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Premium station
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| Melbourne rail network | |
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 Melbourne metro roundel | |
 Flinders Street railway station, March 2021 | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | Victoria State Government as VicTrack |
| Area served | Greater Melbourne |
| Locale | Victoria, Australia |
| Transit type | Suburban rail Rail freight transport |
| Number of lines | 16 |
| Number of stations | 221 stations 6 under construction 15+ planned |
| Daily ridership | 450,000 (2021-2022)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 99,500,000 (2021-2022)[1] |
| Headquarters | 700 Collins Street, Docklands (Metro) |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | July 3, 1868 (First steam train) November 30, 2009 (Leased to Metro Trains) |
| Operator(s) | Metro Trains Melbourne |
| Rolling stock | Comeng HCMT Siemens Nexas X'Trapolis 100 |
| Number of vehicles | 226 six-carriage trains |
| Headway | Line dependant |
| Technical | |
| System length | 429 km (267 mi) (System length)[2] 370 km (230 mi) (Electrified length) 28 km (17.4 mi) (Exclusive freight)[2] |
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Victorian broad gauge |
| Average speed | 63.6 km/h (39.5 mph) (fastest average) 30.2 km/h (18.8 mph) (slowest average) |
| Top speed | 130 km/h (81 mph) |
