Glossop Station
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Glossop Station
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 8 Oct 2012
323228, an ex-British Rail class 323 passenger train leaves Glossop Station en-route for Hadfield and Manchester. The British Rail Class 323 electric multiple units (EMUs) were built by Hunslet TPL from 1992-93. Forty-three 3-car units were built for inner-suburban services around Birmingham and Manchester. These trains were the last vehicles to be built by the struggling manufacturer Hunslet before it collapsed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_323 ) These trains were amongst the last constructed in the UK before rail privatisation. Glossop Railway Station was opened in 1845 by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne & Manchester Railway. The station and the branch line from Dinting were built privately by the Duke of Norfolk; ownership later transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway. In 2005, Glossop Environmental Trust undertook enhancement work to the station building and garden, with stone copings, railings and planting. The station is a Grade II Listed building (Image]).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.444558
Longitude
-1.949676