[1][2] The station was rebuilt in 1910, opening on 10 September 1911,[3] and closed to passengers on 14 March 1983.

[5] In 2020 reopening of the platform was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, at an estimated cost of $15m.

[14] The stockyards were sold in 1974 and Tuakau closed to passengers and all goods traffic, except in wagon lots, on 14 March 1983.

By then there was an island platform, station building, footbridge, low-level loading bank, fitter's shed and New Zealand Co-op Dairy Co's siding at the north end.

[4] Passenger numbers reached a peak during the Second World War, as shown in the graph and table below.