Glossop railway station
Glossop 
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The exterior of Glossop railway station in 2006, with the GMPTE logo visible on the station sign
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| Location | |
| Place | Glossop |
| Local authority | High Peak |
| Coordinates | 53°26′38″N 1°56′56″W / 53.444°N 1.949°WCoordinates: 53°26′38″N 1°56′56″W / 53.444°N 1.949°W |
| Grid reference | SK034942 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GLO |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.765 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.898 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.956 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.896 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.876 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 9 June 1845 | Opened as Glossop for goods only |
| 30 June 1845 | Opened for all traffic |
| 10 July 1922 | Renamed Glossop Central |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed Glossop |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glossop from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Railways around Glossop and Hadfield |
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Glossop railway station serves the Pennine market town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield. It is estimated 876,000 people used the station in 2015/16.
The station is 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station, and is the terminus of the Glossop Line. 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 Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) logo, and the station features on the TfGM rail network map. However, Greater Manchester concessionary fares do not apply to passengers travelling from Glossop, Dinting or Hadfield.
Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting viaduct to Howard Town over his own land at his own expense. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway for £15,244 10s 10d (equivalent to £1,360,000 in 2015). The station was opened on 9 June 1845 to goods traffic; the formal opening was on 30 June 1845 – it was attended by some of the SA&MR Directors, and passenger traffic began immediately afterward. The station buildings were constructed to the designs of John Grey Weightman and opened in 1847.
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