Granville | |||||||||||||||||
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Location | Bridge Street, Granville Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°50′00″S151°00′45″E / 33.8332°S 151.0125°E | ||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 12 metres (39 ft) | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||
Station code | GAV | ||||||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
Opened | 2 July 1860 | ||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt |
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Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Parramatta Junction (1860-1880) | ||||||||||||||||
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Granville railway station is a heritage-listed railway 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 Leppington & Inner West Line services. It is the junction for the Main Western line and the Main South line.
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.
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | occasional early morning & late night services to Hornsby & Berowra | infrequently used | |
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2 | Weekday early morning & late night services to Penrith | infrequently used | |
3 | Weekend services to North Sydney, Chatswood and Lindfield | weekends and late nights only | |
Services to Central & the City Circle | |||
4 | Services to Penrith | weekends and late nights only | |
Services to Parramatta & Leppington | Parramatta services only run on weekdays. |
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Transdev NSW no longer operates these routes, these routes have been taken by Transit Systems NSW - please update the timetable references as well.(July 2024) |
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]
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