Hythe railway station
Description
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 53mi 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 or 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.HistoryA 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 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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