Newark Castle railway station

Newark Castle railway station is a Grade II listed[1] railway station which serves the town of Newark in Nottinghamshire, England.

Newark Castle
National Rail
The station building on Platform 1
General information
LocationNewark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood
England
Grid referenceSK795543
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNCT
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened3 August 1846
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.803 million
 Interchange  60,278
2019/20Decrease 0.760 million
 Interchange Decrease 52,310
2020/21Decrease 0.151 million
 Interchange Decrease 8,650
2021/22Increase 0.563 million
 Interchange Increase 30,312
2022/23Decrease 0.508 million
 Interchange Increase 66,916
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureCastle Railway Station, Great North Road
Designated19 May 1971
Reference no.1228701[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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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

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The station has a ticket office on platform 1 which is staffed throughout the day, Monday-Saturday. [a] 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.[2]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.[3]

Services

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A service to Matlock

East Midlands Railway operate all services at Newark Castle using Class 158 and predominantly Class 170 DMUs.[4]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5][6]

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.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway
East Midlands Railway
Midland Main Line
Limited Service

Recent developments

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A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities opened at the station in Autumn 2015.[7]

Newark-on-Trent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Newark Northgate
 
 
 
 
Newark Castle
 
 
 
 
 

See also

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References

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References

  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Castle Railway Station, Great North Road (1228701)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 December 2016
  2. ^ "Newark Castle station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Station Map: Newark Castle". Network Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "EMR Regional Fleet". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  6. ^ "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Newark Castle". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "London on your Doorstep | East Midlands Trains". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.


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

Notes

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  1. ^ Currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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53°04′50″N 0°48′48″W / 53.08056°N 0.81333°W / 53.08056; -0.81333