Melbourne Central railway station

Melbourne Central
Commuter rail station
Location La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Coordinates 37°48′36″S 144°57′46″E / 37.81000°S 144.96278°E / -37.81000; 144.96278Coordinates: 37°48′36″S 144°57′46″E / 37.81000°S 144.96278°E / -37.81000; 144.96278
Owned by VicTrack
Operated by Metro
Line(s) Alamein (weekday pre-peak and post-peak only)
Belgrave
Craigieburn
Cranbourne
Frankston (select weekday peaks and weekends only)
Glen Waverley
Hurstbridge
Lilydale
Pakenham
Sandringham (weekends only)
Mernda
Sunbury
Upfield
Werribee (weekends only)
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Underground
Depth 29 m[1]
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Premium station
Station code MCE
Fare zone 1
Website Public Transport Victoria
History
Opened 24 January 1981
Electrified Yes
Previous names Museum
Traffic
Passengers (2008-2009) 14.916 million[2]
Passengers (2009-2010) 14.511 million[2] Decrease 2.71%
Passengers (2010-2011) 15.384 million[2] Increase 6.01%
Passengers (2011-2012) 14.333 million[2] Decrease 6.83%
Passengers (2012-2013) Not measured[2]
Passengers (2013-2014) 15.925 million[2] Increase 11.11%
Services
Direction of travel on metropolitan lines between stations on the City Loop changes to either Flagstaff or Parliament depending on the line and time of day.
Preceding station   Metro Trains   Following station
One-way operation
Mernda line
towards Mernda
Hurstbridge line
towards Hurstbridge
Lilydale line
towards Lilydale
Belgrave line
towards Belgrave
Alamein line
towards Alamein
Glen Waverley line
towards Glen Waverley
Pakenham line
towards Pakenham
Cranbourne line
towards Cranbourne
Frankston line
towards Frankston
Sandringham line
One-way operation
towards Upfield
Upfield line
towards Craigieburn
Craigieburn line
towards Sunbury
Sunbury line
One-way operation
Werribee line
Passengers for the Williamstown line must change at Southern Cross (weekday mornings), North Melbourne (weekday afternoons) or Newport (weekends).
Station entry gate
Station Concourse

Melbourne Central railway station is an underground station on the metro network in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations (and one of three underground) on the City Loop, which encircles the Melbourne CBD. The station is under La Trobe Street, between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, on the northern edge of the CBD. The station is named after the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre which it is beneath. It feeds into Melbourne's main metro network station, Flinders Street and also Southern Cross Melbourne's main regional terminus. In 2013/14 it was the 3rd busiest station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with 15.925 million passenger movements.[3]

History

The station was built using cut and cover construction. In December 1973 to permit excavation of the station, La Trobe Street and its tram tracks were temporarily relocated to the south onto the site of what is now the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, and moved back on completion of the work in 1978.[4] The pit was 168 metres (551 ft) long and 22.5 metres (74 ft) wide, 29 metres (95 ft) deep at the Swanston Street end and 22 metres (72 ft) deep at the Elizabeth Street end. Seven layers of struts were used to support the excavation, with 2,600 tonnes of steel temporary supports required.[5]

The station opened as Museum on 24 January 1981 after the adjacent Melbourne Museum in the State Library of Victoria complex on Swanston Street. It was the first station on the loop to open,[6] initially services only operated for the Burnley and Caulfield Groups on platforms 2 and 4, with trains from the Clifton Group starting to use platform 1 on 31 October 1982, and trains from the Northern Group starting to use platform 3 on 1 May 1984. The Elizabeth Street entrance to the station opened on 5 April 1982.

The adjoining Melbourne Central Shopping Centre opened in 1991,[7] being built around the existing escalators to street level, with only minor integration between the station concourse and shopping centre. The Melbourne Museum moved in 1995 to its current premises beside the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens, with the station being renamed after the shopping centre on 16 February 1997.[8][9]

The station concourse was redeveloped in 2002/03 as part of the renovation of the wider centre, while the direct escalators from the concourse to Swanston Street closed in November 2003, and were replaced by a path through the shopping centre.[10]

Facilities

Melbourne Central, has an underground concourse and two levels of platforms below it (2 island platforms and four tracks). Each platform serves a separate group of rail lines that leave the Loop and radiate out into the city's suburbs. At peak times with a train arriving every 2.5 minutes, the station has a passenger flow of 30,000 per hour. Three elevators were initially provided, as well as 21 escalators.[5] Melbourne Central is a premium station, meaning that it is staffed from first to last train and provides extra customer services.

The concourse has two sections separated by the shopping centre food court:

  • The Elizabeth Street concourse has stairs and three escalators providing access to the street, a walkway to the Swanston Street concourse, a booking office, ticket barriers, toilets, and stairs and five escalators leading down to the platforms.
  • The Swanston Street concourse was altered in the early 2000s when redevelopment works were carried out at the adjacent Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. Inside the ticket barriers there are toilets, and two lifts and five escalators going to the platforms. Outside is a food court, an exit to La Trobe Street and Level LG of the shopping centre (which passes under Little Lonsdale Street). There is also a lift and four escalators to the shopping centre level above. On the next level up (Level G) there is access to Little Lonsdale and La Trobe Streets via the shopping centre. Access to Swanston Street is via three escalators rising another floor (or the lift to level 1 and a 70m walk), and a walk through the shopping centre past the shot tower.

Platforms & services

Platform 1 - Clifton Group

Platform 2 - Caulfield Group

Platform 3 - Northern Group

Platform 4 - Burnley Group

Yarra Trams operate thirteen services to or via Melbourne Central station, on Swanston, Elizabeth, and La Trobe Streets.

Swanston Street

Elizabeth Street

La Trobe Street

Transdev Melbourne operate seven routes from Lonsdale Street (Melbourne Central side):

Transdev Melbourne operate twelve routes from Lonsdale Street (Myer side):

Transdev Melbourne operate nine routes from Swanston/Lonsdale Streets (QV):

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050718073039/http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/doielect.nsf/2a6bd98dee287482ca256915001cff0c/44507f9d12a4406cca25700c0012fe36/$FILE/MURL%20booklet.pdf
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014" (XLS). Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from )
  3. ↑ Station Patronage Research Public Transport Victoria
  4. ↑ SE Dornan & RG Henderson (1979). Electric Railways of Victoria. Australian Electric Traction Society. p. 93. ISBN 0-909459-06-1.
  5. 1 2 History of Melbourne's Underground Rail System Metropolitan Transport Authority
  6. ↑ Department of Infrastructure. "Public transport – City Loop history". www.doi.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "Melbourne Central Tower – Building Profile". melbournecentraltower.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Museum Becomes Central" Railway Digest February 1997 page 15
  9. ↑ "Upgrading Eltham to a Premium Station". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. October 1997. p. 310.
  10. ↑ "Melbourne Central set to prey on captive commuters". The Age. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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  25. ↑ Route 201 City - Doncaster Shoppingtown timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  26. ↑ Route 203 City - Bulleen timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  27. ↑ Route 207 City - Donvale timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  28. 1 2 Route 250 Garden City - La Trobe University timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  29. 1 2 Route 251 Garden City - Northland timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  30. 1 2 Route 253 Garden City - North Carlton timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  31. 1 2 Route 302 City - Box Hill timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  32. 1 2 Route 303 City - North Ringwood timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  33. 1 2 Route 305 City - The Pines Shopping Centre timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  34. 1 2 Route 309 City - Donvale timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  35. 1 2 Route 318 City - Deep Creek timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  36. 1 2 Route 905 City - The Pines Shopping Centre timetable Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  37. 1 2 Route 906 City - Warrandyte Bridge timetable Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  38. 1 2 Route 907 City - Mitcham timetable Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
  39. 1 2 Route 908 City - The Pines timetable Archived 11 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Public Transport Victoria
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