Granville Train Disaster, Bold Street Bridge
Notes: The Granville rail disaster occurred on 18 January 1977 in the Sydney suburb of Granville, Australia, when a crowded commuter train travelling from the Blue Mountains to Sydney Central derailed, running into the supports of the Bold St road bridge which came down onto two of its passenger carriages. Eighty-three people died, more than 210 were injured and 1,300 were affected.
It was the worst rail disaster in Australian history based on loss of life and to this day, many people in the Blue Mountains community bear the scars of the crash.
Format: B&W photograph
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons. If you use this image, please attribute to Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies Collection.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 1472-1
Provenance: BMCC
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_rail_disaster
Catastrophic Crumble: The 1977 Granville (Australia) Derailment - mx-schroeder.medium.com/catastrophic-crumble-the-1977-gra...
Granville: The rail disaster that changed Australia - www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976
Granville Train Disaster, Bold Street Bridge
Notes: The Granville rail disaster occurred on 18 January 1977 in the Sydney suburb of Granville, Australia, when a crowded commuter train travelling from the Blue Mountains to Sydney Central derailed, running into the supports of the Bold St road bridge which came down onto two of its passenger carriages. Eighty-three people died, more than 210 were injured and 1,300 were affected.
It was the worst rail disaster in Australian history based on loss of life and to this day, many people in the Blue Mountains community bear the scars of the crash.
Format: B&W photograph
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons. If you use this image, please attribute to Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies Collection.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 1472-1
Provenance: BMCC
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_rail_disaster
Catastrophic Crumble: The 1977 Granville (Australia) Derailment - mx-schroeder.medium.com/catastrophic-crumble-the-1977-gra...
Granville: The rail disaster that changed Australia - www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976