Runciman railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand,[1][2] serving an area which had been sold by James Runciman in 1864, with plots near the proposed railway gaining higher prices.

It was initially planned that the terminal of the Auckland and Drury Railway would be north-east of the settlement,[5] but a longstanding offer of Runciman's land was still open in 1864 and it was built there instead.

[10] Possibly the delay was due to threats to blockade the line to force trains to stop at Runciman.

[11] Drury became a crossing point for trains on the official opening to Mercer on 20 May 1875.

Work then began to replace the crossing with a bridge, ease the gradient and build a new Drury station between Runciman and Drury,[18] despite a protest petition[19] about the move a few chains away.