Parliament railway station

Parliament
Commuter rail station
Looking down platform 3
Location	Spring Street, Melbourne Australia
Coordinates	37°48′41″S 144°58′23″E / 37.81139°S 144.97306°E / -37.81139; 144.97306Coordinates: 37°48′41″S 144°58′23″E / 37.81139°S 144.97306°E / -37.81139; 144.97306
Owned by	VicTrack
Operated by	Metro
Line(s)	Alamein (weekday pre-peak and post-peak only) Belgrave Craigieburn Cranbourne Frankston (weekday peaks and weekends only) Glen Waverley Hurstbridge Lilydale Pakenham Sandringham (weekends only) South Morang Sunbury Upfield Werribee (weekends only)
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes (lift)
Other information
Status	Premium station
Station code	PAR
Fare zone	1
Website	Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened	22 January 1983
Electrified	Yes
Services
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. Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station Melbourne Central One-way operation South Morang line Jolimont toward South Morang Hurstbridge line Jolimont toward Hurstbridge Melbourne Central toward Flinders Street Lilydale line Richmond toward Lilydale Belgrave line Richmond toward Belgrave Alamein line Richmond toward Alamein Glen Waverley line Richmond toward Glen Waverley Pakenham line Richmond toward Pakenham Cranbourne line Richmond toward Cranbourne Frankston line Richmond toward Frankston Sandringham line Richmond One-way operation Melbourne Central toward Upfield Upfield line Flinders Street Terminus Melbourne Central toward Craigieburn Craigieburn line Melbourne Central toward Sunbury Sunbury line Melbourne Central One-way operation Werribee line Customers for the Williamstown line must change at Southern Cross (weekday mornings), North Melbourne (weekday afternoons) or Newport (weekends).

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 2011/12 it was the 4th busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 10.7 million passenger movements.^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

The station opened on 22 January 1983.^[3] At the time of opening the station had the longest escalators in the southern hemisphere.^[2]

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

• South Morang line: all stations and limited stops services to South Morang
• Hurstbridge line: all stations and limited stops services to Hurstbridge

Platform 2 - Caulfield Group

• Pakenham line: all stations and limited stops services to Pakenham
• Cranbourne line: all stations and limited stops services to Cranbourne
• Frankston line: all stations and limited stops services to Frankston
• Sandringham line: all stations and limited stops services to Sandringham

Platform 3 - Northern Group

• Craigieburn line: all stations and limited stops services to Craigieburn
• Upfield line: all stations and limited stops services to Upfield
• Sunbury line: all stations and limited stops services to Sunbury
• Werribee line: all stations and limited stops services to Werribee

Platform 4 - Burnley Group

• Lilydale line: all stations and limited stops services to Lilydale
• Belgrave line: all stations and limited stops services to Belgrave
• Glen Waverley line: all stations and limited stops services to Glen Waverley
• Alamein line: all stations and limited stops services to Alamein

Transport links

Yarra Trams operate seven services via Parliament station:

Bourke Street

• 35: City Circle^[4]
• 86: Bundoora RMIT - Waterfront City Docklands^[5]
• 96: East Brunswick - St Kilda^[6]

Collins Street

• 11: West Preston - Victoria Harbour Docklands^[7]
• 12: Victoria Gardens - St Kilda^[8]
• 48: North Balwyn - Victoria Harbour Docklands^[9]
• 109: Box Hill - Port Melbourne^[10]

References

External links

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