the newcastle–bolgart railway was the second stage of the clackline–miling railway. it was opened on 6 december 1909 by the western australian premier newton moore. the line ran between newcastle (now toodyay) and bolgart, western australia. the line came about after community support rallied against the government, who were seen as not approving the rail to reduce the value of the midland railway company land holdings. at a meeting on 6 november 1906 local mla timothy quinlan then speaker of the western australian legislative assembly threatened to resign from the government and join the opposition. the meeting proposed that quinlan should meet with moore and obtain a definitive answer as to whether he would include the line on the schedule of proposed railways.