On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to Robbs Jetty.
[1] Initially the line was only served by freight trains; a passenger service began in 1913.
A large dual gauge marshalling yard with a four-storey signal box tower was built by the Western Australian Government Railways in the 1960s as part of the standard gauge project from Kalgoorlie to Leighton to serve local industries.
With the closure of the power station in 1985 and the abattoir 1992, the yard was decommissioned and lifted.
This article about a railway station in Western Australia is a stub.