Ōwhango was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand. It served the village of Ōwhango, which lay to the north of the station. It was 5.64 km (3.50 mi) north of Oio and 9.11 km (5.66 mi) south of Kakahi. The Public Works Department transferred the station to NZ Railways on 9 November 1908, though bush had been felled along the railway route in 1904, by March 1905 a station yard was being formed and by August 1905 it was the railhead, with track laid 4 mi (6.4 km) beyond to the south.
Ōwhango railway station about 1910
Ōwhango in 1958, before the 1908 building was burnt in the 1965 fire
Ōwhango railway station in 1975
Ōwhango is a small town in New Zealand situated about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Taumarunui on State Highway 4 (SH4), and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the Whakapapa River, a tributary of the nascent Whanganui River.
The old Owhango Post Office c. 1919
Latitude 39 degrees south sign in Ōwhango, looking north, September 2019
Owhango school, with a roll of 64 as at February 2024.