Hyde North
Hyde North railway station in 2006
General information
Location	Hyde, Tameside England
Coordinates	53°27′50″N 2°05′10″W / 53.464°N 2.086°W / 53.464; -2.086
Grid reference	SJ944964
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HYT
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
Post-grouping	Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
Key dates
February 1863	Opened as Hyde Junction
17 September 1951	Renamed Hyde North
Passengers
2018/19	48,836
2019/20	53,358
2020/21	7,608
2021/22	20,220
2022/23	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 amonst 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 only has platforms on the non-electrified tracks of the Hope Valley line. It is generally served by half-hourly services in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, operated by diesel multiple units between Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple.^[3]

The electrified 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.

In July 2020, Northern informed local residents that services between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple would not operate between early September and mid-December 2020;^[4] this was due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their workforce. Although disruption occurred, the service was restored soon afterwards.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Guide Bridge		Northern Trains Hope Valley line		Hyde Central