The Railway

    Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk built the spur line from Dinting viaduct to Howard Town at his own expense over his own land. He then sold it to the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. The station was opened on 9 June 1845 to goods traffic; the formal opening was on 30 June 1845 – it was attended by some of the SA&MR Directors, and passenger traffic began immediately afterward.

Above the entrance to glossop station is a carved stone lion. The lion is the symbol of the Norfolk family.

There was a previous station called Glossop on the main line but that was renamed "Dinting" with the opening of the Glossop station on the branch. The new station was originally named Glossop, and was renamed Glossop Central on 10 July 1922, reverting to Glossop on 6 May 1974. Originally built with multiple platforms, the station was reduced to one platform in the 1980s. Double-ended electric multiple units arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice-versa.

The other platforms and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group. The station is now a Grade II Listed building and a blue plaque was unveiled in 2006. 

Immediately adjacent to the original station at Dinting is the Dinting viaduct where three people were killed in an accident in September 1855. The train had stopped on the viaduct waiting to go into the station. It was night, and believing the train had reached the platform the passengers opened their doors and fell to their deaths. Their names were Jane Eliza Hadfield, Thomas Priestnall and John Healey.