[4] By July 1876 the rails were in place, linking Palmerston North and Feilding,[5] and ballasting was finished in September.

[7] In 1879 there were plans to link Ashhurst via a 6+1⁄2 mi (10.5 km) line to Bunnythorpe, rather than Palmerston North.

[8] It seems the plan was changed when, in 1881,[9] the Wellington and Manawatu Railway decided on Palmerston North as a terminus.

In 1960 CTC signalling was put in between Bunnythorpe and Longburn and extended to Feilding on 23 August 1964.

[22] By 1969 the sheep yards had been removed and on 6 December 1981 Bunnythorpe closed to all, except private siding traffic.

[21] KiwiRail started the formal planning process in October 2020 for a freight hub, just south of Bunnythorpe.