[11] South African-born artist Sonnett Olls opened an art gallery in Lichfield in 2019.

[13] In 1884 Lichfield was planned as a city of 8,000 people, on over 700 lots, at the centre of 80,000 ha (200,000 acres), purchased from Ngāti Raukawa by the speculative Patetere Land Association.

[26] The Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway directors inspected the route and stayed at Lichfield in October 1883.

[24][28] In the early 1900s the Taupo Totara Timber Company (TTT) acquired bush blocks north and north-west of Lake Taupō and erected a sawmill at Mokai.

The NZ Government purchased a 19 miles (31 km) section of the TTT Railway, from Putāruru to the "19-Mile Peg", near the present-day location of the Kinleith Paper Mill south of Tokoroa.

[39] This section of railway was reconstructed under a NZ Government scheme for development of the Waikato River basin and surrounding areas.

By 1949 Lichfield was again a terminus of the line, with a shelter shed (16ft x 10ft), a (20ft x 16ft) prefabricated army building from Claudelands, used as temporary office accommodation, and a passing loop for 64 wagons.

[24] There was again speculation that Lichfield would grow[42] and, from Monday 12 June 1950, the station reopened for parcels and goods.

[24] The tramway to the south was straightened[43][44] and by 12 November 1951 the line was sufficiently ballasted to allow trains to run at 15 mph (24 km/h).