Southern Cross opened as the original terminus of Eastern Goldfields Railway on 1 July 1894. In 1896, the line was extended east to Coolgardie.[1] It became a junction station when a line to Wyalkatchem opened.[2]
The immediate stations north were Corinthian, and Keane to the north, and Ghooli to the east.[3]
When a new standard gauge Eastern Goldfields Railway was built, it bypassed the town. The old narrow gauge line closed in the mid 1970s and the old station was closed and demolished.[2] A new station opened on the standard gauge line on 1 May 1967. To the west of the station lies a yard to serve a grain silo.[4]
The Indian Pacific also passes here, running once or twice a week (depending on the time of year) each way between East Perth and Sydney Central, but does not stop at the station.
^Australia. Army. A.H.Q. Cartographic Company (1943), Southern Cross, Western Australia, reproduced by L.H.Q. Cartographic Coy, retrieved 30 August 2024
