Hythe railway station (Essex)

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Hythe
Hythe station in April 2017
General information
Location	Hythe, Colchester England
Coordinates	51°53′10″N 0°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 (1 April 1847)	Opened for freight
8 May 1863	Opened for passengers
Passengers
2018/19	0.266 million
2019/20	0.279 million
2020/21	59,242
2021/22	0.178 million
2022/23	0.266 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Hythe and other eastern areas of Colchester. It is 53 miles 49 chains (86.3 km) down the line from London 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 the Eastern Union Railway, 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.