Metro Tunnel Project – Parkville Station Site Visit

On Saturday 8th October 2022, Alan from Young Transport Professional had the opportunity to tour Parkville Station. This event was hosted by Institute of Civil Engineering (Victorian Local Association). 

Parkville Station is a new station which is part of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project. CYP Design and Construction Joint Venture, which is a consortium comprising John Holland, Leadlease  and Bouygues Construction is responsible for delivering the Metro Tunnel Project’s Tunnels and Stations works package.  

The tour started off with a status update on the construction of the station and highlighting some of the challenges with building an underground train station adjacent to medical facilities such as Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Women’s Hospital and Peter Mac Cancer Centre.  

Some of the difficulties the team faced included maintaining ambulance traffic, noise and vibration, construction material and waste management and impact to local communities. The lead structural engineer highlighted that Parkville station is not a traditional build, as it had to be built with the roof structure first and work its way downwards to the foundations of the station. 

The second part of the tour consisted of a walk through the level 1 and level 2 of Parkville station to see the construction progress of station and highlight some of the design elements which are currently being installed such as the platform screen doors, escalators, and elevators. 

Thank you to Annie Leverington and Institute of Civil Engineering (Victorian Local Association) for the opportunity to tour Parkville Station.