Fringe Common Rooms Accessibility Information

Accessibility Features

Common Rooms is located in the Victorian Trades Hall on the corner of Lygon Street and Victoria Street in Carlton. The main entrance is via Lygon Street.

Common Rooms has full stair-free access. There is a wheelchair lift into the building at the main Lygon Street portico entrance. If you require any assistance operating the lift, please contact the Duty Manager on 0451 232 089.

Once inside the building, lift access is available. This will take you from the ground floor to the first floor, where Fringe Common Rooms is located.

An accessible bathroom is available both on the ground floor and first floor of the building.

Within the Fringe Common Rooms Ballroom, the stage can be made accessible by the installation of a temporary mobi-lift. If stair-free access to the stage is required, please ensure that this is discussed with the Venue team before the day of your event. The Common Rooms team can be reached at [email protected].

Other accessibility features include a lowered section of the bar, and wide doorways. Please note that the doorway leading from the Fringe Common Rooms Ballroom to the adjacent outside balcony features a small step of less than 10cm high.

Guide dogs and assistance animals are welcome at Trades Hall.

If you require any further information about accessibility in the lead-up to your visit at Fringe Common Rooms, please contact the Common Rooms team on [email protected]. The Melbourne Fringe team can also be reached via phone on (03) 9660 9600 or via the National Relay Service on 1800 555 660.

 

Transport

Parking

There is no onsite parking at Trades Hall, however there are a number of street car parks outside Trades Hall on Victoria Street, including an accessible parking bay, and some kerbside parking in the surrounding areas.

GreenCo Parking is nearby at 43 MacKenzie St.

Secure Parking carpark is located at 28 La Trobe Street, approximately a six minute walk from Trades Hall. More information can be found at www.secureparking.com.au/en-au/car-parks/australia/vic/28-la-trobe-street-melbourne-car-park/

Lygon Street carpark is located at 204 – 218 Lygon Street, approximately a six minute walk from Trades Hall. More information can be found at www.lygonstreetcarpark.com.au

Train

Melbourne Central Station

The closest train station to Trades Hall is Melbourne Central Station. Melbourne Central Station is serviced by all major metropolitan train routes. Note that this station is located inside a busy shopping centre, and can be sensorally overwhelming, with lots of loud sounds and bright lights. Trades Hall is 800 metres from Melbourne Central, or approximately a thirteen-minute walk.

Melbourne Central Station features Accessible Platforms and lift access to street level.

This route involves an elevation gain of approximately 5 metres, or a slope of roughly 1.2 degrees. The hill is most pronounced as you head east along Latrobe Street.

Tram

There are several tram routes within a short walking distance from Trades Hall.

Swanston Street Trams (Routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, and 72)

Route numbers 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, and 72 travel along Swanston Street. Stop 7: RMIT University and Stop 4: Queensberry Street are both 450 metres from Trades Hall, or approximately a 6 minute walk. Both tram stops are Accessible Platform stops. Note that not all trams which travel on these routes are low-floor trams, and therefore accessibility will be mixed.

The journey between Stop 4: Queensberry Street and Trades Hall involves an elevation gain of approximately 12 metres, or a slope of roughly 4.6 degrees. This hill is most pronounced as you head east along Victoria Street.

The journey between Stop 7: RMIT University and Trades Hall involves an elevation gain of approximately 4 metres, or a slope of roughly 1.4 degrees. This hill is most pronounced as you head east along Victoria Street.

Latrobe Street Trams (Routes 30 and 35)

Other nearby tram routes include the 30 and 35 which travel along Latrobe Street. Stop 7: Russell Street & Latrobe Street is approximately a 5 minute walk. This is not an Accessible Platform stop.

The journey between Stop 7: Russell Street & Latrobe Street and Trades Hall is relatively flat and involves elevation gain of less than one metre, or less than zero degrees.

Bus

Routes 207 and 200

The two closest bus stops to Trades Hall are the Trades Hall / Lygon Street bus stop, as well as the Queensberry Street / Lygon Street bus stop.

The bus route 207 heading from Doncaster Shopping Centre to the City and the bus route 200 from Bulleen to the City stops directly outside Trades Hall at the Trades Hall / Lygon Street stop. This is approximately 25 metres from the main entrance of the building.

The bus route 207 heading from the City to Doncaster Shopping Centre and the bus route 200 from the City to Bulleen stop at Queensberry Street / Lygon Street. This is 170 metres, or approximately a two minute walk from Trades Hall.

Most buses which travel on these routes have low floors or ramps available for step-free access. However, accessibility may be limited.

In both cases, the journey is relatively flat and involves elevation gain of less than one metre, or less than zero degrees.

Other bus routes

Other nearby bus stops include:

·        Victoria Street / Rathdowne Street, which is serviced by the 205, 251, and 402. This is 280 metres, or approximately 4 minutes from Trades Hall. The journey involves an elevation gain of approximately 4 metres, or a slope of roughly 1.4 degrees.

·        Carlton Gardens / Victoria Street, which is serviced by the route 402. This is 450 metres, or approximately 7 minutes from Trades Hall. The journey involves an elevation gain of approximately 4 metres, or a slope of roughly 1.4 degrees.