Te Awamutu was a temporary terminus, serving the border town of Te Awamutu, on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) in New Zealand from 1880, when the line was extended from Ōhaupō,[3] until 1887, when the line was extended south to Ōtorohanga.

A public meeting in 1878 supported a town centre site,[6] but 6 months later, Goodfellow's paddock was chosen.

[7] Sir George Grey claimed that the station was so far from the town due to opposition from local residents,[8] though another source described them as, "interested landed proprietors".

[10] The line was opened on Thursday, 1 July 1880,[14] initially with one train a day,[15] after £352 had been spent moving Ōhaupō's engine shed and building cattle pens.

[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.

[4][10][19] By 1884 Te Awamutu had a 4th class station, platform, cart approach, a 100 ft (30 m) x 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, water service, coal accommodation, engine shed, stationmaster's house, urinals and a passing loop for 37 wagons (extended to 55 by 1911 and 71 by 1980).