The town is the location of a railway junction connecting the
Cootamundra to
Lake Cargelligo railway line (completed to Stockinbingal in 1893) to
Parkes. It provides an alternative route from
Sydney to Parkes to that over the
Blue Mountains, avoiding the steep grades of the Blue Mountains route and is, consequently, the major route for freight between Sydney and
Perth. The route from Cootamundra to Stockinbingal and Parkes is also part of a rail bypass of
Sydney for traffic between
Melbourne and
Brisbane via
Dubbo,
Werris Creek and
Maitland. == Yeo Yeo ==