Boothferry Park Halt railway station

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Boothferry Park Halt
General information
Location Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°44′30″N0°23′13″W / 53.7416°N 0.3870°W / 53.7416; -0.3870
Grid reference TA063284
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
6 January 1951Opened
1986closed

Boothferry Park Halt railway station opened on 6 January 1951 [1] [2] on an embankment of the former Hull and Barnsley Railway to serve the Boothferry Park football stadium which had opened in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire in August 1946. [2]

The station was first used for a match against Everton when six trains ran the football service between Hull Paragon and Boothferry Park. The station closed in 1986 for safety reasons. [3]

The station was a single platform, 200 yards (180 m) long. [4] It was removed in October 2007 by Network Rail during engineering work. [3]

Boothferry Park Halt railway station was one of several in England built to provide a dedicated match-day service to a football ground; others included Manchester United Football Ground, Watford Stadium Halt, Ramsline Halt in Derby, and the first Wembley Stadium station.

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References

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