 Although there has not been a passenger rail service since 1993, the Victorian Labor Government promised to return the service in 1999.Agitation for a railway to Mildura commenced as far back as 1888, but it was not until 1898 that the Victorian Parliament recommended the extension of the Ultima line to Mildura, however this was overturned and the line Woomelang extended north instead.The turning of the first sod at the station site was held in November 1901, by October 1903 rails had been laid up to Mildura, the official opening
being on 13 November.