Hythe (Essex) railway station
Hythe 
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Maintenance work at Hythe in 2008
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| Location | |
| Place | Hythe |
| Local authority | Colchester |
| Coordinates | 51°53′10″N 0°55′37″E / 51.886°N 0.927°ECoordinates: 51°53′10″N 0°55′37″E / 51.886°N 0.927°E |
| Grid reference | TM015248 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HYH |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 100,426 |
| 2012/13 |
112,316 |
| 2013/14 |
124,000 |
| 2014/15 |
137,440 |
| 2015/16 |
158,564 |
| History | |
| 1847 | Opened for freight |
| 1863 | opened for passengers |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hythe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hythe railway station in Essex is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the area of Hythe and other portions of east Colchester. It is 53 miles 49 chains (86.3 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is HYH.
The station was opened by the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, then part of the Eastern Union Railway, in 1847, initially for goods only and then in 1863 for passenger services. It is currently managed by Abellio 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 either Colchester Town or Colchester 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 is Wivenhoe.
A line to Hythe Quay was opened on 1 April 1847 by the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, which was worked by the Eastern 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 to Wivenhoe and was operated by the Great Eastern Railway from the outset.
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 the River 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.
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