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
2018/19	0.803 million
Interchange	60,278

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 158 and predominantly Class 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 Newark to Grimsby		Collingham
Nottingham
Lowdham		East Midlands Railway Midland Main Line Limited Service

Recent developments

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities 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 Northgate Newark Castle Great North Road Nottingham to Lincoln Line East Coast Main Line

See also

• Listed buildings in Newark-on-Trent

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

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