Melbourne’s transit orientated fast food restaurants

Melbourne might not do a very good job of transit orientated development, but one thing we can do is transit orientated fast food.

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McDonald’s

The McDonald’s in the Melbourne Central basement food court station has a serving window facing onto the concourse at Melbourne Central station.

McDonalds window facing the Swanston Street concourse of Melbourne Central

While the Box Hill Central outlet takes it a step further – a serving window facing into the paid area at Box Hill station.

McDonald's serving window facing into the paid area at Box Hill

McDonald’s logo on the station signage.

McDonald's logo featured on the Metlink signage at Box Hill Station

And the McDonald’s dining room has next train displays on the wall inside.

Next train displays inside the McDonald's dining room at Box Hill

Red Rooster

It’s not just McDonald’s located in stations – Red Rooster at Southern Cross Station has a “Walk Thru”.

Future

A glass wall separating their counter into paid and unpaid sections.

Red Rooster store at Southern Cross now has a glass wall between the paid and unpaid sections

And a failure

At Melbourne Central Station there is also a KFC service window facing into the Elizabeth Street concourse.

Abandoned KFC service window facing into the Elizabeth Street paid area at Melbourne Central Station

But thanks to it being a dead end for passengers, it has since been abandoned.

KFC service window now boarded up, facing into the Elizabeth Street end paid area at Melbourne Central Station

(Also blocking the view of the Geoff Hogg mural.)

Footnote: an interstate example

Brisbane Central station also has a fast food outlet inside it’s paid area – a McDonald’s.

McDonalds on the concourse at Brisbane Central station

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4 Responses to “Melbourne’s transit orientated fast food restaurants”

  1. Aiden says:

    The Box Hill McDonald’s no longer has next train displays in the dining room AFAIK, I’m pretty sure they removed them when they replaced the CRT displays with LCD ones throughout the station about 5 years ago.

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