{"id":69244,"date":"2024-06-20T10:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T00:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=69244"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:47:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T00:47:45","slug":"grattan-st-to-reopen-after-six-years-of-construction-for-parkville-metro-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=69244","title":{"rendered":"Grattan St to reopen after six years of construction for Parkville Metro station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A key inner city road will reopen after six years of work to build the Parkville Metro Tunnel station<\/a> in a major milestone for the cross-city rail project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorists and cyclists will from Sunday again be able to access Grattan St between Royal Pde and Leicester St for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entrances for the underground station have been built in front of the University of Melbourne\u2019s Medical Building, opposite the Doherty Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And from mid July, services for bus routes 401, 402, 403, 505 and 546 will resume on Grattan St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new look Grattan St. Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parkville station, which is 30m underground, will be a vital transport hub for the university, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Melbourne and Women\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new streetscape will feature wider footpaths, separated bike lanes, bike hoops and more than 100 trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transport Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson said Melburnians would have better access around Parkville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd they will soon have the option to travel by train for the first time when the Metro Tunnel opens a year ahead of schedule in 2025,\u201d Mr Pearson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Metro Tunnel is not just about transforming our rail network, it\u2019s also creating great public spaces and making streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $14bn Metro project will create five new stations,\u00a0with construction teams at the Town Hall and State Library stations under pressure<\/a>\u00a0to have the sites ready for passengers next year \u2013 the scheduled opening of the entire project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extract from Herald Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a major milestone for the Metro rail project, Melbourne\u2019s Grattan St will finally reopen to traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":69245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,1168,47],"tags":[993,10698,8],"class_list":["post-69244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-metro-tunnel","category-rail-news","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-metro-1","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t