The line to Pinkenba opened on 1 April 1897. During
World War I (1914–1918) and
World War II (1939–1945), troop camps were located in the area because of deep berthing available to ships at Pinkenba on the mouth of the Brisbane River. Passenger ships of the
Orient Steam Navigation Company—later
P&O—used the Pinkenba wharf, and special trains ran from Brisbane. The station mistress was withdrawn and the station closed in 1930, as an economic measure brought on by the
Great Depression. Following protests to Railways Commissioner Davidson by local residents and workers, the station was reopened in 1931 as an unattended gate. The HMS Nabreekie
Mobile Naval Air Base and a large army camp defence storage and warehouse facility were located near Meeandah railway station during World War II; the army camp remains today as the
Damascus Barracks. In 1988, part of the Pinkenba line was electrified, but only as far as
Eagle Farm station.
Diesel-hauled passenger services, using stainless steel carriages, operated an infrequent passenger service to Pinkenba, including Meeandah. All passenger services on the line were suspended on 27 September 1993 by the
Goss Labor government, as part of its
rationalisation of the state rail network, involving the closure or suspension of services of unprofitable and underutilised rail lines. ==Current status==