Granville_railway_station

Granville railway station

Granville railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

For other stations, see Granville (disambiguation) § Transportation.
Not to be confused with Glanville railway station.

Granville railway station is a train station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the suburb of Granville, New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T2 Inner West & Leppington Line services. It is the junction for the Main Western line and the Main South line.

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History

Plaque commemorating the Granville railway disaster
The station in 1890

Granville station opened on 2 July 1860 as Parramatta Junction, and is close to the original terminus of the first railway line in New South Wales which was completed in 1855. On 1 September 1880 it was relocated to its present location and renamed Granville.[3][4]

Granville Junction lies immediately to the west of the station and is the junction point of the Main Western and the original Main South lines, now referred to as the Old Main South after the opening of the Lidcombe to Cabramatta bypass.

As part of the quadruplication of the Main Suburban line from Lidcombe, the station was rebuilt in the 1950s.[4][5]

On 18 January 1977, the Granville railway disaster, Australia's worst rail disaster, occurred resulting in the death of 84 people, approximately 200 metres (656 ft) west of the station.[6]

On the station's northern side lay a parcel's dock and siding. This was removed in August 1990.[4][7]

Granville has traditionally served as a transfer station, a role that has been diluted since the construction of a 'Y-link' track between the neighbouring Harris Park and Merrylands stations. Since 1996, this track has allowed direct travel between the Main Western and Main South lines via the Cumberland Line.

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
Early morning & late night services to North Sydney, Hornsby & Berowra infrequently used
2
Early morning & late night services to Blacktown, Penrith & Richmond infrequently used
3
Services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra weekends and late nights only
Services to Central & the City Circle
4
Services to Penrith weekends and late nights only
Services to Parramatta & LeppingtonParramatta services only run on weekdays.

Transdev NSW operates three bus routes via Granville railway station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Granville station is served by one NightRide route:[11]

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. [1]
    "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. [3]
    Granville Station. NSWrail.net
  4. [4]
    "Granville Railway Station Group". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
  5. [5]
    Churchman, Geoffrey (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia & New Zealand. Smithfield: IPL Books. ISBN 0-908876-79-3.
  6. [6]
    "Granville Rail Disaster". Granville Historical Society. Archived from the original on 27 December 2003.
  7. [7]
    "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest December 1990 page 447
  8. [8]
    "Transdev NSW route 906". Transport for NSW.
  9. [9]
    "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
  10. [10]
    "Transdev NSW route S2". Transport for NSW.
  11. [11]
    "N60 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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