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City Loop evacuated

I just walked past Museum Melbourne Central station, and found that it was closed. The down escalators had been sealed off, and two police and some station staff were guarding the entrance. The staff wouldn't answer questions as to why it was being evacuated, except to say that the city loop had been shut down, and passengers needed to go to Flinders St. Which is rather unusual, and perhaps somewhat worrying. (Could it be a terrorist gas attack or something?)

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Posted by: acb http://dev.null.org Tue Jul 2 07:29:22 2002

Apparently the station is closed because of a "suspicious package". Or so a radio report said.

The Connex page on it just says it was an "emergency situation": http://www.connexmelbourne.com.au/News/ConnexNews.asp?id=137