippsland (Gippsland) Albury Southern (North East) The Overland (Western SG)
Platforms	16
Tracks	22
Connections	Bus Tram Coach SkyBus
Construction
Structure type	Ground level with mezzanine
Bicycle facilities	12
Accessible	Yes—step free access
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	SSS
Fare zone	Myki Zone 1
Website	Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	17 January 1859; 165 years ago (1859-01-17)
Rebuilt	1960s and 2000s
Electrified	Platforms 8 to 14 only
Previous names	Spencer Street
Passengers
2019–2020	19.967 million[1][2][3]  23%
2020-2021	6.653 million[1][2][3]  67%
2021-2022	8.905 million[1][2][3]  34%
2022-2023	15.635 million[1][2][3]  76%
2023-2024	20.161 million[1][2][3]  29%
Metropolitan services Preceding station Metro Trains Following station Direction of travel on metropolitan lines between stations on the City Loop changes to either Flinders Street or Flagstaff depending on the line and time of day. Flinders Street One-way operation Mernda line Flagstaff towards Mernda Hurstbridge line Flagstaff towards Hurstbridge Flinders Street Terminus Pakenham line Flagstaff One-way operation Cranbourne line Lilydale line Flagstaff towards Lilydale or Belgrave Belgrave line Alamein line Limited weekday peak services only Flagstaff towards Alamein Glen Waverley line Flagstaff towards Glen Waverley Upfield line North Melbourne towards Upfield Craigieburn line North Melbourne towards Craigieburn Flemington Racecourse line North Melbourne towards Showgrounds or Flemington Racecourse Sunbury line North Melbourne towards Sunbury Flinders Street towards Frankston Werribee line North Melbourne towards Werribee Williamstown line North Melbourne towards Williamstown Future services (2025) Flinders Street Terminus Frankston line Flagstaff towards Frankston
Regional services Preceding station V/Line Following station Terminus Albury line Broadmeadows towards Albury Seymour line Weekday peak only North Melbourne towards Seymour Seymour line Broadmeadows towards Seymour Shepparton line 2 weekday peak services North Melbourne towards Shepparton Shepparton line Broadmeadows towards Shepparton Geelong line Footscray towards Wyndham Vale, Geelong or Waurn Ponds Warrnambool line Footscray towards Warrnambool Ballarat line Footscray towards Wendouree Ballarat line (Melton line) Footscray towards Melton or Bacchus Marsh Ararat line Footscray towards Ararat Maryborough line One daily service Footscray One-way operation Bendigo line Footscray towards Bendigo, Epsom or Eaglehawk Swan Hill line Footscray towards Swan Hill Echuca line Footscray towards Echuca Flinders Street towards Traralgon or Bairnsdale Gippsland line Terminus Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Terminus NSW TrainLink Southern Line Melbourne XPT Broadmeadows towards Sydney Preceding station Journey Beyond Following station North Shore towards Adelaide The Overland Terminus
Building details
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Railway station terminus
Construction started	2002 (2002)
Completed	2006 (2006)
Cost	$700m
Height	23 metres (75 ft)
Technical details
Size	60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nicholas Grimshaw
Architecture firm	Grimshaw Architects Jackson Architecture
Developer	Civic Nexus consortium
Engineer	WSP Global
Awards and prizes	Royal Institute of British Architects' Lubetkin Prize – most outstanding building outside the European Union

Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe streets, at the western edge of the Melbourne central business district. The Docklands Stadium sports arena is 500 metres (550 yards) north-west of the station.

The station is owned, operated and maintained by Civic Nexus, a subsidiary of IFM Investors and operating as Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd,^[4] under a 30-year lease to 2036 from the Victorian State Government, as part of a public-private partnership.^[5][6] Southern Cross Station contracts Infranexus for management services. Infranexus is also wholly owned by IFM.^[7]

The station is the terminus of the state's regional railway network, operated by V/Line, The Overland rail service to Adelaide, and NSW TrainLink XPT services to Sydney. It is also served by metropolitan rail services, operated by Metro Trains, and connects with Flinders Street station and the underground City Loop. It is the second-busiest railway station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 14.019 million metropolitan passengers recorded in 2023/24 ^[8] and 5.925 million regional passengers through the V/Line network.^[2][9]

Southern Cross also has a coach terminal underneath the Spencer Outlet shopping complex. SkyBus services to Melbourne Airport and since 2017 to Avalon Airport^[10] operate from there, as well as Firefly Express and Greyhound Australia interstate coach services, and V/Line coach services to Mildura, Yarram, Mansfield, and other parts of Victoria not served by rail.

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