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Encyclopedia > Parliament railway station, Melbourne
Parliament
Station information
Code PAR
Distance from Flinders St 1.2 km
Line All lines
Number of platforms 4
Number of tracks 4
Station status Premium Station
Station facilities,
connecting transport
and timetables
Link
Melway map of station Link
Google map of station Link
GPS Coordinates Not available
Zone location 1
The stair entrance to Parliament Station, on the corner of Spring and Bourke Streets.

Parliament is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations (and one of three underground) on the City Loop, which encircles the central business district. Image File history File links MetlinkSignBase_313. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 796 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 771 pixel, file size: 180 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Taken by Teknorat on the Creative Commons website: http://photos22. ... Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. ... A premium station is a railway station on Melbournes suburban rail network that has: An enclosed waiting area Open toilets (at most stations toilets close after evening peak to prevent illegal activity) Staff from first to last train, who are available for ticket sales (including concession cards and V... Melway (usually The Melways) is the most ubiquitous street directory for Melbourne, Australia, and its immediate surrounds. ... Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa on the 400-Series highways. ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... Parliament Station sign, Melbourne. ... Parliament Station sign, Melbourne. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a railway - mostly underground, but partly surface-level and partly elevated - that encloses the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Schematic plan of Hoddles allotments for the village of Melbourne, March,1837 Each block was further subdivided into 20 allotments each 76 perches in area Map of central Melbourne Melbournes CBD. The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...


Parliament, like the other two underground Loop stations (Flagstaff and Melbourne Central) has four platforms on two levels, each one serving a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the city's suburbs. The station opened on January 22, 1983. Flagstaff station Flagstaff is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. ... Comeng train at Melbourne Central Melbourne Central is an underground railway station in the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...


The station services Melbourne's government district, and is underneath the Parliament House of Victoria and the intersection of busy Bourke Street with Spring Street, at the eastern end of the CBD. Passengers can interchange with tram routes 86, 95 and 96 along Bourke Street; 11, 12, 31, 42, 109, and 112 on Collins Street; and the free City Circle tram. Parliament House, Melbourne Parliament House, Melbourne, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855, except for the years 1901 to 1928, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia. ... Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district(CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Spring Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This is a list of tram routes operated by Yarra Trams in the city of Melbourne, Australia. ... Collins Street, looking West from the Collins Street / Swanston Street Super Stop Collins Street, looking East from Swanston Street The bottom end of Collins Street, in between William and King Street Collins Street is a major street in the Melbourne central business district and runs approximately east to west. ... The City Circle is a tram loop running around the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ...


The lower platforms are 38 metres below street level - the lowest point in the city loop. When it opened its escalators were (and may still be) the longest in the southern hemisphere.

Station Navigation
"City Loop"
Melbourne Central Anti - Clockwise | Clockwise Flinders Street
Alamein, Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Lilydale, Pakenham & Sandringham lines
Previous Station Refer to City Loop | Richmond Next Station
Epping & Hurstbridge lines
Previous Station Refer to City Loop | Jolimont Next Station
Entire network


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