The station Flinders street is the main railway station of Melbourne, located in the center of the city, and the original card. Through this station every weekday passes 1500 trains carrying more than 110 thousand passengers.

But the station is a popular meeting place for residents. They're saying that the people of Melbourne in the course of the expression "to meet under the clock" which means a meeting at the main entrance to the station building, on which hang a clock. And the phrase "meet me on the stairs" means a rendezvous on the steps of the main entrance to the station building. And that is the building most often depicted on the front of postcards Melbourne.

In 1854 this was the first railway station of the city, which was called "Melbourne". The wooden terminal was the first in Australia the rail station, and on opening day he went first in the country's history engine.

Already in 1882 it was decided to build a new station announced a contest for the best project, which was attended by 17 architects. But construction work only began in 1900 and was completed in 1910. Interestingly, later draft Flinders street was taken as a basis of for station of Luz station in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

The first train departed from the station in 1919, and after only 7 years Flinders street was the busiest station in the world! In the second half of the 20th century the famous clock on the main facade of the building, purchased in England in the 1860's, has been replaced with digital, but the public demanded to return to the place a historical landmark – and watch again took his seat.

In the 1970s, the state government was going to dismantle the station building, because by the time it came to desolation. In its place was planned to build an office building. And again interfered with the public – many of the campaign for protection of the monument led to the fact that the government abandoned their plans and even allocated money for repair. Restoration work began in 1984 and has cost the state of 7 million Australian dollars. The money was renovated and improved platform, opened a new restaurant and the stairs of the main entrance is equipped with electric heating, in any weather, she remained dry.