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unusual facts about Southern Cross Station



Batman's Hill

The site now forms the eastern border of the Melbourne Docklands (a precinct of the Docklands development is also named Batman's Hill) and is dominated by Southern Cross Station and the Collins Street bridge built in 2002 to replicate the original curve and shape of the hill.

Freight railways in Melbourne

The Melbourne Docklands and Docklands Stadium developments of the 1990s removed most of the sidings and goods sheds to the west of Southern Cross Station, with only historic goods sheds retained, the 1889 No 2 Goods Shed.

Gunning, New South Wales

The town is served by the daily NSW TrainLink XPT service that operates between Sydney Central station and Melbourne Southern Cross Station.

Melton, Victoria

Some VLocity Ballarat services, Ararat services, Maryborough services as well as most N class and P class Bacchus Marsh services stop at Melton en route to and from Southern Cross Station.

Moe, Victoria

V/Line runs a passenger rail service to Moe station as part of the Traralgon and Gippsland V/Line rail services which runs to Melbourne's major stations Southern Cross Station and Flinders Street Station.

Xue family murder and abandonment

The Xue family murder and abandonment case involves the abandonment of a three-year-old girl, Qian Xun Xue (薛千寻 in Simplified Chinese) also known as Clare Xue, at Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia, the murder of her mother, Anan (Annie) Liu (劉安安), in Auckland, New Zealand, and the search for and subsequent capture of her father, Nai Yin (Michael) Xue (薛乃印), in the United States of America.


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