[1][2] The siding was eventually closed in 1984 while the railway line passing through it remains operational.

[3][4][5] The unusual nature of the siding, with the shire border running through it, had unintended effects in 1962.

The latter was eventually found as lawful as the grain loading facilities were in the Shire of Northam.

The member for the electoral district of Avon, Harry Griffiths, bitterly complained in 1925 about the lack of action on constructing the line, which had been proposed since 1908.

[13] Griffiths again raised the issue in parliament in 1930, and again was disappointed by the lack of action on the railway.