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State Library Rail Station

188-222 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Generated 8 November 2026
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2025completed

0businesses

29permits

Development milestones

Planning application	2022	Planning application ID-2022-6 lodged
Approved	By 2018	Planning permit granted (exact date not recorded)
Construction started	Mar 2018	First major construction permit issued
First occupants	Aug 2025	First occupancy permit issued
Completed	By Oct 2025	State Library Rail Station completed

Building team

Architect: Hassell
Architect: Weston Williamson + Partners

Planning & subdivision

Zone: CCZ1
Overlays: DDO1, DDO10, DDO70, PO1
Strata plan: PP5514C · 1 lots
Scores: 🚆 10 · ☕ 9 · 🌳 6 · ✨ 7

Timeline

20262 building permits · about $417.3m of new works
Largest: 018-210627 - OSD North - Over Station Development - Stage 1 - early structural works up to level 4, including L5/6 core, fire services and c

1 Dec 2025Metro Tunnel opens with five new stations including State Library
Architecture AU reported the opening of the Metro Tunnel, with five new underground stations including State Library.

6 Oct 2025State Library is the last of five Metro Tunnel stations finished
The Victorian Government announced that all five underground Metro Tunnel stations were complete, with State Library the final one. The government described it as the deepest and most complex station ever built beneath the Melbourne CBD.

By Oct 2025State Library Rail Station completed
Derived from Architecture AU

Aug 2025First occupancy permit issued
Derived from City of Melbourne building permits

20252 building permits and 22 certificates · about $1.0m of new works
Largest: Stage 12 - La Trobe structure - Levels 1-4

20231 building permit
Largest: Stage 12 - La Trobe structure - Levels 1-4

2022Planning application ID-2022-6 lodged
Derived from City of Melbourne Development Activity Monitor

20221 building permit
Largest: Stage 10 - Primary Structure at A’Beckett Shaft

20215 building permits
Largest: Stage 9 – Latrobe Ground Structure L1-3

15 Apr 2020State Library works budget reported to have risen from $75.7 million to $201 million
The Urban Developer reported that Rail Projects Victoria's original budget for the State Library works of $75.7 million had eventually reached $201 million, and linked part of the wider overrun to unexpected problems at the station precinct.

20202 building permits · about $295.2m of new works
Largest: Stage 3 - Franklin Street East, Concrete Primary Structure

6 Jun 2019Auditor-General reports Metro Tunnel early works over budget, citing State Library station site
The Victorian Auditor-General reported that early works costs had risen to about $1.353 billion. The increase was attributed partly to added scope, a shorter timeframe and issues at the State Library Station site.

20191 certificate · about $68k of new works
Largest: Demolition of Ground Slab and Archaeological Works - Various Addresses

2019First council census entry: unoccupied - under construction, 1 floors

By 2018Planning permit granted (exact date not recorded)
Derived from City of Melbourne Development Activity Monitor

Mar 2018First major construction permit issued
Derived from City of Melbourne building permits

20182 certificates
Largest: Stage 3 - Demolition of 200 La Trobe Street - MM CBD Nth Demolition

20174 building permits · about $4.5m of new works
Largest: Stage 4 - Demolition of 212-222 LaTrobe St, 17-27 Little LaTrobe Street and Part Demolition of 391 Swanston Street (Known as 198/198A LaTrob

20151 building permit
Largest: Stage 3: Variation 1 - Affected part works

20142 building permits · about $1.3m of new works
Largest: Stage 2: Remainder of Works - conditional

20131 building permit · about $30k of new works
Largest: Internal alterations to Cafe Shop on Ground Floor Only

20111 building permit and 1 certificate · about $176k of new works
Largest: Shop Fitout

20091 certificate · about $80k of new works
Largest: Alterations and fitout to shop1.

20081 building permit · about $110k of new works
Largest: Proposed Do-Hair shop fit-out.

20071 building permit · about $4k of new works
Largest: Alterations Fire Extinguishers Building 36

20031 certificate · about $15k of new works
Largest: Alterations to existing building. Level 2, Santiary Facilities. AKA 198 La trobe Street, Melbourne.

20022 certificates · about $59k of new works
Largest: Tenancy fitout of Shop (7 Eleven store). No. 391 Swanston Street, Melbourne

19991 certificate · about $3.2m of new works
Largest: Alteration, change of use, demolition, removal or re-erection of a building. (see Notes in Status for Occupancy Permits at various levels.))

19971 certificate · about $50k of new works
Largest: Shop fitout

19961 building permit · about $300k of new works
Largest: Existing building, change of use, refurbishment to ground and first floor levels only and external canopy.

Building permits and certificates (57)

Each cost is the estimate on that record. Stages of a project often repeat its full value, so these don't add up to what was spent.

07 Apr 2026	018-210627 - OSD North - Over Station Development - Stage 1 - early structural works up to level 4, including L5/6 core, fire services and core slabs	$417.2m
13 Mar 2026	Fit-Out of EzyMart Tenancy in State Library Station	$85k
28 Nov 2025	Stage 12 - La Trobe structure - Levels 1-4	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 13 - Landscaping Works	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 1 - La Trobe Street Shaft - Concrete Primary Structure - Ground to BS - Construction of New Melbourne Metro Train Station – CBD North	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 2 - Amended Little Tatrobe Street Concrete Primary Structure	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 4 - Franklin Street West Concrete Primary Structure.	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 5 - Concrete Primary Structure – B3-B7	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 7 - Station Services (Excluding Fire Services)	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 8 – Cavern & Adit Structures (Platform Level)	$295.2m
28 Nov 2025	Stage 9 – Latrobe Ground Structure L1-3	$295.2m
27 Nov 2025	Fit-Out Works of Retail Tenancy in State Library Station	$143k
29 Sept 2025	Internal Digital Advertising Signage at State Library Station (CBDN) - Stage 2: Partial internal advertising signage works	$866k
17 Sept 2025	Internal Digital Advertising Signage at State Library Station (CBDN) - Stage 1: advertising signs CBDN-ADV-B2-OH-001, CBDN-ADV-B2- OH-002 and CBDN-ADV-B2-OH-003	$866k
11 Aug 2025	Stage 11 - Architectural fit-out	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 14 - Station system package works	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 1 - La Trobe Street Shaft - Concrete Primary Structure - Ground to BS - Construction of New Melbourne Metro Train Station – CBD North	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 3 - Franklin Street East, Concrete Primary Structure	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 4 - Franklin Street West Concrete Primary Structure.	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 6 - Franklin East B5-B7 ECW	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 7 - Station Services (Excluding Fire Services)	$295.2m
11 Aug 2025	Stage 9 – Latrobe Ground Structure L1-3	$295.2m
08 Aug 2025	Stage 10 - Primary Structure at A’Beckett Shaft	$295.2m
26 June 2025	Stage 4 - Franklin Street West Concrete Primary Structure.	$295.2m
13 Mar 2025	Stage 11 - Architectural fit-out	$295.2m
13 Mar 2025	Stage 4 - Franklin Street West Concrete Primary Structure.	$295.2m
04 Apr 2023	Stage 12 - La Trobe structure - Levels 1-4	$295.2m
30 Mar 2022	Stage 10 - Primary Structure at A’Beckett Shaft	$295.2m
16 Nov 2021	Stage 9 – Latrobe Ground Structure L1-3	$295.2m
15 Oct 2021	Stage 8 – Cavern & Adit Structures (Platform Level)	$295.2m
19 Aug 2021	Stage 6 - Franklin East B5-B7 ECW	$295.2m
26 July 2021	Stage 5 - Concrete Primary Structure – B3-B7	$295.2m
15 June 2021	Stage 2 - Amended Little Tatrobe Street Concrete Primary Structure	$295.2m
24 July 2020	Stage 3 - Franklin Street East, Concrete Primary Structure	$295.2m
04 June 2020	Stage 1 - La Trobe Street Shaft - Concrete Primary Structure - Ground to BS - Construction of New Melbourne Metro Train Station – CBD North	$295.2m
21 Feb 2019	Demolition of Ground Slab and Archaeological Works - Various Addresses	$68k
07 Mar 2018	Stage 3 - Demolition of 200 La Trobe Street - MM CBD Nth Demolition	$4.2m
07 Mar 2018	Stage 5 - Demolition of Hungry Jacks - 391 Swanston Street (Cnr Swanston St & La Trobe St)	$4.2m
17 Oct 2017	Stage 4 - Demolition of 212-222 LaTrobe St, 17-27 Little LaTrobe Street and Part Demolition of 391 Swanston Street (Known as 198/198A LaTrobe Street)	$4.2m
26 Sept 2017	Stage 2 - Demolition of 204-206 & 280-210 LaTrobe Street - MM CBD Nth Demolition	$4.2m
15 Sept 2017	Stage 1 - Demolition of building canopies and soft internal strip out - MM CBD Nth Demolition	$4.2m
29 June 2017	RMIT Building 8, Level 3 - Internal refurbishment of the existing space to create a staff fitness gym	$300k
27 Feb 2015	Stage 3: Variation 1 - Affected part works	$1.3m
25 Nov 2014	Stage 2: Remainder of Works - conditional	$1.3m
31 Oct 2014	Internal Stripout, decanting and hoarding only - Building 8, Level 8 & Building 15, Level 3	$1.3m
10 Jan 2013	Internal alterations to Cafe Shop on Ground Floor Only	$30k
02 Nov 2011	Shop Fitout	$120k
13 Apr 2011	Internal fitout to Shop L02	$56k
05 Feb 2009	Alterations and fitout to shop1.	$80k
16 July 2008	Proposed Do-Hair shop fit-out.	$110k
10 Sept 2007	Alterations Fire Extinguishers Building 36	$5k
17 Feb 2003	Alterations to existing building. Level 2, Santiary Facilities. AKA 198 La trobe Street, Melbourne.	$15k
21 Oct 2002	Tenancy fitout of Shop (7 Eleven store). No. 391 Swanston Street, Melbourne	$50k
02 July 2002	Awning Extention to Existing Hungry Jack Restaurant	$9k
05 Mar 1999	Alteration, change of use, demolition, removal or re-erection of a building. (see Notes in Status for Occupancy Permits at various levels.))	$3.2m
01 Aug 1997	Shop fitout	$50k
07 Aug 1996	Existing building, change of use, refurbishment to ground and first floor levels only and external canopy.	$300k

Questions and answers

Is State Library Rail Station residential or commercial?
State Library Rail Station is neither homes nor offices.

When was State Library Rail Station built?
State Library Rail Station was completed in 2025.

Does State Library Rail Station have hotel or student accommodation?
Plans for this address include 1,407 student beds.

Who designed and built State Library Rail Station?
Weston Williamson + Partners designed State Library Rail Station. The building team section has the sources.

What public transport is near State Library Rail Station?
State Library Railway Station is the nearest train station, about 1 minute's walk. The nearest tram stop is Melbourne Central Station/Swanston St #8, about 1 minute's walk.

What is the planning zone for State Library Rail Station?
The site is in the Capital City Zone - Schedule 1 (CCZ1).

Does State Library Rail Station have an owners corporation?
Plan of subdivision PP5514C has 1 lot.

Has any work been done on State Library Rail Station recently?
The City of Melbourne has issued 29 building permits for State Library Rail Station since 1996. The most recent was in April 2026.

Sources: City of Melbourne building permits (CC BY 4.0); CLUE building information (CC BY 4.0); Development Activity Monitor (CC BY 4.0); Geocoded National Address File (G-NAF) (Open G-NAF EULA (CC BY 4.0 based)). General information from public records, not legal, financial or building advice.