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INNER CIRCLE RAILWAY LINEAR PARKLANDS (also known as Park Street - Janet Hillman Reserve)
Other NamesInner Circle Railway (Former) , Park Street - Janet Hillman Reserve LocationPARK STREET BRUNSWICK AND PARK STREET BRUNSWICK EAST, MERRI-BEK CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Inner Circle Linear Parklands, including the alignment, physical remnants and historical memory of the former Inner Circle Railway in Yarra, Merri-bek and Melbourne.
Within the City of Yarra, the former North Carlton Station, remnant footings, earthworks and Peppercorn trees at the former North Fitzroy Station site, remnant rail crossings and sidings, retained electrical power stanchions throughout the corridor, the formal council tree plantations, and the contiguity of the parklands as a continuous public open space.
Within the City of Melbourne, the Parkville railway cutting including the bridges at Royal Parade and the Avenue, two intact overhead power supporting structures, the remnant power stanchions, and the remnant signal post within the cutting; and the remnant timber crossing fences on the west side of Bowen Crescent.
Within the City of Merri-bek, remnant rail crossings, retained electrical power stanchions, the former Melbourne council tree plantations along the municipal boundary, and the contiguity of the parklands as a continuous public open space.
The former North Fitzroy Electrical Railway Substation at 863 Brunswick St N, Fitzroy North
(state-significant VHR place H0939) and the former Gatekeeper’s Cottage at 70 Bowen Crescent, Princes Hill (individually significant in HO329 precinct) are significant both individually, for their associations with the history of the Inner Circle Railway and for their visual relationship to the parklands.
Within the City of Yarra, the former North Carlton Station, remnant footings, earthworks and Peppercorn trees at the former North Fitzroy Station site, remnant rail crossings and sidings, retained electrical power stanchions throughout the corridor, the formal council tree plantations, and the contiguity of the parklands as a continuous public open space.
Within the City of Melbourne, the Parkville railway cutting including the bridges at Royal Parade and the Avenue, two intact overhead power supporting structures, the remnant power stanchions, and the remnant signal post within the cutting; and the remnant timber crossing fences on the west side of Bowen Crescent.
Within the City of Merri-bek, remnant rail crossings, retained electrical power stanchions, the former Melbourne council tree plantations along the municipal boundary, and the contiguity of the parklands as a continuous public open space.
The former North Fitzroy Electrical Railway Substation at 863 Brunswick St N, Fitzroy North
(state-significant VHR place H0939) and the former Gatekeeper’s Cottage at 70 Bowen Crescent, Princes Hill (individually significant in HO329 precinct) are significant both individually, for their associations with the history of the Inner Circle Railway and for their visual relationship to the parklands.
How is it significant?
The parklands are of historical significance within the three municipalities as evidence of the former Inner Circle Line railway, as developed in the boom period of the 1880s in response to local council lobbying, and electrified in the 1920s.
Initially an essential connection for the Whittlesea and Heidelberg lines before these later ran south through Collingwood, the Inner Circle Line’s local passenger services were discontinued after 1948, after which the corridor operated as a goods line through to its closure in 1981.
Why is it significant?
The Inner Circle Parklands are of historical and social significance to the City of Yarra, the City of Melbourne and the City of Merri-bek.
Group
Parks, Gardens and Trees
Category
Reserve