Flinders Street railway station is a train station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1854, the historic station serves the entire electrified metropolitan rail network, as well as some country services to eastern Victoria. Backing onto the Yarra River in the central business district, the complex includes platforms and structures that stretch over more than two city blocks, from east of Swanston Street nearly to Market Street.