Newton for Hyde railway station
Newton for Hyde 
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| Location | |
| Place | Hyde |
| Local authority | Tameside |
| Coordinates | 53°27′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°WCoordinates: 53°27′25″N 2°04′01″W / 53.457°N 2.067°W |
| Grid reference | SJ956955 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NWN |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 181,002 |
| 2012/13 |
186,504 |
| 2013/14 |
190,808 |
| 2014/15 |
 182,666 |
| 2015/16 |
176,812 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 17 November 1841 | Opened as Newton and Hyde |
| 1 March 1858 | Renamed Newton for Hyde |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newton for Hyde from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Newton for Hyde railway station, serves the Newton area of Hyde in Greater Manchester, England. Newton for Hyde is 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern Rail. The station unusually features both a covered subway underneath the platforms and a larger viaduct tunnel accessible from both sides, meaning there are 2 ways to cross platforms. The station is raised on the viaduct.
The station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway as "Newton and Hyde" in 1841, however the station signage referred to the station as just plain "Newton". Trains originally ran from Manchester to Sheffield on the Woodhead Line. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed to passengers between Hadfield and Penistone in 1970. Following the privatisation of train services in 1997, the route was operated by First North Western until 2004 and then Northern, whose franchise was extended until February 2016. The official name on tickets is "Newton for Hyde" to avoid confusion with Newton (South Lanarkshire) and from July 2007 new signage was installed with the legend 'Newton For Hyde'.
The station has a main building and staffed ticket office at street level - this is staffed six days per week on a part-time basis (morning and early afternoons only, like several others on the route such as Broadbottom). Waiting shelters, CIS displays, timetable information posters and bench seating are provided at platform level. The subway linking the platforms and ticket hall has steps, but level access is possible to the eastbound platform only via Danby Road.
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