Granville railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Granville
Station front in February 2007
Location	Bridge Street, Granville
Coordinates	33°50′00″S 151°00′45″E / 33.83320278°S 151.0124583°E / -33.83320278; 151.0124583
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban Main Western Main South
Distance	21.22 kilometres (13 mi) from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GAV
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	2 July 1860
Rebuilt	1880 1960
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	13,050 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Harris Park toward Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Clyde toward Berowra Harris Park toward Parramatta Inner West & Leppington Line Clyde toward City Circle Merrylands toward Leppington

Granville railway station is an Australian train station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Granville. 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.

History

The station in 1890.

Memorial Plaque commemorating the Railway Disaster

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.

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.

On 18 January 1977, the Granville railway disaster, Australia's worst rail disaster, occurred resulting in the death of 83 people, approximately 200 metres (656 ft) west of the station.

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

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

Transport links

Transdev NSW operates three routes via Granville railway station:

• 906: Parramatta station to Fairfield station
• M91: Parramatta station to Hurstville
• S2: to Sefton

Granville station is served by one NightRide route:

• N60: Fairfield station to City (Town Hall)

Trackplan

Track layout