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Hythe  | |||||
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 Hythe station in April 2017 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Hythe,Colchester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°53′10″N0°55′37″E / 51.886°N 0.927°E /51.886; 0.927 | ||||
| Grid reference | TM015248 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HYH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 April 1847 (1847-04-01) | Opened for freight | ||||
| 8 May 1863 | Opened for passengers | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.279 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  59,242 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.178 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.266 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.328 million | ||||
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Hythe railway station inEssex is on theSunshine Coast Line, a branch of theGreat Eastern Main Line in theEast of England, servingHythe and other eastern areas ofColchester. It is 53 miles 49 chains (86.3 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street.[1] Its three-letter station code is HYH.
The station was opened in 1847 by the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, then part of theEastern Union Railway, initially for goods only and then in 1863 for passenger services. It is currently managed byAbellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
To the west of the station is a triangle of lines, with three junctions. The lines lead to eitherColchester Town orColchester stations; the junctions are known as Hythe Junction, East Gates Junction (at the northern extremity of the triangle) and Colne Junction (at the western extremity). To the east the next station along the line isWivenhoe.
A line to Hythe Quay was opened on 1 April 1847 by the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, which was worked by theEastern Union Railway (EUR) and was a freight-only line. Hythe station was opened to passenger services on 8 May 1863 by the Tendring Hundred Railway, which opened toWivenhoe and was operated by theGreat Eastern Railway from the outset.[2][3]
There are still sidings present at Hythe but they are no longer in use, and there was once a short branch to Hythe quay which crossed theRiver Colne adjacent to the station by a small iron bridge. There is no evidence today of the former quayside tracks, but aerial photograph sites clearly show the exact alignments.[4]
There was also a spur from the station to Colchester Gas Works, which ran along the street to Hythe quay. This became redundant in 1973 when the United Kingdom switched from town gas to natural gas. Little trace now remains of this, except a small section of trackbed at Hythe, and the piers of the bridge (removed around 2007) over the River Colne.
Hythe station underwent major renovation in 2008 and 2009, including the extension of the platforms to accommodate 12-coach train sets, the demolition of the original station building, and the dismantling of the disused coal depot. The north siding was also removed, as was the pointwork and a short section of track leading to the south sidings. The station building remained until its demolition in June 2009 but had not been used for many years. Consequently, it had been subjected to vandalism.
The rebuilt station has a bright image and modern facilities incorporating a ticket-machine on the northbound platform 1. It also now accommodates longer trains to and fromLondon Liverpool Street during peak times with no need to change at Colchester.
The station also has car-parking facilities providing short- and long-term parking for commuters and the wider public; these are adjacent to the London-bound platform with easy access to the station. Other facilities include a café and car-wash.
All services at Hythe are operated byGreater Anglia usingClass 720EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the services between Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze do not run.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Greater Anglia | ||||
