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Parliament railway station

This article is about the commuter rail station in Melbourne, Australia. For the light rail station in Ottawa, Canada, see Parliament station.

Parliament
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 4, September 2024
General information
LocationSpring Street,
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
City of Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates37°48′41″S 144°58′23″E / 37.81139°S 144.97306°E / -37.81139; 144.97306
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsList of Melbourne tram routes Tram
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth40 m[1]
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codePAR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 January 1983 (1983-01-22)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(January 1981)
Passengers
2019-20207.646 million[2] Decrease 24.48%
2020-20212.214 million[2] Decrease 71.05%
2021–20222.911 million[2] Increase 31.51%
2022–20234.724 million[2] Increase 62.27%
2023–20245.863 million[2] Increase 24.11%
Services
Preceding station Railways in Melbourne Metro Trains Following station
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
Direction of travel on metropolitan lines below between stations on the City Loop changes to either Melbourne Central or Flinders Street depending on the line and time of day.
Melbourne Central
towards Flinders Street
 Lilydale line Richmond
towards Lilydale or Belgrave
Belgrave line
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
Future services (2025)
Melbourne Central
towards Flinders Street
 Frankston line Richmond
towards Frankston
Track layout
Legend
to Melbourne Central
1
3
L1 (upper)
2
4
L2 (lower)
to Flinders Street
to Jolimont
to Richmond

Parliament railway station is a commuter railway station in the Melbourne central business district, serving the Melbourne suburb of East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Parliament is an underground premium station, featuring four platforms, two island platforms on two floors connected to street level via two underground concourses. It opened on 22 January 1983.[3]

Parliament is one of the three underground stations on the City Loop. As of 2023-24 it carries 5.863 million passengers per year, making it the fourth-busiest station on the metropolitan network,[2] approximately half of its usage prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[4][5]

Parliament is served by eleven lines organised into four groups. It is served by Burnley, Caulfield, Clifton Hill and Northern group lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. The station is also served by two tram routes on Bourke Street, four tram routes on Macarthur Street, and three tram routes on Spring Street.

Parliament station opened in 1983, and it was named after the Parliament House, which is located just east of the station.[6][7] During the station's construction, the platforms of the station were built through tunneling.[1] When the station opened, it had the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere but were surpassed, in 2022 and 2024, by the escalators at Airport Central station in Perth and Central Station in Sydney.[8][9][10][11]


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  1. ^ a b "History of Melbourne's Underground Rail System" (PDF). Metropolitan Transit Authority. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Annual metropolitan train station patronage (station entries) Data Vic
  3. ^ "Parliament". Metro Trains Melbourne. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ "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 "Research and statistics – Public Transport Victoria". Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.)
  5. ^ "Station Patronage Data 2013–2018". Philip Mallis. Transport for Victoria. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. ^ Australia's Railways. Alison Hideki. 2018. p. 21. ISBN 9781925630763.
  7. ^ Lee, Robert (2007). The Railways of Victoria 1854–2004. Melbourne University Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-522-85134-2.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Skybridge construction takes to the skies in latest milestone". Media Statements. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ Ho, Cason (16 August 2022). "Perth Airport rail line to open in October, as Forrestfield Metronet costs revealed to be $1.9 billion". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  11. ^ Gerathy, Sarah (18 August 2024). "Sydney Metro promises to reshape the city. Here's how it'll affect you". ABC News. Retrieved 9 December 2024. Central station now features the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere

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