Narrow gauge route The former narrow gauge route of the
Eastern Goldfields Railway reached Southern Cross on 1 July 1894, and the Southern Cross to Coolgardie narrow gauge railway (via Boorabbin) was closed 29 November 1971. The
Wyalkatchem to Southern Cross railway line, initially to
Bullfinch from 1911, was opened in its full length in 1929. In 1933, the
Southern Cross Southwards Railway Act 1933 authorised the construction of of
railway line south of Southern Cross, which would have taken the railway into the area of
Marvel Loch, which was surveyed but not constructed. In 1932 the
Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two
grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. The
Railways (Cue-Big Bell and other Railways) Discontinuance Act 1960, assented to on 12 December 1960, authorised the official closure of 13 railway lines in Western Australia, among them the Southern Cross to
Mukinbudin section of the railway to
Wyalkatchem.
Standard gauge route Southern Cross railway station is on the
standard gauge railway from
Perth to
Kalgoorlie. The construction and opening of the line from Perth was completed on 1 May 1967, and the connection to Kalgoorlie via
Koolyanobbing was completed by 4 November 1968.
Transwa's
The Prospector services the town. == See also ==