A map showing the location of HMT in the Melbourne CBD along with some hotels, car parks and other places of interest is at the bottom of this page.
219 Exhibition Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
The theatre is located on the corner of Exhibition Street and Little Bourke Street.
The nearest metropolitan railway station is Parliament on the City Loop line. There are station exits on the corner of Lonsdale and Spring Streets and also on the corner of Bourke and Spring Streets. Walk one block down Lonsdale or Bourke Streets to get to Exhibition Street.
Country trains arrive at Southern Cross Station. The quickest route to Her Majesty’s from Southern Cross is to catch any tram heading east along Bourke St and alight at the stop between Russell and Exhibition Streets.
The nearest trams to HMT run along Bourke Street. The route numbers are 86, 95 and 96. Trams also run along Collins Street, Flinders Street and Swanston Street.
Buses run along Exhibition Street. The route numbers are 250, 251, 253, 340 and 350.
For full information about Melbourne’s public transport system, go to the MetLink site – www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au. You will find maps of the system, timetables, ticket prices and other information to make getting around Melbourne easy.
There are taxi ranks outside the Marriott Hotel on the corner of Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets and also outside Rydges Hotel on the corner of Exhibition and Little Bourke Streets. There are usually taxis at these ranks which can be hailed to save pre-ordering by phone.
There are many car parks within a block of the theatre. These all have flat rates for evenings and weekends. For hourly rates during week day business hours, please visit the website for each company. Some of the closest car parks to the theatre are as follows.
Duke Parking, 165 Exhibition Street (under the Paramount Centre). Mon – Thur evenings after 5pm $7.00, Fri and Sat evenings after 5:30pm $8.00, Sat before 7pm and Sun all day $8.00
Wilson Parking, 186 Exhibition Street (under Rydges Hotel). Mon – Fri evenings after 5pm $15.00, weekends all day $15.00
Secure Parking, 59 Lonsdale Street (behind Comedy Theatre). Mon – Fri evenings after 4pm $12.00, weekends all day $12.00
Secure Parking, 129 Bourke Street (under SX21 Building). Mon – Fri evenings after 4pm $10.00, weekends all day $16.00
Premier Parking, 150 Lonsdale Street (beside Uniting Church). Mon – Fri evenings after 4pm $9.00, weekends all day $9.00
These rates are current as at 2 January 2008. Rates may increase from time to time.
There is a baby change table installed in the Disabled Toilet, off the Stalls Foyer.
There is a public phone box outside 229 Exhibition Street – about 50 metres from HMT’s front doors.