Overhead view of the workshops and yard looking north west, in 1929.
Jolimont Yard was an array of railway lines and carriage sidings on the edge of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Located between Flinders Street station, Richmond Junction, the Yarra River and Flinders Street they were often criticised for cutting off the city from the river, being the site of many redevelopment proposals. The Princes Gate Towers (Gas and Fuel Buildings) were built over part of the yard in the 1960s, which themselves were replaced by Federation Square in the 2000s. The rail sidings themselves were progressively removed from the 1980s to the 1990s with only running lines today, but the area continues to be referred to as the 'Jolimont railyards' by Melburnians.[1]
^Christopher Anderson-Peters (9 August 2009). "Jolimont rail yards are seen as Melbourne's worst eyesore". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
JolimontYard was an array of railway lines and carriage sidings on the edge of the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Located between...
as extensive gardens including the Melbourne Botanical Gardens and JolimontYard. The Central City is the core of Greater Melbourne's metropolitan area...
demolition or redevelopment of the station, as well as the adjacent JolimontYard area. The station had fallen into disrepair, having not been cleaned...
Jolimont Workshops was a railway workshop operated by the Victorian Railways beside JolimontYard, near the Melbourne CBD, Australia. Opened in 1917 and...
locomotive facilities and traverser removed. The sidings now formed part of JolimontYard. The original Princes Bridge station buildings were demolished to make...
Exhibition Street extension with a four-lane divided road built over the JolimontYard, enabling Batman Avenue west of Melbourne Park to be closed with route...
first sod of the project was turned by Wilcox in the middle of the Jolimont rail yards. Tunnelling works under the city streets commenced in June 1972,...
accepted by Melburnians. Flinders park was developed in 1988 beside the JolimontYard as a new precinct to host the Australian Open. The previous venue, Kooyong...
project of the 1970s. The original site was on Batman Avenue, beside the JolimontYard, and adjacent to Electrol, the control centre for the railway electrical...
trams to be moved along the St Kilda railway line for servicing at JolimontYard. The line was opened in two stages, from St Kilda railway station to...
additional sidings in Melbourne Yard, located to the west of the station, were provided, as part of the JolimontYard rationalisation. On 19 July 1996...
a grass oval sports venue located at the southwest corner of Jolimont Road and Jolimont Parade (now known as Wellington Parade South) in East Melbourne...
Moomba parade 1954 – Proposal to demolish much of East Melbourne and JolimontYard to make way for an inner city ringroad. 1955 – City's first parking...
stabling facility was provided, as part of the closure and replacement of JolimontYard. As part of this facility, a crossover was provided at the up end of...
passengers closer to their places of work. extensive roofing over of JolimontYard, permitting rental income to fund the program. track duplication on...
opened in the former goods yard, as part of the decentralisation of train stabling and maintenance from the former JolimontYards. The buildings were approximately...
deemed worth keeping, and was renamed as Jolimont 1 for brake block transport only, within the JolimontYard area. It was eventually scrapped in 1998...
Flinders Street Station, causing the derailment of five carriages near Jolimont. The first car to leave the rails, the fourth in a train of nine, was dragged...
mixed-use development and public space that now occupies the site. The Jolimont Railway Yards, that occupied the southern edge of the Hoddle grid, were considered...
bank of the Yarra River further east of the CBD, between Richmond and Jolimont railway stations. It makes up part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment...
intersection of Flinders and Exhibition Streets in the CBD and spanning the Jolimont rail yards to connect with Batman Avenue near Melbourne Park Tennis Centre....
Ground in late 1921 when that ground was closed due to expansion of the Jolimont railyards. The Kennon-Owen Stand was replaced by the Dr A S Ferguson Stand...
light repair facility officially opened in the stabling yard, as part of the closure of the Jolimont Workshops. In 1997, a crossover at the down end of the...
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