Station features
Parkville 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 has been 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.
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.
The station also includes escalators and lifts, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators, braille and tactile signs, and more accessibility features.
Find out about the accessibility features at all the new stations.