The railway to

Stony Crossing, New South Wales Stony Crossing is a locality in the south western part of the Riverina on the south bank of the Wakool River. By road, it is about south east from Kyalite Kyalite is a locality on the Wakool River in the Riverina district of the Australian s ...

, was sanctioned as part of the

Border Railways Act 1922 The 1922 Border Railways Acts, were Acts passed by the Parliaments of both Victoria and New South Wales, which authorised the construction of cross border railways in the Riverina region of Australia. Despite being located in New South Wales, t ...

. It was often referred to as the Gonn Crossing to Stony Crossing railway, although it originated at Kerang, Victoria and served

Murrabit Murrabit is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. It is on the Murray River, from the state capital, Melbourne and from Swan Hill. Murrabit is in the Shire of Gannawarra local government area and at the , Murrabit and the surrounding ar ...

, before running into New South Wales at Gonn Crossing on the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest ...

. The first section to Murrabit was opened in December 1924. The combined rail/road bridge at Gonn Crossing was opened on 1 July 1926, and the complete railway to Stony Crossing was opened on 16 March 1928. Initially, there were three trains per week to Murrabit, with one continuing to Stony Crossing. Services were suspended between Murrabit and Stony Crossing in 1943. On 20 April 1961, a steam locomotive had an accident on a small bridge between Kerang and Murrabit, and as a result services to between Kerang and Murrabit were suspended. The railway was closed on 20 December 1961.

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{{Victorian Railway Lines, branch Closed regional railway lines in New South Wales Railway lines in Victoria (Australia) Railway lines opened in 1928 1928 establishments in Australia Railway lines closed in 1961 1961 disestablishments in Australia

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