Tironui railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand, south of Auckland between Takanini railway station and Papakura railway station. It had a station building and a long, high platform. It was opened on 10 May 1926 and closed on 13 August 1983.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "expansive view" for , (tiro=look or view, nui=suffix meaning large).
The railway through Tironui was opened on 20 May 1875, as part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, built by Brogden & Co, who extended it from Penrose.
The passenger station at Tironui opened on 10 May 1926 as a request stop. The opening of the station added 2 minutes to the schedules of Auckland-Papakura trains. Puhinui, Homai and Te Mahia all opened at about the same time as Tironui, to cater for the expansion of Auckland's southern suburbs.
Duplication of the tracks between Papatoetoe and Papakura, through Tironui, started in 1929 as an employment relief scheme and was completed on 29 March 1931.
Electric light was added in 1933.
During World War II the station was used for transport to and from the nearby Papakura Mobilisation Camp, with additional trains run for men going on weekend leave, and special trains run for troop movements. In November 1939, 700 soldiers of the 18th Battalion moved out of Hopuhopu Camp. Travelling by train, they arrived at Tironui Railway Station then marched to the camp.
As part of a scheme for lighting the external roads around the military camp an additional light was added to the station in 1941.
The station closed on 13 August 1983.
The railway through Tironui was electrified in 2015.
A bridge provided access to the station from Tironui Station Road East on one side and Tironui Station Road West on the other. Later it was replaced with a pedestrian level crossing. To improve safety the level crossing was removed in February 2024.
There have been several proposals to create new stations at or near the old Tironui station site in order to provide public transport access to the new Addison residential development and Southgate shopping centre.
In 2007, a proposal was made by the former Papakura District Council to create a new station and park and ride facility (named Glenora) near the old Tironui station, on the other side of Walters road.
In 2012, the Papakura Local Board requested a new station and park and ride be built at Walters Road. This proposal was listed in Auckland Transport's draft land transport plan.
In 2015, Auckland Transport agreed to investigation of a potential station site at Tironui, which could be opened if growth requires it. Auckland Transport confirmed that it does not support the previously proposed Glenora station and recommended that, if an additional rail station is required in the area to meet transport demand and growth, that station should be located at Tironui. Other potential new rail stations looked at were PaerÃÂtÃÂ, Drury and Drury West.