ON the 36th anniversary of the Granville rail disaster, the rail workers' union is calling on the NSW government to reverse the underfunding of rail maintenance.
A ceremony will be held at Granville town hall on Friday to mark the anniversary of Australia's worst rail disaster, which left 83 dead.
The Sydney-bound train from Mount Victoria derailed and crashed into the Bold Street overpass at Granville in Sydney's west, on January 18, 1977.
Eighty-three people were killed and over 210 were injured after the bridge collapsed and crushed two passenger carriages.
A report into the crash concluded "derailment of some vehicle was almost inevitable so long as the poor condition of the track remained uncorrected".
Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) national secretary, Bob Nanva, on Friday said the lessons of Granville must never be forgotten.
"The Granville rail disaster will live in our memories forever," Mr Nanva said in a statement.
"We must ensure we never see another disaster on the same scale."
Mr Nanva referred to media reports that RailCorp senior executives warned the state government that continued cuts to maintenance funding would jeopardise the safety of the network.
Despite the warning, maintenance funding was cut in real terms in the first year of the O'Farrell government, he said.
"The anniversary of Granville is an appropriate moment for all of us to pause and commemorate the lives of the rail workers and commuters who died," Mr Nanva said.
"It is also an opportunity for the state government to reverse the underfunding of rail maintenance that we have seen in the last few years."
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