Hythe
Station onheritage railway
Hythe Station
General information
Location	Hythe,Folkestone & Hythe England
Coordinates	51°4′16.8″N1°4′21″E / 51.071333°N 1.07250°E /51.071333; 1.07250
Grid reference	TR153347
Managed by	RHDR
Platforms	3 open (originally 4)
Key dates
16 July 1927[1]	Opened
1940	closed
1946	reopened

Hythe station is the northern terminus of theRomney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The station has curved platforms with anoverall roof, loco release road, former engine shed (now an independent engineering works),signalbox with 16lever frame, and aturntable. In terms of passenger bookings Hythe is the busiest station on the railway.^[2]

Adjacent to the station the former station master's house is now a private residence. Situated between the station and the Royal Military Canal isThe Light Railway Restaurant which was originally built by the railway company but sold before it was even completed.^[3] It was finally repurchased by the railway in February 2015.^[4]

The station is situated to the south of the town on theA259 road toFolkestone, and follows the same alignment as theRoyal Military Canal.

The ancientCinque Port offers shopping facilities with restaurants, cafes, pubs, banks, supermarkets, antique shops, general shops, swimming baths, gardens, parks and a seafront.^[5]

Of the three platforms, only numbers 2 and 3 are normally used for arrivals and departures, number 1 being used mainly for stock storage as it has no loco release facility. Prior to the 1970s resignalling it was used for occasional departures, although today this happens very rarely and it is used largely for non-passenger trains.

As originally built the station had a fourth platform to the south with its own loco release road, and platform three had no release facility. It seems the original design (as with the Dymchurch bay platform) assumed trains would arrive and then shunt into a different departure platform to release the loco and turn. In the 1920s the layout was altered to make operation more efficient. Platform 4 disappeared in the resignalling, as platforms were extended and has now been incorporated into the car park.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Dymchurch towardsDungeness		Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway		Terminus
Former service
Prince of Wales Halt Line open, station closed towardsDungeness		Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway		Terminus

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  Leaving Hythe station, RH&DR, 1928
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  No. 3Southern Maid at Hythe station
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  No. 7Typhoon arriving at Hythe
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  No. 5Hercules leaving Hythe
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  No. 14Capt. Howey under the roof
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  No. 2Northern Chief on the Hythe turntable
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  No. 3Southern Maid on the turntable
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  Track layout

• Heritage railway stations in Kent
• Transport in Folkestone and Hythe
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927

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