Newton for Hyde railway station

Newton for Hyde National Rail
Location
Place Hyde
Local authority Tameside
Coordinates 53°27′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°W / 53.457; -2.067Coordinates: 53°27′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°W / 53.457; -2.067
Grid reference SJ956955
Operations
Station code NWN
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.187 million
2013/14 Increase 0.191 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.183 million
2015/16 Decrease 0.177 million
2016/17 Increase 0.180 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Transport for Greater Manchester
History
Original company Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
17 November 1841 (1841-11-17) Opened as Newton and Hyde
1 March 1858 Renamed Newton for Hyde
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newton for Hyde from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Newton for Hyde railway station, serves the Newton area of Hyde in Greater Manchester, England. Newton for Hyde is 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern.[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. The station is raised on the viaduct.[2]

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 just plain "Newton". Trains originally ran from Manchester[3] to Sheffield[4] on the Woodhead Line. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed to passengers between Hadfield and Penistone in 1970.[5] Following the privatisation of train services in 1997, the route was operated by First North Western until 2004 and then Northern,[6] whose franchise was extended until February 2016.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Newton for Hyde".
  2. ↑ "Newton for Hyde Station Plan".
  3. ↑ "A story from The Last Main Line - DEV SITE".
  4. ↑ "A story from The Last Main Line - DEV SITE".
  5. ↑ Kate Weir (17 November 2013). "Woodhead rail line campaigners welcome move to seal up tunnels". men.
  6. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4130/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf
  7. ↑ Neil Hodgson (27 March 2014). "Serco and Abellio sign 22 month extension to Northern Rail franchise - Liverpool Echo". liverpoolecho.
  8. ↑ Newton For Hyde station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 March 2017
  9. ↑ Table 79 National Rail timetable, December 2016
  10. ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/NWN.pdf
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Glossop Line
Historical railways
Line and station open
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Line open, station closed


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