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Granville rail disaster 18 January 1977

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Granville railway station

Station originally known as Parramatta Junction, which was the final stop of the first railway, opened in 1855. Renamed Granville in 1880, the station was the site of the Granville railway disaster in 1977, when 83 people died after a train derailed and hit the Bold Street overpass.

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Granville

Western industrial and residential suburb, south of Parramatta. Named after the British Foreign Secretary, it grew rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s following the construction of the rail link from Sydney to Parramatta, thanks to its road, rail and water access.

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Granville rail disaster

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Accident that occurred on 18 January 1877 when a crowded morning train travelling from the Blue Mountains to Central derailed and ran into the supports of an overhead road bridge at Granville. 83 people were killed and 210 injured.