Hyde North railway station

Railway station in Greater Manchester, England

53°27′50″N 2°05′10″W / 53.464°N 2.086°W / 53.464; -2.086Grid referenceSJ944964Managed byNorthern TrainsTransit authorityGreater ManchesterPlatforms2Other informationStation codeHYTClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire RailwayPre-groupingSheffield and Midland Railway Companies' CommitteePost-groupingSheffield and Midland Railway Companies' CommitteeKey datesFebruary 1863Opened as Hyde Junction17 September 1951Renamed Hyde NorthPassengers2018/19

48,8362019/20

53,3582020/21

7,6082021/22

20,2202022/23

27,944

Notes
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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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 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.^[2]

Services

Hyde North is served by hourly trains in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, with some additional services during the day between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple, via Guide Bridge. There is no service on Sundays.^[3]

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 Flowery Field instead.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hyde Central		Northern Trains Hope Valley line Hyde Loop Mondays-Saturdays only		Guide Bridge

References

^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Cooksey, A. (1992). A report of a train accident that occurred on 22 August 1990 at Hyde North Junction in the London Midland Region of British Railways (PDF). On behalf of HMSO. Sudbury: HSE Books. ISBN 0-11-886304-5. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.