Elaborate train terminals were constructed worldwide from the 1880s until the 1920s. Melbourne’s landmark Flinders Street Station – created to replace the 1854 Melbourne Terminus – was built in 1909 at the heart of this golden era. The exterior’s French Renaissance design features copper domes, gray granite and beige stone, intricate friezes and a clock tower. Unlike most stations around the world that have experienced declined traffic or closed, Flinders Street serves almost 100,000 people daily.
