The replacement Type B station was designed by the notable NZR architect George Troup, and opened in February 1911.

The signalling was upgraded, all train detection is now by axle-counters, and new 50 kg/m rails and composite (plastic) sleepers used beneath the yard turnouts.

[9] There is currently a campaign to extend the electrified commuter services to Ōtaki, following the extension of the electrification of the Kapiti Line from Paraparaumu to Waikanae.

[10] However, extension of electrification north to Ōtaki was removed from official long-term rail improvement plans in 2014.

[12] This could be a "final nail in the coffin" for the under threat Capital Connection service from Wellington to Palmerston North, which also stops at Ōtaki.

[13] The railway crosses the Ōtaki River on a 19-span,[14] 293 m (961 ft)[15] steel girder bridge,[16] about 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the station.