 Standard gauge rail services from Sydney came with the extension of the Main Southern line to Cootamundra and Junee in 1878 and the construction of the Murrumbidgee River Railway Bridge in 1881 allowed the line to be extended past Wagga Wagga to Henty and Albury later that year . A branch line was constructed to Temora in 1893 and extended to <unk> in 1908 , Griffith in 1916 and Hillston in 1923 . Further south , a branch line was completed from Junee to Narrandera in 1881 and extended to Hay by 1882 . Another branch pushed south from Narrandera toward the Victorian border reaching Jerilderie in 1884 and the Murray at Tocumwal in 1898 . 
