Parliament railway station

Parliament railway station is an underground station on the metro network in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations (and one of three underground) on the City Loop, which encircles the Melbourne CBD. In 2017/18 it was the fourth busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 10.19 million passenger movements.[3]

Parliament
Commuter rail station
Looking up Platform 3
LocationSpring Street, Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates37°48′41″S 144°58′23″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro
Line(s)Alamein (weekday pre-peak and post-peak only)
Belgrave
Craigieburn
Cranbourne
Glen Waverley
Hurstbridge
Lilydale
Mernda
Pakenham
Sunbury
Upfield
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth40 m[1]
Platform levels2
Disabled accessYes (lift)
Other information
StatusPremium station
Station codePAR
Fare zone1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 January 1983
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2008-200910.276 million[2]
2009-201010.484 million[2]  2.03%
2010-201110.757 million[2]  2.6%
2011-201210.734 million[2]  0.22%
2012-2013Not measured[2]
2013-201410.963 million[2]  2.14%
2014-2015Not measured[3]
2015-201610.058 million[3]  8.25%
2016-20179.855 million[3]  2.02%
2017-201810.199 million[3]  3.48%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Direction of travel on metropolitan lines between stations on the City Loop changes to either Melbourne Central or Flinders Street depending on the line and time of day.
Melbourne Central
One-way operation
 Mernda line Jolimont
towards Mernda
Hurstbridge line Jolimont
towards Hurstbridge
Melbourne Central
towards Flinders Street
 Pakenham line Richmond
One-way operation
Cranbourne line
Lilydale line Richmond
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line Richmond
towards Belgrave
Alamein line
Select weekday peak services only
 Richmond
towards Alamein
Glen Waverley line Richmond
towards Glen Waverley
Melbourne Central
towards Upfield
 Upfield line Flinders Street
Terminus
Melbourne Central
towards Craigieburn
 Craigieburn line
Melbourne Central
towards Sunbury
 Sunbury line

The station services Melbourne's government district, and is underneath the Parliament House of Victoria and the intersection of Bourke and Spring Streets, at the eastern end of the CBD, and is currently the world's southernmost underground railway station, but will be surpassed by Anzac station when the Metro Tunnel opens in 2025.

History

The station platforms were constructed using mining methods. Each platform is an individual tunnel, and are linked to the other platform in the same level by a number of cross tunnels. This choice in design left the remaining pillar of rock between the tunnels too weak to support the required loads, so it was replaced with concrete. A pilot tunnel was made, enabling the walls to be constructed ahead of the main excavation.[4]

The booking hall to the south was constructed 'upside down', with the support columns dug with augers from ground level, then filled with concrete. The roof was then constructed over these piles from ground level during a series of staged road closures, and once this was completed the excavation of the booking hall could be carried out underneath, while road traffic continued overhead. During construction, the Parliament House fence had to be removed, stored then re-erected.[4]

The station opened on 22 January 1983.[5] At the time of opening the station had the longest escalators in the southern hemisphere.[4]

Facilities

Parliament station has three underground levels. It has a concourse level and four platforms on the two levels underneath. Each platform serves a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the city's suburbs.

Parliament has two separate concourses. They each have a ticket office, toilets and ticket operated gates.

  • The northern is located at the junction of Spring, Lonsdale and Nicholson Streets, and has three escalators and a lift going down to the platforms, as well has a lift and steps leading to street level.
  • The southern concourse is near the Spring and Collins Street intersection, and has four escalators descending to the platforms. There are three exits to ground level via steps: one to MacArthur Street, the other two exits on Spring Street, facing Bourke Street and near Collins Street.

Platforms & services

Platform 1 - Clifton Group

Platform 2 - Caulfield Group

Platform 3 - Northern Group

Platform 4 - Burnley Group

Yarra Trams operate seven services via Parliament station:

Spring Street

Bourke Street

Collins Street

References
  1. History of Melbourne's Metropolitan Rail System and the adoption of the Underground Rail Loop concept Metropolitan Transit Authority
  2. "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
  3. "Station Patronage Data 2013-2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. History of Melbourne's Underground Rail System Metropolitan Transport Authority
  5. Department of Infrastructure. "Public transport - City Loop history". www.doi.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
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