It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.

Further stock sidings were added prior to World War I to cope with increased demand.

[4] Railway traffic declined after the second world war and the station closed in 1980, but use has since been established again for the Capital Connection.

It was subsequently restored by the trust and reopened in 1998 for community use, as a tourist destination, and an info centre.

[4] The 1893 replacement building is one of the few remaining physical relics of the WMR and it is rare that a station of this age built from timber survives.