Newark Castle railway station

• Joseph Pettifor 1846 - 1848
• John Gill 1848 - 1854
• Edwin Alfred Pakeman 1854 - 1856
• Charles Appleby ca. 1859 - 1865 ^[2]
• Robert Michie 1865 - 1867 ^[3] (formerly station master at Loughborough, afterwards station master at Leicester)
• Anderson Wilcock 1868 ^[4] (afterwards station master at Skipton)
• B. Broadhurst 1875 - 1885 ^[5] (afterwards station master at Cheltenham)
• Daniel Shipp 1885 ^[6] - 1895 (formerly station master at Wisbech)
• Thomas A. Watford 1895 ^[7] - 1911 (formerly station master at Tamworth)
• William Samuel Orchard 1911 - 1927 ^[8]
• Frank G. Sugars 1927 - 1934 (formerly station master at Pye Bridge)
• George W. Ramm 1951 - 1953 ^[9] (formerly station master at Dunford Bridge)
• L.H. Adams 1954 ^[10] - ca. 1963 (formerly station master at Swinton Town)

Newark Castle
The station building on Platform 1
General information
Location	Newark-on-Trent, Newark and Sherwood England
Grid reference	SK795543
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NCT
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	3 August 1846
Passengers
2017/18	0.767 million

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on platform 1 which is staffed throughout the day, Monday-Saturday. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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. ^[11]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle. ^[12]

Services

A service to Matlock

East Midlands Railway operate all services at Newark Castle using Class 156, 158 and 170 DMUs. ^[13]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^{[14] [15]}

• 1 tph to Leicester via Nottingham
• 1 tph to Crewe via Nottingham and Derby
• 1 tph to Lincoln of which 1 tp2h continues to Grimsby Town

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
Rolleston		East Midlands Railway Nottingham to Lincoln Line		Collingham
Nottingham
Lowdham		East Midlands Railway Midland Main Line Limited Service

Future developments

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities are due to be opened at the station in Autumn 2015. ^[16]

v t e Newark-on-Trent
Legend
East Coast Main Line Nottingham to Lincoln Line Newark flat crossing Newark North Gate Newark Castle Great North Road Nottingham to Lincoln Line East Coast Main Line

References

References

1. Historic England, "Castle Railway Station, Great North Road (1228701)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 30 December 2016
2. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 131. 1914. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
3. "Retirement of the Midland Station Master" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 28 March 1896. Retrieved 3 September 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Interesting Presentation" . Craven Herald. England. 8 September 1877. Retrieved 1 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Presentation to the late Newark Station Master" . Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 10 March 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Wisbech" . Stamford Mercury. England. 2 January 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Presentation to Mr. T.A. Watford" . Tamworth Herald. England. 26 January 1895. Retrieved 3 September 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Newark LMS Station Mastership" . Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 17 June 1927. Retrieved 3 September 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Stationmaster's death" . Newark Advertiser. England. 28 October 1953. Retrieved 12 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Stationmaster began as a lamp boy" . Newark Advertiser. England. 10 March 1954. Retrieved 12 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Newark Castle station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
12. "Station Map: Newark Castle". Network Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
13. "EMR Regional Fleet". East Midlands Railway . Retrieved 18 May 2021.
14. Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
15. "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Newark Castle". East Midlands Railway . Retrieved 19 May 2021.
16. "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

1. Currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

External links

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

Coordinates: 53°04′50″N0°48′48″W / 53.08056°N 0.81333°W / 53.08056; -0.81333