In 1977, a commuter train from the Blue Mountains, destined for Sydney central station would derail just before Granville Station, causing a bridge to collapse and crush many aboard. It remains Australia's worst ever rail disaster that was predicted by 11 engineering department heads just a year earlier. We look at how management decisions led to a completely avoidable disaster.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced
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Granville rail disaster
The Day of the Roses
Public Transport Commission of NSW
Granville Train Disaster (Archive.org)
Turnouts
CityRail
Australia’s worst rail disaster
The Granville Train Disaster Association
Revisiting the Granville Train Disaster of 1977: Barry Gobbe
Remembering the Day of the Roses
Wheel was covered up (Archive.org)
45 years since Granville Train Disaster
Granville Train Disaster Memorial Garden
The rail disaster that changed Australia
Mixed response as NSW Government apologises for Australia’s worst train disaster
Granville Railway Disaster
Granville train disaster: victims speak out

Formal Investigation Extracts:

Formal Investigation State Records Authority
Report on the formal investigation
Formal Investigation extract: Research Data
Research Data Australia Search

Informal Investigations:

Permanent Way Institution Granville Search
Granville: The Untold Story
The Granville Train Disaster
The Granville Disaster

Video:

Granville Train Disaster Documentary (Video)

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