Special-purpose railway stations in the United Kingdom

Currently open stations:

• Redcar British Steel – was built to serve the nearby the Teesside Steelworks site.
• IBM – 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.
• Lympstone Commando – is used for visitors to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre and is not open to the general public.
• Manchester United Football Ground – built outside of the Old Trafford stadium and is only open on match days.
• Smallbrook Junction – was 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.
• Kempton Park – Serves the Kempton Park Racecourse which it gets its name from.
• Singer - was built to serve the Singer's sewing machine factory which now no longer exists but keeps its name.

Former stations:

• Boothferry Park Halt – served Boothferry Park football stadium, Hull but closed in 1986.
• Filey Holiday Camp – served the holiday camp in Filey but closed in 1977 due to more people using cars.
• Meadowbank Stadium – opened to serve the Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh but closed in 1998.
• Ramsline Halt – served the Baseball Ground, Derby but closed when Derby Country to a new stadium and closed in 1997.
• Rowntree Halt – opened for the workers who worked at the Rowntrees Factory in York but closed in 1988.
• Watford Stadium Halt – served the home stadium of Watford F.C., was only open on match days, saw its last train in 1996 (when a road widening scheme severed the line) and was officially closed in 2003.
• Weymouth Quay – closed in 1987.