Hyde North railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Hyde North
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Hyde North - geograph.org.uk - 829485.jpg
| caption = Hyde North railway station in 2006
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.464|-2.086|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ944964|25|SJ944964}}
| manager = Northern Trains
| platforms = 2
| code = HYT
| classification = DfT category F2
| transit_authority = Greater Manchester
| original = Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
| pregroup = Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
| postgroup = Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
| years = February 1863
| events = Opened as Hyde Junction
| years1 = 17 September 1951
| events1 = Renamed Hyde North
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 53,358}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 7,608}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 20,220}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 27,944}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 35,340}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Hyde North is a railway station serving the north of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by Northern Trains, who also operate all services that stop here.
History
It was opened originally as Hyde Junction in February 1863.{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=126 }} The station was sited at the junction between the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's extension to New Mills, operated jointly with the Midland Railway as the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, and the MS&L main line through Penistone to Sheffield. For a while, it saw the Midland's expresses from London; however, in 1875, a new and more direct route was built through Bredbury. On 17 September 1951, the station was renamed Hyde North.
Hyde North Junction accident
The junction just outside the station was the scene of a crash on 22 August 1990. At at around 09:50, two trains collided across the single lead junction where the two routes diverged; these were the 09:33 from {{rws|Rose Hill Marple}} to Manchester Piccadilly and the 09:36 from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield. There were 28 minor injuries amongst the 42 passengers.
The official report found that the driver of the Rose Hill train had inadvertently passed a signal set at danger and passed onto the short section of single track between the platform end and the junction points where the collision took place. It also concluded that the driver had not received adequate training.{{cite book|last=Cooksey|first=A.|others=On behalf of HMSO|title=A report of a train accident that occurred on 22 August 1990 at Hyde North Junction in the London Midland Region of British Railways|publisher=HSE Books|location=Sudbury|year=1992|format=PDF|isbn=0-11-886304-5|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Hyde1990.pdf|access-date=2008-12-23}}
Services
Hyde North is served by half-hourly trains in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple, via {{rws|Guide Bridge}}. There is no service on Sundays.{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=8 March 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}
The tracks behind the station carry electric multiple units on the Glossop line between Manchester Piccadilly, Glossop and Hadfield. Despite the station's former name, Hyde Junction, which suggested that passengers had a choice of routes, there never were platforms on the Glossop line here; trains call at nearby {{rws|Flowery Field}} instead.
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External links
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{{Greater Manchester main railway stations}}
Category:Railway stations in Tameside
Category:DfT Category F2 stations
Category:Former Great Central and Midland Joint Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
Category:Railway stations served by Northern
Category:Hyde, Greater Manchester
Category:1863 establishments in England
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