Newark Castle railway station explained

Newark Castle
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	East Midlands Railway
Platforms:	2
Code:	NCT
Classification:	DfT category F1
Opened:	3 August 1846
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Embedded:	Embed: yes Designation1: Grade II Designation1 Feature: Castle Railway Station, Great North Road Designation1 Date: 19 May 1971 Designation1 Number: 1228701

Newark Castle railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which serves the town of Newark in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

It was built in 1846 for the Midland Railway in the Italianate style. It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all services. Its name comes from the nearby castle. The other station in Newark is Newark North Gate.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on platform 1 which is staffed throughout the day, Monday-Saturday. At other times, tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station. The station has a shelter on each platform as well as modern help points for when the station is unstaffed.

The station also has a large bicycle storage facility located next to the Nottingham bound platform as well as a large 80 space car park at its entrance.^[1]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.^[2]

Services

East Midlands Railway operate all services at Newark Castle using Class 158 and predominantly Class 170 DMUs.^[3]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 1 tph to via
• 1 tph to via Nottingham and
• 1 tph to of which 1 tp2h continues to

The station is also served by two trains per day to and one train per day from London St Pancras International which are operated using a Class 222 Meridian. These services do not run on Sundays.

On Sundays, there is a roughly hourly service between Lincoln and Nottingham from mid-morning onwards.

Recent developments

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities opened at the station in Autumn 2015.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Newark-on-Trent

References

References

Sources

• David Marshall Smith (1965) The industrial archaeology of the East Midlands: Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and the adjoining parts of Derbyshire. Industrial archaeology of the British Isles (David & Charles) page 263

External links

53.0806°N -0.8133°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Newark Castle station information. East Midlands Railway. 6 February 2021.
2. Web site: Station Map: Newark Castle. Network Rail. 6 February 2021.
3. Web site: EMR Regional Fleet. East Midlands Railway. 18 May 2021.
4. Web site: May 2021 Timetable Changes - Newark Castle. East Midlands Railway. 19 May 2021.
5. Web site: London on your Doorstep | East Midlands Trains . 4 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918032012/http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/train-times/Improvements-on-our-Nottingham-to-Newark-Castle-and-Lincoln-services/#Newark-Castle . 18 September 2015 . dead .