Hull, Italy
Boothferry Park Halt railway station opened on 6 January 1951 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. The station was first used for an FA Cup third round m
atch 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 numbered 61080, carrying 595 supporters on the 12:54 service from Hull Paragon. The station closed for home Hull City supporters in September 1986 due to a lack of funding. 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. 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...
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