Newton for Hyde railway station

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7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern Trains. [1] The station unusually features both a covered subway underneath the platforms and a larger viaduct tunnel accessible from both sides, meaning there are 2 ways to cross platforms underground. The eastern side of the station containing these passageways is raised on the viaduct. [2]

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History

The station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway as "Newton and Hyde" in 1841, however the station signage referred to the station as "Newton". Trains originally ran from Manchester [3] to Sheffield [4] on the Woodhead Line, with a rail yard immediately to the south bounded by Sheffield Road, the remains of a covered shed being visible on the Westbound platform. [5] The line was electrified in 1953 and closed to passengers between Hadfield and Penistone in 1970. [6] Following the privatisation of train services in 1997, the route was operated by First North Western until 2004 and then Northern Rail, [7] whose franchise was extended until February 2016. [8] Services were taken over by and ran Northern from April 2016 to February 2020. Services are now run by Northern Trains who took over running services in March 2020. The official name on tickets is "Newton for Hyde" to avoid confusion with Newton (South Lanarkshire) and from July 2007 new signage was installed with the legend 'Newton For Hyde'.

Facilities

The station has a main building and staffed ticket office at street level - this is staffed six days per week on a part-time basis (morning and early afternoons only, like several others on the route such as Broadbottom). Waiting shelters, CIS displays, timetable information posters and bench seating are provided at platform level. The subway linking the platforms and ticket hall has steps, but level access is possible to the eastbound platform only via Danby Road. [9]

Services

There is generally a half-hourly daily service Monday to Sunday daytimes to Manchester Piccadilly westbound and Hadfield eastbound with additional weekday peak extras and an hourly evening service in each direction. Early morning, late evening and rush hour services start or terminate at Glossop. [10]

A half-hourly service operates on Sundays.

Buses do not run directly to or from the station, but the 346 bus (from Ashton-Under-Lyne to Hyde) runs 100m north-east of the westbound platforms. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Newton for Hyde". www.nationalrail.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Newton for Hyde Station Plan". National Rail.
  3. ↑ "The Road to Woodhead". www.railwayarchive.org.uk.
  4. ↑ "Onwards to Sheffield!". www.railwayarchive.org.uk.
  5. ↑ "1888 OS map". National Library of Scotland.
  6. ↑ Kate Weir (17 November 2013). "Woodhead rail line campaigners welcome move to seal up tunnels". men.
  7. ↑ "Northern Franchise Agreement" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. 18 October 2004.
  8. ↑ Neil Hodgson (27 March 2014). "Serco and Abellio sign 22 month extension to Northern Rail franchise - Liverpool Echo". liverpoolecho.
  9. ↑ Newton For Hyde station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 March 2017
  10. ↑ Table 79 National Rail timetable, December 2016
  11. ↑ "Newton For Hyde Station - Onward Travel Information" (PDF). National Rail. October 2021.
Newton for Hyde
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General information
Location Hyde, Tameside
England
Coordinates 53°27′25″N2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°W / 53.457; -2.067 Coordinates: 53°27′25″N2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°W / 53.457; -2.067
Grid reference SJ956955
Managed by Northern Trains
Transit authority Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNWN
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
17 November 1841 (1841-11-17)Opened as Newton and Hyde
1 March 1858Renamed Newton for Hyde
Passengers
2017/18Decrease2.svg 0.176 million
Preceding station  National Rail logo.svg National Rail  Following station
Northern Trains
Glossop Line
Historical railways
Line and station open
 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Line open, station closed
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