The station, as were those at Marchwood and Fawley, was of a very simple layout and was constructed of 6 inch Frewinollow building blocks, similar to those used widely on the Continent.

Outside walls were rendered and finished with pebble dash. The roof was reputedly covered with red Marseilles tiles but the tiles themselves carry the impressed name: MARCKE LEZ COURTRAI, which may indicate a source nearer home in the Flanders area of Belgium.

Other station accessories such as platform faces, gate posts and lineside ballast bins were of concrete. The station building itself was built on a raised reinforced concrete table carried by a series of concrete columns 16 feet high.

This raised the level of the station up to the level of the line and was necessary due to the steep gradient of the site. The columns were built on mass concrete footings and the void under the table was filled by rammed spoil brought from Hounsdown. The platform was 350 feet by 12 feet and surfaced with tarmac.

The station accommodation consisted of a general tickets, parcels and goods store, booking hall and waiting room, men's and ladies lavatory, a porters room and coal store and a lamp room. Unlike Marchwood and Fawley, Hythe station was lit by electricity.

The station, with the railway, was opened to the public on Monday, 20th July 1925 and it was reported that everybody at Hythe seemed to be waving their hands as the first train arrived there. Passengers, officials and spectators all appeared highly pleased with the way things were going.

Passenger trains on the line were always in a minority as the line had been primarily built to serve the AGWI refinery at Fawley later to be rebuilt as the massive Exxon complex of today. The hayday for the passenger services was during the second world war as the Hythe Station and sidings served the British Power Boat Company Works where upwards of 2,000 people were employed. The easy access to a car in the post war period led to a rapid decline in usage and the station and the line were closed to passenger traffic on Saturday 12th February 1966.

The station continued to be manned for goods for a couple of additional years but in the early 1970s the Indom Electrical Co. Ltd leased the station as an office, stores and workshop. By the middle of the 1970s, however, they had moved on and had given up the lease. The building was left empty for the next 25 years and slowly at first and then more rapidly it deteriorated into a vandalised derelict shell with large holes in the roof and surrounded by heavy undergrowth.

By happy circumstance the building was offered to Waterside Heritage prior to its being demolished and they saw the potential in what was a rather sad looking structure at that time. The Station is nearing the completion of its conversion into a Heritage Centre for the Waterside and will be entering its new phase of use after Easter 2002.