Glossop railway station

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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
Platforms in use	1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.430 million
2005/06 *	0.465 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1845
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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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glossop from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Glossop railway station serves the town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England and is the main terminus at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line.

The station is 21 km (14½ miles) east of Manchester Piccadilly. Along with Hadfield Station and Dinting Station, Glossop is considered to be part of the Greater Manchester rail network as it lies only a short distance over the border and the line also terminates in Glossop and Hadfield. For that reason the station signs at Glossop feature the GMPTE logo, and ticketing is the same as Greater Manchester, it also features on the GMPTE rail network map[1].

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 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").

Originally built with multiple platforms, the station was reduced to one platform in the 1980s where trains come in from Hadfield and reverse for Manchester Piccadilly and vice-versa. The other platforms and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op Shopping Giant supermarket and car park.

[edit] Services

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.

[edit] Friends of Glossop Station

The Friends of Glossop Station {FOGS} was formed in 2007 as a splinter group of Glossop Environmental Trust (GET) ^[1]. They are an active station adoption group who have carried out a number of projects at the station, including creating a station garden; holding 'Community Rail Days' ^[2] and beautifying the station with hanging baskets, floral displays and redecorating etc ^[3].

[edit] External links

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

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