Newark Castle railway station
Newark Castle  | |
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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 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 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 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * 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. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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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.[1] 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.[2]
References
- ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 27
- ↑ http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/train-times/Improvements-on-our-Nottingham-to-Newark-Castle-and-Lincoln-services/#Newark-Castle
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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newark Castle railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Newark Castle railway station from National Rail
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Coordinates: 53°04′50″N 0°48′48″W / 53.08056°N 0.81333°W