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Granville is a suburb in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Granville is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, split between the local government areas of Cumberland City Council and the City of Parramatta. South Granville is a separate suburb.
- Granville rail disaster
The Granville rail disaster occurred on Tuesday 18 January...
- Granville rail disaster
The Granville rail disaster occurred on Tuesday 18 January 1977 at Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, when a crowded commuter train derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages. The official inquiry found the primary cause of the crash to be poor fastening of the track.
Jan 17, 2017 · Australia's worst rail disaster took only seconds to happen but was a decade or more in the making. The Granville train crash on January 18, 1977, claimed 83 lives and injured 213 others.
Granville is a suburb in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Granville is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, split between the local government areas of Cumberland City Council and the City of Parramatta.
Auburn. The Municipality of Granville was a local government area in the Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the Borough of Granville on 20 January 1885. It included the modern suburbs of Granville, South Granville, Camellia, Rosehill, Clyde and parts of Harris Park, Guildford and Merrylands.
In 1880, a public meeting was called to begin discussions concerning the renaming of the suburb. The name Granville was chosen on 1 July 1880 to honour the Secretary for State, Earl Granville. Other names that were suggested included Drainwell, Vauxhall, and Swagsville. A few years later a petition was raised to incorporate the area as a ...
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The Granville rail disaster was the worst rail accident in Australian history, with a staggering 83 people killed and 210 people injured. On 18 January 1977 at 6:09am the No.108 train departed from the Blue Mountains towards its Sydney terminus. [2] By 8:00, there were approximately 469 commuters aboard.
