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Railway line in Greater Manchester and Derbyshire, England

The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire, England. It formed part of the historic Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria. Passenger services on the line are operated by Northern Trains.

The line is the surviving section, west of the Pennines, of the Woodhead Line, which was electrified in the early 1950s; passenger services east of Hadfield were withdrawn in 1970, followed by complete closure of the line in 1981. Hattersley was opened in 1978, around east of the then Godley station site, to serve the 1960s Hattersley estate. In 1985, the Flowery Field and new Godley stations were built; this new Godley site is around 500m west of the original Godley station, then renamed Godley East. These two stations, along with Ryder Brow on the Hope Valley line, were built to a minimum standard, using hollow wooden structures compared the more grandiose stonework of original stations, like Newton for Hyde or Glossop. Godley East was then closed in 1986, effectively being replaced by the newer Godley and Hattersley stations. In December 1984, the Manchester–Glossop/Hadfield line electrification was converted from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC. EMUs took over from the veteran units. The 303s later returned to the Glasgow area and were, in turn, replaced by and units before the then new units were introduced to the line in November 1997. These units were due to transfer to the West Midlands in 2017 to be replaced by four car units, and as these trains were longer, platform extensions at Godley and Flowery Field were carried out in the late 2010s. Network Rail plans to further lengthen platforms to support six carriage /0 units by 2043. After Manchester Piccadilly, the busiest station on the line is Glossop, followed by Hadfield and Guide Bridge.

In the early 1980s, proposals were put forward to convert the Glossop line to light rail operation for the proposed Manchester Metrolink system. While construction of Metrolink went ahead, the Glossop line was not included in the system. In November 2013 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority approved a recommended strategy for reconfiguring existing commuter services into tram train operation; identifying the Glossop line as potentially suitable for conversion within Phase 2 of the tram train strategy.