Station Pier

- 37.844969144.930997Koordinaten: 37 ° 50 '42 " S, 144 ° 55' 52" E

The Station Pier is an historic pier on Port Phillip, Port Melbourne, a suburb of the Australian city of Melbourne. The now under preservation Pier was opened in 1854 and today Melbourne's most significant investors in the passenger shipping for ferries and cruise ships dar.

The Station Pier, originally called the Railway Pier, was officially opened on 12 September 1854. The 4.5-km long railway line from Port Melbourne Line Station Pier to Flinders Street Station on the Sandridge Bridge for passengers and goods was opened at the same time. This represents the first significant railway Australia dar. During the 1850s learned the pier a strong volume of passenger traffic through the Victorian gold rush. With the ever-increasing flow of immigrants to the Victoria Pier in 1861 expanded to a length of 661 meters, to meet the rapidly increasing traffic requirements.

In the early 20th century, the original pier was no longer able to meet the demands of the new and larger steamships. As a consequence of today's Pier was built in 1922-1930 and has since become the largest Kai on wooden pillars throughout Australia. The new pier was designed so that arriving passengers arrive at the top of the investor, while the freight is handled at the level below. This design is now considered far ahead. The pier has a quay length of 933 meters and can accommodate up to 305 meters long vessels with a draft of up to 10.3 meters. The old pier had five tracks and a passenger platform on the south side to complement the Port Melbourne station. The new building now took on eight tracks, four of them on each side of the wharf.

In January 1921, the people of the pier was electrified track, two years after electric locomotives in Port Melbourne were given catchment. It was Monday to Friday hourly served by two trains until they were set in 1930 for financial reasons. As of May 22, 1933, the Station Pier was again hit by passenger trains, but only to service overseas lines. The top line was for people extended beyond the platform down to the actual pier. On March 7, 1936, the Boat Train was introduced, which consisted of a Tait Train unit in blue livery with silver roof. The name was written on top of each railcar in red letters along the exterior lighting. This direct connection between Flinders Street Station and Station Pier was discontinued back in October 1939.

1934 Victorian Centenary Bridge was built over the railway tracks, to direct the traffic of the Beach Street about and to allow road access to the pier. Half of the top line of the pier was removed in October 1937, then completely in January 1950.

In 1987 the rail link to the Port Melbourne station was discontinued and replaced by the tram line 109 to Box Hill. The Centenary Bridge was demolished in 1991. In 2001 the site was renewed at the base of the pier and built a walkway as well as a number of new restaurants and cafes.