GAST - Glossop Action for Sustainable Travel is set to have it`s own website soon, along with formally being incorporated into a trustee lead group organisation. The full list of aims, objectives, outside projects and progress reports will be posted there.

As a taster, here are the aims & objectives of the Public Transport section. If you are in a position to help progress any of the aims, please do get in touch via the contact form.

Long term aims/projects:

1. Bike racks on buses.

2. Disabled access buses.

3. Provision of a station at Gamesley.

4. Linked up ticketing system between buses & trains. Alter timetables to enable cross-feeding.

5. Consideration to tram/train, to have through journeys directly to the City Centre.

6. Railway to Sheffield.

7. Joined-up ticketing across modes.

8. Electric buses.

9. Lobby for free passes for student travelling across borders.

Medium term aims/projects:

1. Lobby HPBC to add free local bus travel to their "free parking" initiatives.

2. Work with operators & agencies on a direct route to Sheffield.

3. Scooter/car club at Glossop station.

4. Lobby agencies to reduce train fares.

5. Lobby for a ticket across modes.

6. Lobby to increase capacity for bikes & wheelchairs for tourists.

7. Work with TfGM to establish a route to Tameside Hospital.

8. Consultation with Gamesley residents, and work with operators to run more frequently to Gamesley.

Short term aims/projects:

1. Map bus routes, and have them printed for display around sites in Glossop.

2. Work with & influence teams at DCC to improve routes & fares.

3. Work with DCC to add more evening services, and bus to take more desirable routes.

4. Rail/bus consultation in Gamesley.

5. Influence relevant agencies to add extra peak time trains.

6. Work with operators & DfT to look at a train layout that offers more open space for luggage, and wheeled items.

7. Work with operators to look at new flows/services based on consultation results.

Where we are...

• L2 - all buses have disabled access by default. The newer `Bee` buses have more turning area, and a reverse facing "next stop" screen as standard.

• L4/L7/M5 - There are various period tickets between buses & trains valid in Glossop. Take a look in the "travel by train" section of this website. There is however no period ticket for all 3 modes that covers Glossop. The boundary area of these tickets will however change from January 2025. We are awaiting further information from TfGM post January 2025.

• L8 - Electric buses will form part of a fleet, but over time. Any electric buses that run, will work any routes from their depot, and not just exclusively into Glossop. The current `bee` design however, is predominantly on diesel.

• L9 - There is an arrangement set up by the Mayoral offices of EM & GM, where the Derbyshire BeeLine card & and Student access card used together can give free travel on routes 237, 341 & 394. Not on any other route, and not for leisure travel.

• M3 - We are entering into an agreement with Enterprise, to place a car & van on Bernard Street car park. These vehicles are only for people that register to join the relevant users club. We was intending using the railway station car park, but lack of EV terminals and involvement of many agencies at that site has made Bernard Street a much better proposition to start from.

• M8/S4 - A consultation has been done, along with a personal video showing the adverse effects of sparse transport provision. The whole parcel will shortly be sent the transport offices of DCC, Bee and the EM & GM Mayors.

• S1 - These posters were delivered very quickly and most have subsequently been removed by outside parties. The remaining ones are at Tintwistle Cricket Club, Simmondley Lane, Glossop Tesco & Howard Arms.

• S3 - the question has been asked at DCC & TfGM, Service improvements "may" happen under Bee franchising. There is also a page on this website for evening & Sunday operation around Gamesley.