Granville rail disaster

When

18 Jan 1977

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

33.83° S, 151.01° E

Description

Australian most-deadly rail disaster

Deaths

83

Injured

213

1977 train derailment in Australia

On Tuesday, 18 January 1977 at Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a crowded commuter train led by a 46 class locomotive derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages.

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