Spring Street | |
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Parliament House on Spring Street, looking east | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Street |
Length | 850 m (0.5 mi) |
Opened | 1837 |
Major junctions | |
North end | Victoria Street Melbourne CBD |
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South end | Flinders Street Melbourne CBD |
Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | City of Melbourne |
Suburb(s) | Melbourne CBD |
Spring Street is a major street in the central business district, Australia. It runs roughly north-south and is the easternmost street in the original 1837 Hoddle Grid. [1]
Spring Street is famous as the traditional seat of the Government of Victoria, as well as being central to many of the state's major cultural institutions. The street's name is frequently used as a metonym to refer to the state's bureaucracy. [2] Spring Street is also notable for its impressive Victorian architecture, including Parliament House, the Old Treasury Building, the Windsor Hotel (also known as Duchess of Spring Street) [3] and the Princess Theatre.
The street is thought to be named after Baron Thomas Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Melbourne. [4] An alternative theory is that the name is due to the golden wattle trees in full bloom during Richard Bourke's visit. [5]
The street runs from Flinders Street in the south to Victoria Street and the Carlton Gardens in the north. Nicholson Street branches off from Spring Street, slightly south of its intersection with Lonsdale Street.
Spring Street has a number of architecturally notable buildings and important gardens, with many featuring on the Victorian Heritage Register and/or National Trust of Australia. These include:
*Also classified by the National Trust
Spring Street forms the western border of the Treasury Gardens. Gordon Reserve, a small triangle of parkland featuring heritage listed statues, is also located on Spring Street. Another small Chinese garden, known as the Tianjin Garden, is also located at the northern end of Spring Street. It is a symbol of Melbourne's close friendship with its sister city, Tianjin, China. [6]
A number of tram routes run along Spring Street for all or part of its length, including route 35, route 48 and route 96.
Parliament railway station, connecting to most suburban Melbourne train lines as part of the underground City Loop, lies directly beneath and parallel to Spring Street.
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.
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