Loongana is a former railway town on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia.
It was built by the Commonwealth Railways to accommodate maintenance staff and their families on the Trans-Australian Railway that opened in 1917.The Trans-Australian Railway Railway Gazette 7 January 1921 pages 15-19 The town was dependent on the Tea & Sugar for the delivery of supplies until 1996 when the train was withdrawn.Australia's longest delivery service Network February 1973 page 4Tea & Sugar bites the dust Railway Digest October 1996 page 21
The area was formerly the site of a lime mine and processing plant.
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