January 2015


Happy New Year from the Station Staff and FOGS!

Thank you for your support of our Christmas event at the station last month. Santa spoke to and gave gifts to 105 children – 58 in 2013. A big increase! Our thanks too for the good humoured patience of passengers on that day in a very busy station. We really appreciate Northern’s support of this event and the visit made by Alex Hynes their Managing Director

The next meeting of the High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership will be on Wednesday 14th January at the Municipal Buildings, Glossop at 10am. It will include a presentation by ARRIVA one of the three selected franchise bidders for the Northern rail franchise in 2016.

Further details of the Northern franchise bids from Abellio, Arriva and Govia are expected in the Spring.

Twig café has launched a new loyalty card. Please ask for details

Next folk Train Thursday 22nd January - The Rag Tag Band. See posters and leaflets for more details of this and other Folk Train presentations or click here. Please note that the 18.46 train from Piccadilly does not call at Ardwick and Gorton.

There is a Glossop Line Transpeak Walk on Saturday 7th February beginning here at the station at 10am. See poster for details or click here.

Take a look at the new works now on display in the Waiting Room's Station Art Gallery from two Glossop-based artists, Marie Brookes and Roselyne Quilis-Edwards. Both have exhibited elsewhere, Roselyne's work featuring some dramatic seascapes and Marie's woodland scenes and landscapes.