Openned : 1888                  
Original Name : Newcastle                
Station History :In 1888, a branch line from Clackline to Newcastle was opened, this now meant Newcastle was connected to a
railway grid that could reach places such as Perth, Fremantle, Northam, Beverley, York and Midland Junction. In the future the branch
line to Toodyay would be extened to Bolgart, Calingiri, Piawanning, Bindi Bindi and eventually terminate at Milling. Toodyay's original
station was simular in shape to the one in the photo above, however, it had a verandah extending out to the edge of the platform and it was
a little bigger, it was situated on the eastern end of town,  on the town side of the tracks (a photo of the original station is below).

With the construction of the new duel gauge line, from Northam through the Avon Valley to Midland, Tooday was in the midst of great
change, for around nearly 80 years, the only way into Tooday by train was by Clackline and now a bigger and better line was being
cut right thought hills and following the Avon Valley from Northam to Tooday and then it continued down the beautiful Avon Valley.
The line from Clackline remained in place only till, the new dual gauge line had been completed, on the edge of town, there was the
crossing of both lines, at 90 degrees, this was removed along with the old station and yard. Today, the area where the yard once was
is still empty, the route of the old Clackline line can still be seen, as the railways embankments are still evident, you can even see where
both lines crossed, as you cross the bridge over the dual gauge line east of town. About 5kms from town along Toodyay Road, between
the Clackline turn off and Toodyay, on the Northam side of the road you can see an old large wooden bridge, still intact, this is Harper's
Brook Bridge also travelling to Clackline along the Clackline Road, again you can see the embankments of the track from the road.

Today Toodyay, is serviced a few times a day, by the Prospector (Perth to Kalgoorlie), and the Avon Link (Midland to Northam),
the Indian Pacific also passes through here on it's way to the Eastern States or Perth, along with many goods trains, using the only railway
route from the inland of Western Australia to the Ports of  Fremantle, Kwinana and Bunbury.

(Thanks to Roderick Smith for his photo of Old Toodyay Station)

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