Editing City Loop (section)

===Opening===
[[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] toured Museum station during her visit to Australia in May 1980, and opened the plaza on top of the Swanston Street entrance, which was named Queen Elizabeth Plaza.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |date=28 May 1980 |title=Royal Visit Program, Wednesday 28 May 1980, N 394.40994 ROY |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3066309527 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> Two short [[documentary film]]s, ''Loop'' and ''Action Loop'', were commissioned by the MURLA to advertise the new railway to Melburnians, as well as abroad.<ref name="doi" /> A third film was planned, but never shot.<ref name="doi" />[[File:Escalators at Parliament railway station 2.jpg|alt=Escalators at Parliament station in Melbourne.|thumb|When it opened in 1985, Parliament station had the longest escalators in Australia.]]The loop was opened gradually between 1981 and 1985. Museum station and the Burnley and [[Caulfield, Victoria|Caulfield]] tunnels opened first, on 24 January 1981.<ref name="doi" /><ref>Melbourne Underground Rail Options ''[[Trolley Wire]]'' issue 192 February 1981 page 25</ref> The City Circle tunnel opened with special services on 6 December 1981, and [[Clifton Hill railway station|Clifton Hill]] services started using the loop on 31 October 1982. Parliament station opened on 22 January 1983, the Northern tunnel on 7 January 1985 (14 January 1985 with limited services) and Flagstaff station on 27 May 1985.<ref name="doi" />