Boothferry Park Halt railway station
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 one of several in England built to provide a dedicated match-day service to a football ground; others include Manchester United Football Ground (still open), Watford Stadium Halt, Ramsline Halt in Derby, and the first Wembley Stadium station. The station was first used for a match against Everton when six trains ran the football service between Paragon Station, Hull's Paragon railway station and Boothferry Park. The station closed in 1986 for safety reasons.[3]
| Boothferry Park Halt | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Hull |
| Area | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53.7416°N 0.3870°W |
| Grid reference | TA063284 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 6 January 1951 | Opened |
| 1986 | closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
The station was a single platform, 200 yards (180 m) long,[4] that was removed in October 2007 by Network Rail during engineering work.[3]
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- "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.
- "Boothferry Park Hull City". Old Football Grounds. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In East Yorkshire Volume Two. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 82. ISBN 1-871944-12-0.