Te Akeake railway station

Te Akeake railway station, is a station on the Opua Branch in New Zealand. The station, sometimes named Teakeake, opened after an application for a stopping place, 1.5 mi from Taumarere, was made on 7 July 1888. About 1898, after an "application from natives", on 28 December 1893, a shelter shed and platform were built.  It closed on 14 August 1931 and remained closed, when the platform was moved north from 3 mi from Kawakawa,  by about 900 m. The repositioned station reopened in December 2022 as a new terminal for the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway (BoIVR).

Whangae Bridge
An 1883 account described a station being built between the tunnel and the bridge over the Whangae River. It also said the banks were being washed away until stone facings were added to them. From 14 August 1931 Te Akeake was replaced as a flag station by Whangae Bridge, on the other side  of the 264 ft, or 93 yd Opua Tunnel 14, or Whangae Tunnel. Opua Tunnel was closed by a slip in 1936. The station closed on 1 September 1963. For the Cycle Trail a steeply graded bypass has been built around the tunnel.

It was 2 mi from the station it replaced, 1 mi from Opua, 4 mi from Taumarere and 51 mi from Whangārei, had a shelter shed  and was served by the Auckland–Opua Northland Express.

Incidents
In 1964 a man died when a locomotive took a corner too fast and toppled into the water, just south of the tunnel. A temporary siding was built to get the engines out of the creek. The works were still in place in 2018.

On Saturday 26 June 1999, near the same location, a Vintage Railway steam train from Opua to Kawakawa was derailed at low speed when the track spread. The safety report said track maintenance was inadequate.

Cycle trail
Pou Herenga Tai – Twin Coast Cycle Trail opened along the rail line between Kawakawa and Ōpua in 2017.

Taumarere (Long Bridge)-Te Ake Ake closed in 2021 to dig the rails out from under the trail, using $5.59m from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Kawakawa-Ōpua is leased from KiwiRail by BoIVR, which sublet the Ōpua-Taumarere to Far North District Council for the cycle trail until it was ready to extend the railway. The Ōpua-Te Ake Ake section of the trail reopened on 26 December 2022. Cyclists and walkers can use a train for a gold coin donation. A cycle trail alongside the railway is planned, when the line is reopened to Opua.