Turangarere was a flag station[2] on the North Island Main Trunk line,[3] in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, in the Hautapu River valley.

[1] The station was on a horseshoe curve, formed to avoid an even steeper gradient, by adding about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the route.

[11] The line to the tunnel entrance to the south was in place by August 1906.

[8] [14] Turangarere Bridge has five 44 ft (13 m) spans to cross the Hautapu.

[16] In 1905 Gardner and Sons had cutting-rights over a considerable area of kahikatea, rimu, matai, and totara.