[10] A Māori petition for a platform at 3 Mile Bush on the Foxton Branch was presented on 7 August 1876.

[12] The station reopened with conversion of the wooden tramway to a railway on 20 October 1876,[9] though Awapuni wasn't shown in the timetable when services through to Whanganui began in 1878.

[15] The platform was too short for Wellington trains, leading to complaints that some coaches stopped over the stream bridge.

[10] The club agreed to it in 1904[18] and it was completed by the end of that year to allow passenger and goods trains to serve the course,[19] though without a platform.

[20] On race days trains stopped at the main station, or ran along the siding to serve race-goers.