Newark Castle railway station

Newark Castle
265px The station building on Platform 1
Location
Place	Newark-on-Trent
Local authority	Newark and Sherwood
Grid reference	SK795543
Operations
Station code	NCT
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.650 million
2005/06	0.707 million
2006/07	2,905
2007/08	324,202
2008/09	345,128
2009/10	413,900
2010/11	348,938
2011/12	336,398
2012/13	237,509
2013/14	240,454
2014/15	538,503
History
Key dates	Opened 3 August 1846 (3 August 1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newark Castle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Newark-on-Trent
Legend East Coast Main Line Nottingham to Lincoln Line Newark Crossing Newark North Gate Newark Castle Great North Road Nottingham to Lincoln Line East Coast Main Line

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Newark Castle signalbox

Newark Castle railway station 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 Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC) who provide all services. Its name comes from the nearby castle. The other station in Newark is Newark North Gate.

Services

Trains run hourly towards Lincoln eastbound, and half hourly to Nottingham westbound. Mondays to Saturdays, the Nottingham trains continue on alternately to Leicester and to Matlock via Derby. There is only a limited service on Sundays, with trains running as far as Nottingham. EMT supplement peak time services with a daily return train from Lincoln to London St Pancras International Monday to Saturday.

The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, or from the ticket vending machine.

Future developments

Newark and Sherwood district and Nottinghamshire county councils and East Midlands Trains are in discussion to make the station the principal station on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line. A proposal to extend the Matlock - Nottingham service as far as Newark Castle will give the town a half-hourly service to Nottingham throughout the day. A draft consultation took place the autumn of 2014 place and services duly commenced in May 2015. Initially they ran only on weekdays, but from May 2016, these also run on Saturdays.

The Midland Railway signal box situated by the station is expected to close during 2015, with all signalling henceforth controlled from the East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC) at Derby.

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities are due to be opened at the station in Autumn 2015.

References

• 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

• Train times and station information for Newark Castle railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Rolleston		East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Lincoln Line		Collingham
Lowdham		East Midlands Trains Midland Main Line