Hillside opened in May 1926 as an intermediate station on the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) after the 1923 grouping into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and long after the railway had originally opened in 1848.
The Hillside station was inaugurated in May 1926 as a midpoint on the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), following its integration into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, and long after the initial railway launch in 1848.