Hyde Central railway station
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| Hyde Central railway station in 1989 | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Hyde | ||
| Local authority | Tameside | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | HYC | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 36,111 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 37,600 | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | Greater Manchester | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1858 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hyde Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Hyde Central railway station is the main station serving Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.
Originally simply Hyde, it was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, opening in 1858 as a branch from its main line through Penistone to Sheffield. From 1862 the branch was extended to New Mills to meet the Midland Railway's extension of its line from Millers Dale. For a while it saw Midlands expresses from London. In 1875, however, a new more direct route was built through Bredbury.
The substantial station buildings were demolished in 1980 with a new booking office at street level.
Hyde is also served by Hyde North (on the same line as Hyde Central) and by Flowery Field, Newton for Hyde and Godley on the electrified Manchester to Glossop/Hadfield line.
[edit] Service
Hyde Central is served by an hourly DMU service between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple.
There is no Sunday service.
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