[1][2][3] It was part of the 13+1⁄2 mi (21.7 km) Mangaweka to Taihape section, officially opened by the Prime Minister, Richard Seddon, on 21 November 1904.

[10] Tenders were put out in August 1903, track had been laid as far as Toi Toi Viaduct by February 1904[11] and the 7 mi 75 ch (12.8 km) extension from Mangaweka to Utiku opened for goods traffic on Friday, 27 May 1904.

[9] On Saturday, 10 September 1904 Utiku opened for passengers[12] as a flag station, with a shelter shed and platform.

Three days later a contract was let to Russell & Bignell of Whanganui for £1203.5s to build the station, which was ready by 21 February 1905.

[9] Utiku was important enough to have annual returns of its traffic recorded, as was Taihape to the north and Hunterville to the south.

[15] On 31 January 1982 the station closed to all but Ravensdown fertiliser in wagon lots and to that on 31 October 1986.

[35] Perham & Larsen also had a mill north of the station,[36] until they moved to Rangataua in 1909,[37] and they and Manawatu Timber Co both had sidings in 1906.

[22] A freight train derailed in 2006 on the crossing loop, due to stiff couplings.