Parkville Station

Station overview

Parkville Station will provide train access for the first time to Victoria’s world-renowned education, health and research precinct and relieve pressure on local trams and roads.

The station has 4 entrances:

the main entrance on Grattan Street outside the University of Melbourne and
3 entrances on the corners of Grattan Street and Royal Parade/Elizabeth Street.

These entrances will bring passengers to the doorstep of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and a short walk from the Royal Women’s Hospital.

From Parkville Station you will be able to catch trains:

towards the Sunbury Line via the Metro Tunnel, next stop Arden Station
towards the CBD and Cranbourne / Pakenham Line via the Metro Tunnel, next stop State Library Station.

Map of Parkville Station, below Grattan Street between Royal Parade and Leicester Street, and 4 entrances. Two entrances 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 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. Lift and escalator access is available in each area. Bus stops are located on Grattan Street and Royal Parade. Tram stops are located between Royal Parade and Elizabeth Street. Bike lanes are located on Royal Parade, Elizabeth Street, Grattan Street, Leicester Street and Flemington Road.

Parkville Station location

Station design

Building Parkville station included transforming Grattan Street into a pedestrian-friendly promenade with wider footpaths, cycle lanes and green spaces.

The station's main Grattan Street entrance, outside the University of Melbourne, has a 54m-long glass and steel canopy and skylights that draw natural light into the station.

The Parkville Station concourse will be a “street beneath a street”, lined with shops and eateries. The station will also create a pedestrian underpass below busy Royal Parade, providing another way to cross the road and move between the university and hospitals.

Parkville Station will have Victorian-first platform screen doors for better safety, climate control and less noise.

Precinct features

Grattan Street has been reconfigured to have 1 lane of traffic in each direction to allow for wider footpaths and dedicated bicycle lanes.

The street will be landscaped with new trees and low-height landscaping to provide a green link between Royal Parade and University Square. Landscaping will use leading water-sensitive design to reduce flood risk, reduce stormwater runoff and provide passive irrigation to plants.

Around the station you will also find:

new bus shelters on Grattan Street providing weather protection and travel information
new wider bicycle lanes
more than 250 new bike parking spaces.

Barry Street will remain closed to traffic at Grattan Street and landscaped to create a new public space that helps facilitate the broader vision for an upgraded University Square. The Barry Street space will be pedestrian and cycling friendly, and will include a series of ‘garden rooms’ for social gatherings, and a dense tree canopy.

Heritage preservation

The location of the station entrances has been designed to reduce visual and physical impacts on nearby heritage places, such as the Gatekeeper’s Cottage, the Vice Chancellor’s Residence and Royal Parade. Tree planting on Royal Parade will be in accordance with the heritage character of this grand boulevard.

Accessibility

We've built a new tram super stop on the corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade, with raised platforms to allow easy access for wheelchair users to low floor trams, as well as shelters and service information.

Other accessibility features include: