The main eastern railway connected with Northam to the west, and to Southern Cross to the east.

The narrow gauge lines that connected with Merredin were: When the main eastern railway line was converted to standard gauge in the late 1960s, a new station was built diagonally opposite.

[7][8] Rail Express website reported that the high level platform was complete in October 2024.

[9] Due to the wheat silos, and the number of lines running into Merredin, the area to the west of the railway station was taken up with the marshalling yards.

[12][13] The Indian Pacific also passes here, running once a week each way between East Perth and Sydney Central, but does not stop at the station.