Kalgoorlie railway station is located at 374m 78 c on the main East-West rail corridor across Australia, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Establishment
Construction of the railway station and yard was in the late 1890s following the connection from Perth in January 1897. The station was formally opened by the then Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gerard Smith KCMG, at a ceremony held on the station platform on 8 September 1896.
In the early stages of the development of railways in the Eastern Goldfields it was the junction of the following railways:-
- Kalgoorlie - Boulder. opened 8th November 1897
- Kalgoorlie - Kanowna. opened 15th June 1898
- Kalgoorlie - Menzies. opened 13th February 1899
Platform
The Kalgoorlie railway station has the longest platform in the state of Western Australia
Location and commemorations
Due to it being the western terminus of the Trans-Australian Railway, the station has been the location of a number of commemorations and ceremonies from the opening of that railway in 1917 and since.
Break of gauge
It was once a significant stopping location for the break-of-gauge between the Western Australian Government Railways's narrow gauge Eastern Goldfields Railway and the Trans-Australian Railway towards the Eastern states of Australia.
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