[9] Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926.

[10] Taringamotu Totara Sawmills' private siding was 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) south of the station.

[11] Passenger numbers rose rapidly until 1916, as shown in the table and graph below – Taringamotu closed to all traffic from 16 April 1972.

In October 1905 a letter from 22 Māori farmers between Taumarunui and Taringamotu complained of the agreement to do so being broken, saying, "Fifteen horses have been killed, eight cows, and five pigs".

[19][20] In 2015 the wooden bridge over the Ongarue River was replaced in concrete and mass stabilisation was applied to the nearby embankment.