This article lists special-purpose railway stations, i.e. those which meet one or more of these criteria: cannot be accessed by the public from the street; can only be accessed from private land; can only be accessed by appointment; only serve a particular venue, such as a factory, harbour or stadium; or are not listed in the public timetable, or provide service on event-days only. It also lists closed stations that satisfied one or more of these criteria when open, and stations which at some point in their history satisfied one or more of the criteria.
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Station Open? Year of closure Always/still special purpose? CriteriaIn the case of a station which was at some point special-purpose, but is not now (or was not at some point in its life), the criteria refer to when the station was special-purpose. Notes Citation No public access? Private land? Appointment only? One venue only? Omitted from timetable/event day service?CURRENT DEFAULT ORDER: open stations before closed ones, and alphabetically within each group If adding a new row, remember to update the "rowspan" at the start of the open/closed section --> rowspan=5 rowspan=5 Possibly, until public opening Initially opened for exclusive use of Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath Serves Kempton Park Racecourse. Has had a regular service since 2006. Used for visitors to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre. The station is owned by Network Rail and has been accessible to the public since the creation of a walking and cycling path between the station and training centre. Built to serve the Singer's sewing machine factory which now no longer exists but keeps its name. Now has a regular service. Built as a connection to two railways with no actual entrance to the station. This is the only station in the UK that has been built for this purpose. rowspan=27 1962 Built to serve Aintree Racecourse 1989 Served the Wellworthy works near Lymington, Hampshire Angling Club Cottage Platform 1940's 1966 Built to serve the ICI Nobel Explosives Factory in Stevenston, North Ayrshire. Platforms still exist. 1967 Built to serve the former Bogside Racecourse in Irvine, and also Bogside Golf Club 1986 Served Boothferry Park football stadium, Hull 1994 Closed when the channel tunnel opened 1977 Closed due to more people using cars 2001 Line officially closed in 2014 2018 Opened to serve a large facility owned by IBM that employed 4,000 at the time of opening but today much of the site has been sold off to other companies. 2018 Built outside of the Old Trafford stadium and was only open on match days. Service suspended since 2018 1998 Opened to serve the Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh 1989 Built to serve the Humber Cement Works Disused stations Melton Halt Disused Stations 2006 Served the Ferry Terminal but closed due to more people using cars and the closeness of Newhaven Harbour station. Officially closed 2020. 1981 Was built to serve the ferry service over the Humber to Hull. Closed when the Humber bridge opened and the ferry service ceased. 1948 Opened for military use in 1911 and public use in 1921 Disused stations PURFLEET RIFLE RANGE Disused stations 1997 Served the Baseball Ground, Derby but closed when Derby County F.C. moved to a new stadium 2019 Built to serve the nearby Teesside Steelworks site. Services suspended in 2019. 1988 Opened for the workers who worked at the Rowntree's factory in York. Officially closed in 1989. 1948 Built to serve the Ruddington Ordnance & Supply Depot 1993 Served the Rolls-Royce factory at Derby. Not officially closed until 1998, with a replacement taxi service being provided in the interim. 2022 Built to serve Stanlow Oil Refinery. Service has been suspended since February 2022 1968 "The Silverwood Branch" by Geoff Royston and Roger Milnes. Forward, the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, No.84, November 1991. 1992 1996 Lost its regular service in 1956 but continued to be served by football specials until 1996 1996 Served Vicarage Road, the home stadium of Watford F.C., was only open on match days, saw its last train when a road widening scheme severed the line, and was officially closed in 2003 1987 Visited by one-off charter service in 1999
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