Glossop railway station

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Glossop
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Glossop railway station in 2006
General information
Location Glossop, High Peak
England
Coordinates 53°26′38″N1°56′56″W / 53.444°N 1.949°W / 53.444; -1.949
Grid reference SK034942
Managed by Northern Trains
Transit authority Transport for Greater Manchester [note 1]
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeGLO
Classification DfT category D
History
Original company Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 June 1845 (1845-06-09)Opened as Glossop for goods only
30 June 1845Opened for all traffic
10 July 1922Renamed Glossop Central
6 May 1974Renamed Glossop
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.114 million
Railways around
Glossop and Hadfield
Legend
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To Tameside Lines
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Etherow viaduct
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Dinting viaduct
Glossop
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 Dinting
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 Hadfield
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 Crowden
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 Woodhead
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Woodhead Tunnel
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To Penistone

There is generally a half-hourly daytime service to Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield. This is increased to every 20 minutes in the morning and evening rush-hour periods. [12] In order to increase the frequency with the same number of units in service, the peak hour timetable is altered so that there is no direct service to Hadfield in the a.m peak (passengers must change at Dinting) and afternoon Manchester services run via Hadfield instead of direct.

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.

A number of services to/from Manchester Piccadilly start or terminate at Glossop during the rush hour, early morning and late evening.

All passenger services are operated by Northern Trains, who use Class 323 EMUs.

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Northern Trains

Facilities

Glossop station is the busiest on the line from Manchester Piccadilly (excluding Piccadilly itself). The ticket office is open seven days a week (Monday - Saturday 06:25 - 19:40, Sunday 10:00 - 17:30). 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.

Automatic ticket barriers are in operation at the station.

Train running details are offered via automated announcements, digital information displays and timetable posters. A payphone is also provided in the entrance hall. Level access is provided between the entrance ticket hall and platform. [13]

Friends of Glossop Station

The Friends of Glossop Station (FOGS) was formed in 2002 as a splinter group of Glossop Environmental Trust (GET). [14] 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' [15] and beautifying the station with hanging baskets, floral displays and redecorating. [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As noted, Glossop is one of three stations to be considered as part of the Greater Manchester rail network but not lying within the metropolitan county

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References

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  2. ↑ "Greater Manchester Concessionary Fare Map" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Birch, A.H. (1959). "2". Small Town Politics, A Study of Political Life in Glossop . Oxford University Press. p.  18.
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  6. ↑ Historic England, "Glossop Railway Station and Co-op Building (1384287)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 3 March 2017
  7. ↑ Dow 1959 , p. 290
  8. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 104. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  9. ↑ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Stations renamed by LMR". The Railway Magazine . Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN   0033-8923.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Glossop Railway Station and Co-Op Building (Grade II) (1384287)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Rowley, Tom (12 January 2013) [27 September 2006]. "Revamped station's plaque of honour". Manchester Evening News.
  12. ↑ Table 79 National Rail timetable, December 2016
  13. ↑ Glossop station facilities National Rail Retrieved 27 February 2017
  14. 1 2 "Friends Of Glossop Station". Friends of Glossop Station. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  15. ↑ Photos Page, Friends of Glossop Station, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13
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