Surveyed in 1899,[10] the line went from Kalgoorlie station.[11] The platform linking to the line was at the east end and on the south side of the main platform.
Due to costs and passenger decline, in 1920, some of the stations listed below were reduced in status by ceasing to be booking stations: Hannan Street, Golden Gate, Brown Hill and Trafagar.[12] In 1921, fares increased.[13] In 1930, the passenger service was closed.[14][15]
The platform was the longest in Western Australia, 527 m[19]
It was eclipsed by the new East Perth Terminal platform, built for the 1969-70 extension of standard gauge into Perth.[20] At each end of the main platform are bay platforms; the three to the east (adjacent to the former water tank and signal box) were where Boulder loop line passenger services arrived, and the western one is where the current Prospector services terminate. The eastern bays were converted to standard gauge for Trans-Australia Railway, prior to the extension of the standard gauge line to Perth.
Location and commemorations
Due to it being the western terminus of the Trans-Australian Railway, the station has been the location of a number of commemorations and ceremonies from the opening of that railway in 1917 and since.[21]
^David Paton Printing; Golden Mile Loopline Railway Society; Eastern Goldfields Historical Society (W.A.) (1983), Historical notes and commentary on the Golden Mile Loop Line Railway, D. Paton Printing, ISBN978-0-9591843-0-3
^"BOULDER-BROWNHILL RAILWAY LOOP". The Daily News. Vol. XXXX, no. 14, 512. Western Australia. 15 September 1921. p. 5 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MINES LOOP LINE". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 36, no. 9575. Western Australia. 1 August 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MINES LOOP LINE". Western Argus. Vol. 36, no. 2096. Western Australia. 5 August 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Brown Hill Loop Line". Western Mail. Vol. XVII, no. 847. Western Australia. 22 March 1902. p. 34. Retrieved 27 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.