The ATS is offering our members the fantastic opportunity to visit Melbourne Metro’s Parkville Station. 

NOTE: This event is complimentary to ATS members and will be run by ballot. To be in with a chance please enter your details here

This event link has been setup for the purpose of registration to be entered into a draw for the places to attend the Parkville Station Site Visit on August 19th 2024 at 3pm. The maximum number of participants will be strictly limited to 20 visiting ATS members. 

Please register to this event as a way to enter the ballot. Successful registrants will be notified of their selection via email/calendar invite after the draw has taken place. 

Registrations close COB Friday August 3rd.

Important – All successful participants will need to supply their own PPE, please do not register if you are unable to satisfy these requirements:

• Steel capped lace up safety boots,
• Long trousers,
• Long-sleeved top PLUS orange high-vis vest
• Safety glasses,
• Hard hat

Plan for the day of the Site Visit – this will be communicated to the successful registrants as part of the confirmation calendar invite

Site visit information

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 station provides a direct train connection to the area for the first time and will relieve pressure on local trams and roads.

Parkville Station has been built directly below Grattan Street between Royal Parade and Leicester Street and will have 4 entrances, each with accessible entry via escalators and lifts:

• Grattan Street opposite Barry Street (main entrance)
• corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade
• Grattan Street outside the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
• Royal Parade outside The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

The design of the new Parkville Station precinct turns 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, features a 54m-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 features world-class artwork by Patricia Piccinini.

For more information visit https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/metro-tunnel/stations/parkville/station-design