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The Day of the Roses is a docu-drama that looks at the events of 18 January 1977, when a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge in the suburb of Granville. The force of the impact crushed part of the train, killing eighty-three passengers and injuring a further two hundred. The narrative follows the coronial inquiry into the crash, using flashbacks to tell the stories of particular people and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.
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Awards
- 1999 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie
- 1999 Winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Screenplay in a Television Drama
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- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1977
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