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Consideration was given as early as 1895 to extending the railway over the Hutt River to near the entrance of Hutt Park
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held up to ten meetings per racing season, with two trains being run each way to each of these meetings. After the arrival of the first train on a race day it was shunted into a siding at the station to allow for the second train to use the platform.
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in 1904 over the fares being levied by the railway company and a move by the
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