Boothferry Park Halt railway station
Boothferry Park Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°44′30″N 0°23′13″W / 53.7416°N 0.3870°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TA063284 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Eastern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 6 January 1951 | Opened | ||||
| 16 September 1989 | Closed | ||||
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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 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire in August 1946.[2]
The station was first used for an FA Cup third round match between Hull City A.F.C. and Everton F.C. on 6 January 1951, when six trains ran the football service at ten minute intervals between Hull Paragon and Boothferry Park. The first train to arrive at the new station was a LNER Thompson Class B1 numbersd 61080, carrying 595 supporters on the 12:54 service from Hull Paragon.[3]
The station closed for home Hull City supporters in September 1986 due to a lack of funding.[4] Despite it being threatened with closure due to Hull City refusing to pay British Rail for its upkeep, it was kept open for away supporters of clubs known for football hooliganism during 1987 following campaigning that its closure would result in fans causing disorder in Hull city centre.[5][6] The last chartered train for Hull City supporters was for a 1988–89 FA Cup fifth round fixture against Liverpool F.C., while the very last train to run from Boothferry Park Halt was chartered by the police for Leeds United F.C. supporters for a 1989–90 Football League Second Division match on 16 September 1989.[7]
The station was a single platform, 200 yards (180 m) long.[8][9] It was removed in October 2007 by Network Rail during engineering work.[10]
Boothferry Park Halt railway station was the first in England built to provide a dedicated match-day service to a football ground;[3] others included Manchester United Football Ground, Watford Stadium, Ramsline Halt in Derby, and the first Wembley Stadium station. When Boothferry Park was demolished and redeveloped into housing, a street running parallel to the site of the station was named Boothferry Park Halt.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Cheers reserved on City shuttle". Hull Daily Mail. 6 January 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "BR scrap shuttle". Hull Daily Mail. 6 September 1986. p. 17. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Soccer riots feared". Hull Daily Mail. 10 July 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fans: BR bow to reason". Hull Daily Mail. 2 September 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Johnson, Dale (31 August 1996). "Football trains run out of steam". Hull Daily Mail. p. 61. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Boothferry Park Halt should be ready for cuptie". Hull Daily Mail. 3 January 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In East Yorkshire Volume Two. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. p. 82. ISBN 1-871944-12-0.
- ^ "Boothferry Park Hull City". Old Football Grounds. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.