Granville railway station

For other stations, see Granville (disambiguation) § Transportation.

Not to be confused with Glanville railway station.

Granville
Station building and entrance, February 2007
General information
Location	Bridge Street, Granville Australia
Coordinates	33°50′00″S151°00′45″E / 33.8332°S 151.0125°E / -33.8332; 151.0125
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
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GAV
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	2 July 1860
Rebuilt	1880 1960
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Parramatta Junction (1860–1880)
Passengers
2023 [1]	4,012,450 (year) 10,993 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Harris Park towards Penrith North Shore & Western Line Weekday limited and weekends only Clyde towards Berowra Harris Park Weekdays only towards Parramatta Leppington & Inner West Line Clyde towards City Circle Merrylands towards Leppington

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.

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	T1	occasional early morning & late night services to Hornsby & Berowra	infrequently used
2	T1	Weekday early morning & late night services to Penrith	infrequently used
3	T1	Weekend services to North Sydney, Chatswood and Lindfield	weekends and late nights only
	T2	Services to Central & the City Circle
4	T1	Services to Penrith	weekends and late nights only
	T2	Services to Parramatta & Leppington	Parramatta services only run on weekdays.

Transport links

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

• 906: Parramatta station to Fairfield station ^[8]
• M91: Parramatta station to Hurstville ^[9]
• S2: to Sefton ^[10]

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

• N60: Fairfield station to Town Hall station

Trackplan

Track layout

References

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

External links

• Media related to Granville railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Granville station details Transport for New South Wales
• Granville Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW