Newark Castle railway station

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
2020/21	0.151 million
Interchange	8,650

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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

Newark Castle is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England; the other is Newark Northgate on the East Coast Main Line. It lies on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line; it is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides all services.

History

The station was built in 1846 for the Midland Railway in the Italianate style. The building is now Grade II listed. ^[1]

Its name is derived from the nearby Newark Castle.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on platform 1 which is staffed throughout the day, Monday-Saturday. At other times, tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine. It has a shelter on each platform, as well as modern help points for when the station is unstaffed.

It also has a large bicycle storage facility, located next to the Nottingham-bound platform, with an 80 space car park at its entrance. ^[2]

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

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilet facilities opened at the station in autumn 2015. ^[4]

Services

A Class 156 diesel multiple unit on a service bound for Matlock

East Midlands Railway operates all services at Newark Castle; the typical off-peak service in trains per hour / day (tph/tpd) is: ^[5]

• 1 tph to Matlock, via Nottingham
• 1 tph to Crewe, via Nottingham and Derby
• 2 tph to Lincoln; of which:
  • 1 tp2h continues to Cleethorpes
• 2 tpd to London St Pancras (except Sundays).

On Sundays, there is an approximately hourly service between Lincoln and Matlock from mid-morning onwards.

All regional services are operated using Class 158 and predominantly Class 170 diesel multiple units; inter-city services to London use Class 222 Meridians. ^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rolleston		East Midlands Railway Newark to Lincoln		Collingham
Nottingham
Lowdham		East Midlands Railway Midland Main Line Limited service

See also

• Listed buildings in Newark-on-Trent

References

Citations

1. 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. "London on your Doorstep | East Midlands Trains". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. "Timetables". East Midlands Railway. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
6. "Our fleet". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

Sources

• Marshall Smith, David (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

• 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