Luggage storageSpencer Street

Luggage storage at Spencer Street station

Spencer Street station was renamed Southern Cross Station in 2005, so if you're searching for luggage storage on Spencer Street, you're actually looking at Melbourne's major rail hub at the western edge of the CBD. It handles metropolitan, regional V/Line and interstate trains, which means plenty of travellers pass through with bags and time to kill.

Southern Cross Station provides official luggage storage in the form of lockers available for a fee starting from A$6.

If you'd rather not carry everything back to a locker in the station itself, the Spencer Outlet Centre at Southern Cross offers station lockers storage from A$12.00, or centre-operated lockers from A$5.00. With Stasher, you can store bags from A$2.99 per bag per day at 20+ locations near Spencer Street.

Some top Stasher locations near Spencer Street include:

• Local shop, 2 min walk · open 08:00–18:00 every day · rated 5/5 (600+ reviews)
• Local shop, 4 min walk · open 07:00–00:00 every day · rated 5/5 (1,000+ reviews)

⁣Hosts include local shops and hostel receptions. Of the nearby points, 3 stay open late. There's no strict size limit, though prices can vary with bag size. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to A$19,000. Stasher storage near Spencer Street can be booked through the website or app.⁣

Storing bags at nearby attractions

Southern Cross sits in the Docklands area, a contemporary waterfront precinct known for dining, retail and public art, and it's where you'll find Marvel Stadium.

It hosts world-class sporting events, concerts, and entertainment, and it provides free-of-charge cloaking services at Guest Services located at Gate 1 (Aisle 3) and Gate 5 (Aisle 36). Southern Cross is the closest train station to Marvel Stadium, a short walk across the Bourke Street pedestrian bridge, so it's a natural staging point for event days.

At DFO South Wharf, self-service luggage lockers are available for hire on the 1st level near the Tourist Lounge. There are no official luggage storage or cloakroom services run by the City of Melbourne or transport authorities within the Melbourne CBD itself.

Getting around with luggage

SkyBus runs express coaches from Melbourne International Airport to the coach terminal here, and also serves Avalon Airport. The station has step-free access throughout, with platform access via lifts and escalators, so navigating with suitcases or wheeled bags is straightforward. It's also the Melbourne terminus for the NSW TrainLink XPT service to Sydney, which helps if you're planning an onward leg and need somewhere to leave bags between connections. Southern Cross functions as a major interchange for metropolitan, regional and interstate trains, plus coaches and airport transfers.