Tuesday 3 December 2013


 
GRANVILLE RAIL DISASTER


 
 
On 18 January 1977, a passenger train left Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains for Sydney. Whilst negotiating a left hand curve 250 m west of the Granville Railway Station, the train derailed causing it to collide with the northern trestle supporting the Bold Street Bridge. The bridge collapsed on the train, destroying one carriage and crushing two others.
 
A case study can be found on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub along with images from the Blue Mountains City Library.
 
 
Further information can be found on the following websites:
 
 

If you want to know more about railway disasters in Australia the library has a number of books which can be borrowed by members.  To join the library or to find out more, search the library catalogue.
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
Journal articles can also be requested from the library by members by filling in the request form
 

  • Carroll, B 1983, ‘Train crashes into bridge at Granville, 1977: great Australian disasters’, Be Aware, Issue 12, pp.4-5.

  • Christopher, PJ & Selig, M 1978, ‘Medical aspects of the Granville rail disaster’, Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.2 No.12, pp.383-386.

  • Down, S 1983, ‘A retrospective view of the Granville rail disaster’, The Australian Clinical Psychology, November, pp.33-39.

  • Harriet, K 2002, ‘Granville train disaster: 25 years later’, Australian Police Journal, Vol.56 No.4, pp.264-265.

  • Johnston, L 1998, ‘Grief on the line’, The Bulletin, Vol.117 No.6136, pp.64-65.

  • Keavney, K, Balderston, D, Moffit, I, O’Grady, S, Armstrong, D, & Saw, R 1977, ‘Anatomy of a tragedy’, The Bulletin, Vol.99 No.5042, pp.16-25.

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