Newton for Hyde railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Newton for Hyde
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Newton for Hyde Station - geograph.org.uk - 1282068.jpg
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.457|-2.067|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ956955|25|SJ956955}}
| manager = Northern Trains
| platforms = 2
| code = NWN
| classification = DfT category E
| transit_authority = Transport for Greater Manchester
| original = Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
| pregroup = Great Central Railway
| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
| years = {{start date|1841|11|17|df=y}}
| events = Opened as Newton and Hyde
| years1 = 1 March 1858
| events1 = Renamed Newton for Hyde
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.210 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 47,768}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.113 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.107 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.127 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Newton for Hyde railway station, serves the Newton area of Hyde in Greater Manchester, England. Newton for Hyde is {{convert|7+1/2|mi|km}} east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern Trains.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/NWN/details.html|title=National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Newton for Hyde|website=www.nationalrail.co.uk|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023132656/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/NWN/details.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/newton-for-hyde-station-plan?rtnloc=nwn|title=Newton for Hyde Station Plan|website=National Rail|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023132655/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/newton-for-hyde-station-plan?rtnloc=nwn|url-status=live}}
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{{Cite web|url=https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/the-road-to-woodhead|title=The Road to Woodhead|website=www.railwayarchive.org.uk}} to Sheffield{{Cite web|url=https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/onwards-to-sheffield|title=Onwards to Sheffield!|website=www.railwayarchive.org.uk}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.45677&lon=-2.06857&layers=6&right=BingHyb|title=1888 OS map|website=National Library of Scotland|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507180916/https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.45677&lon=-2.06857&layers=6&right=BingHyb|url-status=live}} The line was electrified in 1953 and closed to passengers between Hadfield and Penistone in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/woodhead-rail-line-campaigners-welcome-6312418|title=Woodhead rail line campaigners welcome move to seal up tunnels|author=Kate Weir|date=17 November 2013|work=men|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=21 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050606/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/woodhead-rail-line-campaigners-welcome-6312418|url-status=live}} Following the privatisation of train services in 1997, the route was operated by First North Western until 2004 and then Northern Rail,{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4130/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf|title=Northern Franchise Agreement|date=18 October 2004|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023134805/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4130/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf|url-status=live}} whose franchise was extended until February 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/serco-abellio-sign-22-month-6883347|title=Serco and Abellio sign 22 month extension to Northern Rail franchise - Liverpool Echo|author=Neil Hodgson|date=27 March 2014|work=liverpoolecho|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=21 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064201/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/serco-abellio-sign-22-month-6883347|url-status=live}} 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 {{rws|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.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/nwn/details.html Newton For Hyde station facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044406/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/nwn/details.html |date=8 March 2017 }} National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 March 2017
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.{{NRtimes|December 2016|79}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/NWN.pdf|title=Newton For Hyde Station - Onward Travel Information|date=October 2021|website=National Rail|access-date=23 October 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023135629/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/NWN.pdf|url-status=live}}
Gallery
File:Newtonfehyde001.JPG|Station sign
File:Newton-for-Hyde station building 1.jpg|Station building and ticket office
File:Newton-for-Hyde station building entrance.jpg|Station building entrance
References
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Category:DfT Category E stations
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