Jolimont Yard - Today

Today

Twelve tracks run though the area today, in six pairs named (from north to south):

• Burnley though lines
• Burnley local lines
• Caulfield local lines
• Caulfield though lines
• Special lines
• Sandringham lines

Where the lines interconnect outside the MCG was originally known as Jolimont Junction, but was renamed Richmond Junction following the demise of the yard.

From Flinders Street in the west to Richmond Station in the east, bridges over the area include:

• Flinders Street Station concourse
• Swanston Street
• Federation Square
• former yard footbridge (removed on the rationalisation)
• Exhibition Street extension
• William Barak footbridge
• Melbourne Park - MCG footbridge
• Multi-Purpose Arena - MCG footbridge
• Yarra Park footbridge
• Richmond Station sports subway

On 28 April 2008 Premier John Brumby announced that his government was proposing a multi-million dollar development to link the sports and arts precincts in Melbourne's CBD. To be funded by a public-private partnership, the railway lines would be roofed and commercial buildings built on top. The next day the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged the roofing over the railway lines east of Federation Square for the construction of a residence for the Prime Minister of Australia, and as well as for hosting visiting heads of state and business delegations.

In August 2009 the VECCI again brought up the topic of roofing over the railway tracks, an article in The Age cited that an 2002 costing of $1.4 billion.