Parliament railway station

Parliament
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view from Platform 4, September 2024
General information
LocationSpring Street,
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
City of Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates37°48′41″S 144°58′23″E / 37.81139°S 144.97306°E / -37.81139; 144.97306
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
Connections Tram
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth40 m
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes—step free access
Other information
StatusOperational, premium station
Station codePAR
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened22 January 1983 (1983-01-22)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(January 1981)
Passengers
2019-20207.646 million 24.48%
2020-20212.214 million 71.05%
2021–20222.911 million 31.51%
2022–20234.724 million 62.27%
2023–20245.863 million 24.11%
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Melbourne Central
One-way operation
Mernda line Jolimont
Hurstbridge line
Melbourne Central Pakenham line Richmond
One-way operation
Cranbourne line
Direction of travel on metropolitan lines below between stations on the City Loop changes to either Melbourne Central or Flinders Street depending on the line and time of day.
Melbourne Central Upfield line Flinders Street
Terminus
Craigieburn line
Sunbury line
Melbourne Central Lilydale line Richmond
Belgrave line
Alamein line
Glen Waverley line
Future services (2025)
Melbourne Central Frankston line Richmond
towards Frankston
Track layout
1
3
L1 (upper)
2
4
L2 (lower)

Parliament railway station is a commuter railway station in the Melbourne central business district, serving the Melbourne suburb of East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Parliament is an underground premium station, featuring four platforms, two island platforms on two floors connected to street level via two underground concourses. It opened on 22 January 1983.

Parliament is one of the three underground stations on the City Loop. As of 2023-24 it carries 5.863 million passengers per year, making it the fourth-busiest station on the metropolitan network, approximately half of its usage prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Parliament is served by eleven lines organised into four groups. It is served by Burnley, Caulfield, Clifton Hill and Northern group lines, part of the Melbourne railway network. The station is also served by two tram routes on Bourke Street, four tram routes on Macarthur Street, and three tram routes on Spring Street.

Parliament station opened in 1983, and it was named after the Parliament House, which is located just east of the station. During the station's construction, the platforms of the station were built through tunneling. When the station opened, it had the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere but were surpassed, in 2022 and 2024, by the escalators at Airport Central station in Perth and Central Station in Sydney.