[3] The line was to be the first part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.

In 1914 the goods shed was moved to the other side of the line and in 1939 Marlborough Street level crossing was closed and the station yard was altered.

In 1974 a hand crane was donated to the Museum of Transport & Technology,[1] which also took kauri planks from the closed station at about the same time.

[4] After closure in 1980, the goods shed was used as a workshop and storage area for a railway bridge gang, until vandalism and burglary brought about its demolition in 1981.

[1] Traffic grew as shown in the graph and table below.In 2020, reopening of the station was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, at an estimated cost of $10m.