Vandals plaster side of Flinders Street Station in graffiti

Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station has been plastered in ugly graffiti in the latest bout of vandalism along Southbank.

The ugly tags plastered along the Southbank side of Flinders Street Station. Picture: Jason Edwards

Vandals have targeted Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station, plastering one side of the building in large and unsightly tags.

The white and black graffiti is scrawled across the back of the iconic city landmark – the side facing Southbank and the Yarra River – next to the second floor of windows.

The heritage-listed railway station is managed by the Department of Transport.

A Metro spokesperson said: “Graffiti has no place on our rail network and we will continue to work with Victoria Police to help deter this illegal behaviour. We spend more than $10 million every year on tackling graffiti and vandalism, with more than 60 graffiti removal specialists dedicated to the problem.”

It comes after graffiti was left on Sandridge Bridge for nine months after a local resident first reported the eyesore to the City of Melbourne in March last year.

The vandalism is the latest instance of prominently placed graffiti along Southbank. Picture: Jason Edwards

The Department of Transport manages the heritage-listed station. Picture: Jason Edwards

A homophobic slur was also tagged underneath the bridge and not cleaned up for a week across New Year’s Eve.

Huge tags scrawled over a hoarding on the Princes Bridge for Town Hall’s project to repair the bluestone on the heritage-listed infrastructure were also left for weeks in December.

The City of Melbourne commences a new city cleaning contract in April, which will provide services for the entire municipality 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

This will include street cleaning, ancillary services, graffiti management and pressure washing services.