Boothferry Park Halt railway station

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
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
6 January 1951	Opened
1986	closed
Location

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.

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 39. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "A History of Boothferry Park". The Tigers Official Website. Hull City A.F.C. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
3. "Boothferry Park Hull City". Old Football Grounds. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
4. Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In East Yorkshire Volume Two. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 82. ISBN   1-871944-12-0.