Boothferry Park Halt railway station explained

Boothferry Park Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.7416°N -0.387°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:North Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:6 January 1951
Events:Opened
Years1:1986
Events1:closed

Boothferry Park Halt railway station opened on 6 January 1951[1] 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.

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.[2]

The station was a single platform, 200yd long.[3] It was removed in October 2007 by Network Rail during engineering work.[2]

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,, in Derby, and the first Wembley Stadium station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A History of Boothferry Park. https://web.archive.org/web/20100213125529/http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/BoothferryPark/0%2C%2C10338%2C00.html. 13 February 2010. 27 May 2010. The Tigers Official Website. Hull City A.F.C.. 9 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Boothferry Park Hull City. https://web.archive.org/web/20090627090741/http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/boothferry_park_hull.htm. 27 June 2009. Old Football Grounds. 9 January 2011.
  3. Book: Bairstow, Martin. Railways In East Yorkshire Volume Two. 1995. Martin Bairstow. Halifax. 1-871944-12-0. 82.