Glossop railway station

Glossop
The exterior of Glossop railway station, with the GMPTE logo visible on the station sign.
Location
Place	Glossop
Local authority	High Peak
Operations
Station code	GLO
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.430 million
2005/06 *	0.466 million
2006/07 *	0.465 million
2007/08 *	0.488 million
2008/09 *	0.693 million
2009/10 *	0.702 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Opened 1845 (1845)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glossop from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Glossop railway station serves the town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England and is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield, with an estimated 700,000 people using the station in 2009/10.

The station is 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Manchester Piccadilly station. Together with nearby Derbyshire stations at Hadfield and Dinting, Glossop is considered to be part of the Greater Manchester rail network as it lies only a short distance over the county boundary and the line goes no further into Derbyshire. For that reason the station signs at Glossop feature the GMPTE logo, ticketing is the same as in Greater Manchester and the station features on the GMPTE rail network map.

History

Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting viaduct to Howard Town at his own expense over his own land. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. The station was opened in July 1845. There was a previous station called Glossop on the main line but that was renamed "Dinting" when the current station opened. Glossop station is sometimes, though rarely, known as "Glossop Central" (Dinting station being "Glossop Junction"). The station was renamed from Glossop Central to Glossop on 6 May 1974.

Originally built with multiple platforms, the station was reduced to one platform in the 1980s. Double-ended electric multiple units arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice-versa. The other platforms and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group.

The station is now a Grade II Listed building and a blue plaque was unveiled in 2006.[1]

Services

A Northern Rail 323 at Glossop's platform

There is generally a half-hourly daytime service from Glossop to Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield. This is increased to every 20 minutes in the morning and evening rush-hour periods.

Trains operate hourly in the evenings and half-hourly on Sundays. When there is engineering work on Sundays, the replacement bus service only operates hourly.

All passenger services are operated by Northern Rail, who use Class 323 EMUs on the route from Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop and Hadfield.

Facilities

Glossop station is the busiest on the line from Manchester Piccadilly (excluding Piccadilly itself). The ticket office is open seven days a week. Outside the station building, on Norfolk Street, is a small car park. The town's main bus stop and taxi rank are located 30 yards from the station entrance, on Henry Street. The former station hotel is now the George Hotel, located on the other side of Norfolk Street from the station. Also very close by are the Star and Norfolk Arms public houses.

On 2 September 2011 a £75,000 refurbishment of the station was officially opened with a new ticket office and waiting room. The waiting room features past photographs of the railway station and work by local Derbyshire artists.

Friends of Glossop Station

The Friends of Glossop Station (FOGS) was formed in 2002 as a splinter group of Glossop Environmental Trust (GET). They are an active station adoption group who have carried out a number of projects at the station, including creating a station garden, painting cast iron railings, holding 'Community Rail Days' and beautifying the station with hanging baskets, floral displays and redecorating.

External links

• Train times and station information for Glossop railway station from National Rail
• Northern Rail
• TfGM
• Derbyshire County Council
• Friends of Glossop Station
• Glossop Community

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Dinting		Northern Rail Manchester-Glossop Line		Terminus
Hadfield		Northern Rail Manchester-Glossop Line		Terminus

Railways around Glossop and Hadfield
Legend To Tameside Lines Etherow viaduct Dinting viaduct Dinting Glossop Hadfield Crowden Woodhead Woodhead Tunnel To Penistone