the town is located on the south gippsland highway which links leongatha to melbourne. leongatha was formerly situated along the south gippsland railway corridor that operated to its terminus at yarram in the early 1980s and leongatha in the mid 1990s. a v/line road coach service replaced the rail service on 24 july 1993, running between melbourne and yarram. however, since the closure of the south gippsland rail line with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between nyora and leongatha by the kennett victorian government on 14 december 1994. the south and west gippsland transport group represented by the local council are campaigning for the passenger and freight rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at cranbourne by the 2020s. the line beyond leongatha is being used as a rail trail for public use and also the former wonthaggi line. the dandenong to cranbourne section is being used by metro trains while the section beyond cranbourne - nyora is in an unusable state for trains to operate.