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 Stretford, Greater Manchester. It is on the southern Liverpool Lime Street-Manchester Piccadilly railway line, between Deansgate and Trafford Park.

Manchester United Football Ground
The station, next to Old Trafford football stadium
General information
Location	Old Trafford, Manchester, Trafford England
Coordinates	53.4621°N 2.2914°W / 53.4621; -2.2914
Grid reference	SJ806961
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Services suspended
Station code	MUF
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1935	Opened
2018	Services suspended[1]

Since 2018, matchday services to and from the station do not operate at the request of the club due to health and safety concerns.[1][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]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manchester United Football Ground railway station.

• Train times and station information for Manchester United Football Ground railway station from National Rail
• Northern Rail Network Map (with MUF on)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		Northern Trains Manchester U. F. G. - Piccadilly (Match days only) (Service suspended)		Deansgate