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°E / -33.83320278; 151.0124583Coordinates: 33°50′00″S 151°00′45″E / 33.83320278°S 151.0124583°E / -33.83320278; 151.0124583
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban Main Western Main South
Distance	21.22 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground Major Interchange
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GAV
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	2 July 1860
Rebuilt	1880 1960
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Harris Park towards Emu Plains or Richmond T1 Western Line Clyde towards Central Merrylands towards Leppington or Campbelltown T2 Inner West & South Line Auburn 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 Line and T2 Inner West & 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 since the opening of the Cumberland line in 1996.

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, about 200 metres west of the station.