Parliament railway station is an underground
railway station
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in
Melbourne
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,
Australia
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. It is one of the five stations (and one of the three underground) on the
City Loop
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, which encircles the
Melbourne CBD
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. In 2017/2018 it was the fourth busiest station on
Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 10.19 million passenger movements.
The station services Melbourne's government district, and is underneath
Parliament House
Parliament House may refer to:
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* Parliament House, Canberra, Parliament of Australia
* Parliament House, Adelaide, Parliament of South Australia
* Parliament House, Brisbane, Parliament of Queensland
* Parliament House, Darwin, Parliame ...
and the intersection of
Bourke and
Spring
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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
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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.
[History of Melbourne's Underground Rail System]
Metropolitan Transport Authority
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.
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The station opened on 22 January 1983.] At the time of opening, the station had the longest escalators in the southern hemisphere.[
]
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 concourse 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
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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 and services
Platform 1 - Clifton Group
* all stations and limited express services to Mernda
* all stations and limited express services to Hurstbridge
Platform 2 - Caulfield Group
* express services to Pakenham via Flinders Street
* express services to Cranbourne via Flinders Street
Platform 3 - Northern Group
* all stations services to Craigieburn
* all stations services to Upfield
* all stations and limited express services to Sunbury
Customers for Werribee
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or Williamstown services change at Flinders Street, Southern Cross
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or North Melbourne
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Platform 4 - Burnley Group
* all stations and limited express services to Lilydale
* all stations and limited express services to Belgrave
* all stations and limited express services to Glen Waverley
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* weekday shoulder peak all stations and limited express services to Alamein
Transport links
Yarra Trams operates seven services via Parliament station:
Spring Street Spring Street may refer to:
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* Spring Street, Melbourne, Australia
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Subway and trolle ...
*: City Circle
Bourke Street
*: Bundoora
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RMIT
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- Waterfront City ( Docklands)
*: East Brunswick
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- St Kilda Beach
Collins Street
*: West Preston - Victoria Harbour
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(Docklands)
*: Victoria Gardens - St Kilda
*: North Balwyn
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- Victoria Harbour (Docklands)
*: Box Hill - Port Melbourne
References
External links
Melway map
at street-directory.com.au
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Premium Melbourne railway stations
Railway stations located underground in Melbourne
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1983
Railway stations in the City of Melbourne (LGA)
Tram stops in Melbourne