The station was built for, and only ever handled, patrons for the Hutt Park Raceway who arrived on special race trains from Wellington.
Facilities initially provided included a 400 feet (120 m) long platform, a siding, and a small ticket office.
Several complaints were made over the years about the inadequacy of these facilities, with one such missive in 1895 noting that the platform was in poor shape, a barrier on the pipe bridge was required to control the flow of passengers from the racecourse on to the platform, another siding with a 40 vehicle capacity was required to handle additional traffic, and the ticket office was not suitable.
This would have involved the construction of a new Hutt Park station at the terminus, including two loop sidings; a barricade; fencing; entrance gates; ticket office; and a 600 feet (180 m) long platform.
By September 1904 the racing club had abandoned all attempts to improve rail access to Hutt Park Raceway and was actively seeking to establish a new racecourse at Trentham.