Manchester United Football Ground railway station
Disused railway station in Greater Manchester, England
53°27′44″N 2°17′29″W / 53.4621°N 2.2914°W / 53.4621; -2.2914
Manchester United Football Ground railway station, often known as the Old Trafford Halt or Manchester United FC Halt,[2] is a railway station adjacent to Old Trafford football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the southern Liverpool Lime Street-Manchester Piccadilly railway line, between Deansgate and Trafford Park.
Since 2018, matchday services to and from the station have not operated at the request of the club due to health and safety concerns.[3]
Layout
The station was constructed by the Cheshire Lines Committee and opened on 21 August 1935. It was provided with one timber-built platform and was served, on match days only, by a shuttle service of steam-hauled trains from Manchester Central railway station. It was initially named United Football Ground, but was renamed Old Trafford Football Ground in early 1936.[4] The date of change to the current name is not known.
Served only on matchdays, the station is directly adjacent to the Old Trafford football stadium and passengers leave the station by the stadium's South Stand. It is one of very few National Rail stations in Great Britain not to be included in the ORR station usage stats.[5]
References
Notes
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 304
- ^ "Manchester Utd Football Gd (MUF) Station Plan". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ Northern [@northernassist] (10 April 2019). "It was seen as a health and safety risk to the club. ^VR" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 237, 178, 154
- ^ "Estimates of Station Usage 2017-18 Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Office of Rail and Road. ORR. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
Bibliography
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Manchester United Football Ground railway station from National Rail
- Northern Rail Network Map (with MUF on)
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