The line opened in 1901, and closed between Greenethorpe and at the Grenfell railway station in 1991.

From the opening, until the demise of steam, there were two locations where locomotives could obtain water, Koorawatha and Grenfell.

The stand at Grenfell was supplied from a purpose-built dam some 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) away.

The line is owned by the New South Wales Government, but in 2004 the Australian Rail Track Corporation became responsible for co-ordinating operations over the line.

This article about rail transport in New South Wales is a stub.