The goods shed has since been demolished with a view of converting the unused railway reservation for a shopping plaza, which has not yet eventuated.

The South Gippsland Shire Council had successfully attained a 18 year lease of the 35 km railway corridor from Leongatha to Nyora.

The reopening the South Gippsland railway line as far as Leongatha is continuing to feature as a prominent issue for the region.

The Transport Users Group was successful campaigning to have passenger rail services reinstated to Leongatha on 9 December 1984.

[6] The promise in 1999 to revive the railway line for freight and passenger services, by the Steve Bracks-led Victorian state Labor government, was abandoned in 2008 by his successor John Brumby.

[8] In early 2014, a report into the extensions of the Melbourne metropolitan rail system identified the population growth corridor from Cranbourne to Koo-Wee-Rup along the disused Leongatha line as a key planning priority.

The current timetable provides for eight coach services daily, four of which continue through to the former railway terminus at Yarram.