Granville railway station

Granville

Station front in February 2007
Location Bridge Street, Granville
Coordinates 33°50′00″S 151°00′45″E / 33.83320278°S 151.0124583°ECoordinates: 33°50′00″S 151°00′45″E / 33.83320278°S 151.0124583°E
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Suburban
Main South
Distance 21.22 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code GAV
Fare zone MyZone 2
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 2 July 1860
Rebuilt 1880
1960
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
T1
Western Line
towards Central
towards Campbelltown
T2
Inner West & South Line
towards Circular Quay
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
Parramatta
towards Bathurst
Blue Mountains Line
Strathfield
towards Central

Granville railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Granville. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T2 South line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains line services. It is the junction for the Main Western line and the Main South line. It has traditionally served as a transfer station, a role that has been diluted somewhat since the opening of the Cumberland line in 1996.

History

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.[1][2]

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.[2][3]

On 18 January 1977, the Granville railway disaster, Australia's worst rail disaster, occurred resulting in the death of 83 people, about 200 metres west of the station.[4]

On the station's northern side lay a parcel's dock and siding. This was removed in August 1990.[2][5]

In 1996, the Y Link track between Harris Park and Merrylands stations opened, allowing direct services between the two stations via the Cumberland line removing the need to interchange at Granville. In the 2000s Cumberland line services were cut back to a few weekday peak hour trains, meaning Granville remained an important interchange point. In October 2013, Cumberland line trains were restored to a half hour frequency on weekdays but do not operate on weekends.

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Hornsby via Central [6]
Blue Mountains Line services to Centralweekends only[7]
2 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [6]
Blue Mountains Line services to Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgowweekends only[7]
3 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [6]
services to Glenfield & Campbelltown[8]
4 services to Hornsby via Central [6]
services to Glenfield & Campbelltown[8]

Transport links

Transdev NSW operates three routes via Granville railway station:

Granville station is served by one NightRide route:[12]

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Granville

References

  1. ↑ Granville Station. NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Granville Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. ↑ Churchman, Geoffrey (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia & New Zealand. Smithfield: IPL Books. ISBN 0 908876 79 3.
  4. ↑ Granville Rail Disaster Granville Historical Society
  5. ↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest December 1990 page 447
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 T1 Western Line timetable Sydney Trains 20 October 2013
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blue Mountains line timetable NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 T2 Inner West & South timetable Sydney Trains 20 October 2013
  9. ↑ Route 906 timetable Transdev NSW 31 March 2014
  10. ↑ Route M91 timetable Transdev NSW 20 April 2015
  11. ↑ Routes 908 and S2 timetable Transdev NSW 28 November 2011
  12. ↑ NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW

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