Parkville Station

Parkville Station connects this world-class education, health and research precinct to the rail network for the first time, and includes station entrances on the doorstep of The University of Melbourne and some of Victoria's biggest hospitals.

The new Parkville Station will provide a direct train connection to the area for the first time and relieve pressure on local trams and roads.

Parkville Station will open in 2025.

Station location

Map of Parkville Station

Parkville Station will be built directly below Grattan Street between Royal Parade and Leicester Street and will have 4 entrances.

Two entrances will provide direct access to the University of Melbourne – the main entrance on Grattan Street opposite Barry Street, and a second entrance on the corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade.

Two further entrances will provide direct access to the hospital precinct on the western side of Royal Parade, with 1 entrance located outside Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the other located on the doorstep of The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Station design

The design of the new Parkville Station precinct will turn Grattan Street into a ‘grand promenade’ situated among some of Victoria’s most prominent institutions.

The main station entry, on the northern side of Grattan Street outside The University of Melbourne, will feature a 50m-long glass and steel canopy designed to draw natural light into the station concourse. The entrance has been designed to sit within the tree canopy to blend in with the surrounding environment.

Natural light has been maximised in the concourse via light wells that will allow light to penetrate from the surface to the station below. The station concourse will feature world-class artwork developed as part of the Metro Tunnel Legacy Artwork Program.

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A blue steel frame with fencing and construction equipment surrounding it.

Construction snapshot

Construction within the Parkville precinct during August and September will include:

station entrance construction at the Grattan Street east site, including fit out of the Royal Parade and Grattan Street entrance structures
construction of the goods lift, chiller plant and eastern and western tunnel ventilation shafts (TVS)
Grattan Street west station entrance construction
water main installation works
reinstatement and public realm works.

Current works

Transport changes

Construction look ahead for 2023

Recent works at Parkville Station

Construction photos

A white, triangular skylight structure. — Fit out of the main entrance on Grattan Street continues.

A set of escalators being installed in a underground, concrete station. — Fit out of the station’s escalators continues.

The Parkville Station concourse level with a skylight, escalators covered in tarp, drumlights and ventilation shafts. — On the concourse level, fit out and installation of architectural features is underway.

A yellow drum light on the ceiling and 6 blue ventilation shafts on a green wall. — Along the southern concourse wall, green feature cladding is being installed and ‘lozenges’ are in place to provide ventilation for the station.

Station location

Construction look ahead for 2023

Recent works at Parkville Station

Construction photos

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