Newton for Hyde railway station serves the Newton area of Hyde, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies east of and is managed by Northern Trains.
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 ran originally between and on the Woodhead Line. A railway yard lay immediately to the south, bounded by Sheffield Road; the remains of a covered shed being visible on the westbound platform.
The line was electrified in 1953 and closed to passengers between and in 1970.
The official name on tickets is Newton for Hyde; to avoid confusion with Newton station in South Lanarkshire, new signage was installed from July 2007.
Facilities The station has a main building and ticket office at street level; this is staffed six days per week on a part-time basis, on mornings and early afternoons only. 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.
The station unusually features both a covered subway underneath the platforms and a larger viaduct tunnel accessible from both sides, meaning there are two ways to cross platforms underground. The eastern side of the station containing these passageways is raised on the viaduct.
Services Northern Trains generally operates the following service, in trains per hour (tph): 2 tph to 2 tph to , via .
Additional weekday peak extras and an hourly evening service run in each direction. Early morning, late evening and rush hour services start or terminate at Glossop.
Onward connections Metroline Manchester operates bus route 346, which connects Ashton-Under-Lyne and Hyde calls north-east of the westbound platforms.
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