Accessible Travel

Travel Disruptions

From Thursday 4 July 2024, you can access our Car Park from both Kavanagh Street and Southbank Boulevard. Works continue throughout the Southbank precinct. Please ensure you plan ahead and allow additional time to reach the venue and be seated by the start time. If you arrive after the start time, you may not be admitted until a suitable break.

Arts Centre Melbourne is located across the river from Melbourne’s CBD and can be reached by a wide range of transport options.

Car

The Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park

Both levels of the Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park are wheelchair accessible. There are several clearly marked accessible parking bays. If you park in these bays, please display your valid Parking Permit for people with disability.

Find out more about our carpark

If you need help getting into the car park when the Theatres Building is closed, please call our Security team on 9281 8316.

The Car Park has a height restriction of 1.9m. For vehicles above this height, accessible parking spaces are available nearby. Please see City of Melbourne Accessible Amenities for more details

Street parking

There are two free accessible parking spaces on the Arts Centre Melbourne side of St Kilda Road between the Theatres Building and Hamer Hall. There are limited free parking spaces on Southbank Boulevard. These spaces cannot be reserved, and time limits may apply.

Pick up/drop off

The nearest pick up and drop off points to Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres Building and Hamer Hall are:

In the Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park – cars who enter and leave within 15 minutes will not be charged a fee. Take a ticket from the machine at the entrance into the car park and put it back into the machine on the way out.
Both outside lanes on St Kilda Road, across from the Theatres Building. Drop off in the Northbound lane is better if you have booked an Arts Centre Melbourne wheelchair and requested a staff meet you with it.

Please note: St Kilda Road is often congested and the Northbound lane can be difficult to access. Sometimes the road is closed for events and works. Find out more information on the City of Melbourne Road Closure page

Public Transport

Tram

The trams that stop in front of Arts Centre Melbourne are: 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 and 72. This stop is number 14 – “Arts Precinct ”.

This tram stop is accessible for people who use wheelchairs.

There is a super stop on Southbank Boulevard at the corner of Grant Street and Sturt Street. Tram 1 stops at this super stop, but it is a longer distance to our buildings than stop number 14.

Visit the PTV website to find out if your tram route has low floor trams

Train

Flinders Street Station is the nearest train station to Arts Centre Melbourne. It is located across the Yarra River and is a few hundred metres walking distance away. Find out more about the access on Metro Trains and at Flinders Street Station

To get to Arts Centre Melbourne from Flinders St Station, exit onto Swanston St. Then turn your back on the city and cross the river. Hamer Hall is the first building and is large, round and located on the banks of the Yarra River. Next to this, separated by a lawn, is our Theatres Building. This building has a spire on the top.

Taxi

There is a taxi rank in front of Arts Centre Melbourne on St Kilda Road, where you can flag a taxi down. If you need assistance, please speak to our Welcome Team. They can call a taxi and are located inside the St Kilda Road doors of the Theatre Building behind the gold desks.

Bus

There is bus parking available in St Kilda Road opposite Arts Centre Melbourne. If you would like to reserve bus parking please visit the Melbourne Council Parking Permit website