Otorohanga railway station serves the town of Ōtorohanga, on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.

[9] Currently passengers need to pre-book services to and from the station [10] Surveying to extend the railway 14 mi 20 ch (22.9 km) from Te Awamutu to Ōtorohanga was started in 1883 by Charles Wilson Hursthouse.

[17] Coates & Metcalfe were the contractors for the 11 mi 41 ch (18.5 km) extension of the NIMT, from Ōtorohanga to Te Kuiti.

[23] The station is managed by KiwiRail who operate the Northern Explorer three times a week in each direction between Wellington and The Strand.

[27] As shown in the table and graph below, passenger numbers peaked during World War 2 - In 1890 Ellis & Burnand had sought tenders for a tramway to bring timber to their mill[28] and it was mentioned as flooded in 1892.

[29] The 1919 Railways Authorisation Bill included a, "branch line from Otorohanga, along right bank of the Waipa River, to the south boundary of Block VI, Mangaoronga survey district.

"[30] The Railway Atlas indicates the line was horse worked,[24] served the Ellis and Burnand Mill (open 1889–1912),[31] as well as the colliery, and existed by 1921.