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Newark Castle railway station

Coordinates: 53°04′50″N 0°48′48″W / 53.08056°N 0.81333°W / 53.08056; -0.81333
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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
2015/16Increase 0.572 million
2016/17Increase 0.752 million
2017/18Increase 0.767 million
2018/19Increase 0.803 million
 Interchange  60,278
2019/20Decrease 0.760 million
 Interchange Decrease 52,310
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

Newark Castle railway station is a Grade II listed[1] 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.

Station Masters

  • Joseph Pettifor 1846 - 1848
  • John Gill 1848 - 1854
  • Edwin Alfred Pakeman 1854 -1856
  • Charles Appleby ca. 1864
  • Robert Michie 1865 - 1867[2] (formerly station master at Loughborough, afterwards station master at Leicester)
  • Anderson Wilcock 1868[3] (afterwards station master at Skipton)
  • B. Broadhurst 1875 - 1885[4]
  • Daniel Shipp 1885[5] - 1895 (formerly station master at Wisbech)
  • Thomas A. Watford 1895[6] - 1911 (formerly station master at Tamworth)
  • William S. Orchard 1911 - 1927[7]
  • Frank G. Sugars 1927 - 1934 (formerly station master at Pye Bridge)

Services

A service to Matlock

Trains run hourly towards Lincoln eastbound, and half-hourly to Nottingham westbound. Mondays to Saturdays, the Nottingham trains continue alternately to Leicester and Matlock via Derby. Before the May 2017 timetable change there was only limited service on Sundays, with trains running as far as Nottingham.[8] From 21 May 2017, the Sunday service has been improved significantly, with hourly departures in each direction from mid-morning.[9]

EMR supplement peak time services with a daily return train from Lincoln to London St Pancras International Monday to Saturday.

The station is staffed Monday to Saturday, providing tickets, ticket collection service, information, toilets and a warm waiting area.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Nottingham-Lincoln Line
East Midlands Railway
Midland Main Line
(limited service)

Toilets are available with a small waiting area. The station provides two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'.

Future developments

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities are due to be opened at the station in Autumn 2015.[10]

Newark-on-Trent
Legend
East Coast Main Line
Nottingham to Lincoln Line
Newark flat crossing
 Newark Northgate
Newark Castle
Great North Road
Nottingham to Lincoln Line
East Coast Main Line

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Castle Railway Station, Great North Road (1228701)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 December 2016
  2. ^ "Retirement of the Midland Station Master". Leicester Chronicle. England. 28 March 1896. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Interesting Presentation". Craven Herald. England. 8 September 1877. Retrieved 1 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Presentation to the late Newark Station Master". Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 10 March 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wisbech". Stamford Mercury. England. 2 January 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Presentation to Mr. T.A. Watford". Tamworth Herald. England. 26 January 1895. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Newark LMS Station Mastership". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 17 June 1927. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 27
  9. ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2017
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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

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