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]

Boothferry Park Halt
General information
Location	Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	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

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.