OUR LATEST POETRY PLATFORM has launched today with a another special to take us into the New Year,
The poems featured on the display were chosen from over 200 entries sent from local children in response to a competition run by Glossop Bookfest in conjunction with FoGS. The theme was inspired by the Rail 200 celebration. 
The Children aged between 7 - 11 years were from schools in Glossop, Dinting, Hadfield and Padfield who subnitted a wide range of poems.  Take a moment as you journey through the station to read their thoughts, ideas and emotions on travelling by train in verse.  
Our thanks to all the wonderful young poets who entered their work and for the encouragement of parents, their teachers and schools.
A second selection of the children's poems from the competition entries will be published in mid-February,

In recent days we have been busy decorating the station for Christmas! Once again Glossop Garden Centre has kindly donated a tree which looks very festive situated by the entrance near TWIG cafe. Our thanks to Rosie, Ben and team! We have also created seasonal flower arrangements in the flower boxes and baskets. We hope all travellers will enjoy a little flavour of Christmas at the station! Our thanks to Rebecca Styles and Theo MacLauchlan at Northern for their support.
For those of you living outside Glossop come and use the train to visit the newly reopened GLOSSOP MARKET HALL. Following a £7 million refurbishment the attractive historic hall offers six new shops in the Market Arcade and a food court in the main hall. The mezzanine level, due to open in January 26, will offer further retail experiences. The new hall is proving popular with visitors and is just a five minute walk from the station. It is open every day except Mondays from 10am to 10pm.

TRAIN TRACKS - Live on BBC Radio 3
Saturday 27 September from 7.30 am

​Saturday 27 September 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, when George Stephenson drove Locomotion No. 1 on its inaugural journey from Shildon to Stockton-on-Tees via Darlington, to great fanfare. The 26-mile journey was a landmark moment in public transport and the springboard for the great Victorian age of the railways, transforming how the world traded, travelled, and communicated.
John Radio 3's train enthusiast, Petroc Trelawny, as he celebrates this historic occasion by travelling from Inverness to London on the Highland and East Coast Main Lines, aboard the Highland Chieftain, one of the longest direct train journeys in the UK.
Over the course of an eight-hour, 581-mile journey, Petroc will provide updates from the train as it speeds south. He will be joined by fellow Radio 3 presenters at stations along the route, including Tom Service at Pitlochry, Tom McKinney at Edinburgh Waverley, Elizabeth Alker at Darlington and Georgia Mann at King’s Cross.
Framed by a specially curated railway-themed soundtrack, including live music inserts, featuring music inspired by trains from across the UK and beyond including a Scottish piper, a brass band and a jazz quartet.
Special guests join Petroc throughout the day as he visits iconic railway destinations - including the National Railway Museum in York - while the trains themselves do some of the broadcasting, as we revel in evocative field recordings of locomotives recorded across the UK.
As the train departs Inverness station at 0755, the Highland Chieftain will be sent on its way by Pipe Major Iain Campbell playing one of the Highlands most loved bagpipe tunes.
Available on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30 am Saturday 27 September and on BBC Sounds