The train service from Glossop has been changed with some extra trains from 18th May. Details below. The official government advice is that they are to be used only by workers who cannot access work in any other way.

FROM GLOSSOP TO MANCHESTER PICCADILLY Mondays to Saturdays

6.11 7.14 7.44 6.44 9.14 10.14 10.44 11.44 12.14 13.14 13.44 14.44 15.14 16.14 16.44 17.44 18.44 19.14 20.44 21.14 22.14 22.45

Sunday service
9.47 10.43 11.45 then every hour until 20.45 final train 21.44

FROM MANCHESTER PICCADILLY TO GLOSSOP Mondays to Saturdays

5.32 6.30 7.03 8.03 8.33 9.33 10.03 11.03 11.33 12.33 13.03 14.03 14.33 15.03 16.03 17.03 17.33 18.32 19.03 20.03 21.33 22.00

Sunday service
9.09 11.03 12.01 13.03 hourly to 20.03 final train 21.02

PLEASE CHECK TIMES BEFORE TRAVELLING. ALL SERVICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk

 A MESSAGE FROM ROBERT LARGAN, MP for High Peak
During the lockdown, there have been significantly reduced train services. From Monday 18th May, there will be a new timetable with additional services, to help those who can't work from home and need to use public transport to go to work.
Manchester - Hadfield/Glossop: Improvement to mix of hourly and half hourly  (Glossop)
Manchester - Buxton: Remains hourly with some additional peak services (Buxton)
Manchester - Sheffield (via New Mills): Hourly to Sheffield and every two hours to New Mills (New Mills)
More details can be found at Northern Rail.
Following my lobbying efforts, Northern have also confirmed that they will be running full length trains, which will help with social distancing.
Remember, if you can work from home, please continue to do so. If you can't work from home, please only use public transport if you're unable to walk/cycle/drive to work.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do drop me an email or visit my Facebook page @RobertLargan4HighPeak

We hope everyone is well.

Buzzing Stations is a new collaborative project involving Friends of Glossop Station, Friends of Hadfield Station, Friends of Buxton Station, The High Peak and the Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership and The Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
In January Rhodri Green Regional Organiser for the Trust gave an inspiring talk for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust at Bradbury House in Glossop. Rhodri also introduced Darcey Gillie a local volunteer to the audience. The Trust has been actively working with the Peak Park since 2018 on a project called Pollinating the Peak. Rhodri said how fortunate we are living in this area because on our doorsteps is the rare but iconic bilberry bumblebee (below). This gave Neil and Mary who were at the meeting the idea for some joint work. Darcey runs and organises bee safaris in and around Glossop. She is keen to develop this work and sees Glossop station and the work achieved by FOGS as an ideal environmental match to the concepts of Buzzing Comunities, Buzzing Schools, Buzzing Gardens and Buzzing Tourism that the Trust already promotes. We could see the potential for some effective joint working - FOGS has considerable experience in community events especially those involving children. We approached Rhodri and Darcey at the end of the meeting who said enthusiastically let's see what we can do!
The following day we got in touch with Dave at Buxton and Joy at Hadfield. Both said FOBS and FOHS would most definitely like to be involved. We then discussed our ideas with Andrew and Catherine at HPHVCRP and Becky at Northern. All gave Buzzing Stations their support!

On Friday 8th May a 90 minute online meeting took place with participants from FOGS, FOHS and FOBS with Catherine from HPHVCRP and Rhodri and Darcey from the Trust. The Peak Park will be involved too. There was much enthusiasm to get Buzzing Stations off the ground!! Catherine, pulling ideas together, suggested a three strand approach for a pilot project: Art/Education at Glossop/Hadfield, a new bumbleebee friendly planter at Buxton and the involvement of a Hope Valley line station so that all three lines in the partnership are involved. So Buzzing Stations has begun!

Clearly a number of station based activities will not be able to take place whilst current Corona virus restrictions exist. But in the meantime we can plan and develop our programme. Please get in touch with any ideas you may have!

Click here to read more about The Bumblebee Conservation Trust

These are very stressful times for everyone and, with that in mind, our latest Poetry Platform has some thoughts for contemplation.
Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth it has poems chosen by Penny Greenwood in another attractive display by Paul Marsh.
Unfortunately, the current restrictions mean that we are not able to display the new selection. You can however, view an online version on our dedicated Poetry Platform page. With its thoughts of daffodils, so symbolic of Spring, we hope it brings a little cheer.
There will be hard copies of the leaflet freely available at the station when this becomes possible.
As part of the display the following lines from Wordsworth's poem "Michael" are highlighted, particularly apt for life at at the moment:
    "There is a comfort in the strength of love;
     'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
     would overset the brain, or break the heart."

Northern's new CAF built Class 331 electric trains have been seen on test on the Glossop line in recent days. Four-coach unit 331 111 was seen at Glossop on Saturday 28th March.
It is not clear as yet whether Northern intends using these trains in service alongside the regular Class 323 trains.

Before the current restrictions took force we were able to create the Spring flower displays at the station. For those using the station we hope it gives you a little cheer in these difficult times. A thank you to Pat, Chris and Bunty for their hard work in creating these displays.
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We hope everyone stays well. Our thanks and good wishes to all staff working at the stations and manning the trains.

We are delighted to have local community art work back on display as from today in the Waiting Room at Glossop Station. Due to refurbishment work we have been unable to display art work since August last year! But we are back in business with a joint display from Hadfield based artists Chris Taylor and Karen Heywood.

Both have had their paintings on display previously in the Waiting Room and are back by popular demand! Chris' work focuses on calligraphy and his animal pictures will certainly catch the eye. Having spent a career in animation Chris captures detail in its essence.
Karen has different styles and likes to experiment with a variety of media and subjects. She works from Brook Street Studios in Glossop. Karen in her career has illustrated over 50 children's books. She has also worked in recent years with patients experiencing physical and mental illnesses.
Both artists trained in schools and colleges of art.

So do come along and enjoy their work. Chris has 6 pieces on display and Karen has 3. The waiting room is open daily from around 6.30am to 6pm Mondays to Saturdays. 10am to 5pm Sundays.

Their work may be purchased.
​Chris: 01457 857315
Karen: karen.heywood1@btinternet.com

 We are pleased to announce that FOGS' historical displays and Community Art Work will be restored to the Waiting Rooms in the coming weeks. The material had to be taken down in September whilst the Waiting Rooms underwent refurbishment. John and Eric from FOGS are creating new frameworks for the wall displays. We thank Becky Styles Northern's Community and Sustainability Manager and Pam Williams Northern Line Manager for permissions to put these displays back. We would also like to thank local artists booked to display their work in the Waiting Rooms for their patience! We have a little backlog but hope we can get work on display again soon. 
 If you would like to see your art work on display in this very accessible area then do get in touch!

On Tuesday 17th December the next two historic information boards for the Glossop Line were formally launched at Ashburys and Gorton Stations. Our guest was Paul Abell former editor of Today's Railways Magazine. Paul had created the content for both boards so it seemed very appropriate that Paul launch them! Paul was accompanied by his wife Shirley. The boards have been designed to a very high standard by Anne Michaelides of Naturesign design and match the generic THE GLOSSOP LINE format established for these boards. Steve Forde, Community Rail Officer for SEMCRP, helped organise the event as well as funding the boards. We are enormously grateful for Steve's ongoing support and patience. The next two boards for Fairfield and Hattersley have now been created and we hope to have these in situ in the near future. The contents for the other five stations are being created by Joy Hallsworth Friends of Hadfield Station and Neil Williams of FOGS in conjunction where appropriate with other friends groups.
Do go along and have a read of the latest boards and learn why Ashburys is called Ashburys!!
Our thanks to Paul for being our guest and to Lydia Hayes Asset Manager at Northern for her advice and permissions to site them.

MAY WE WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

New metal seats have recently replaced the four red bench seats under the station canopy. Attractively finished in green and cream to match the heritage colours of the station they have been received favourably. We would like to thank Lydia Hayes Asset Manager at Northern for consulting over the designs and colours and Paul Childs at The Railway Heritage Trust and Gill Bayliss, Conservation Officer for High Peak Borough Council for their advice and support.