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 | |
| 2018/19 |  0.803 million |
| Interchange | 60,278 |
| 2019/20 |  0.760 million |
| Interchange | 52,310 |
| 2020/21 | 0.151 million |
| Interchange | 8,650 |
| 2021/22 | 0.563 million |
| Interchange | 30,312 |
| 2022/23 | 0.508 million |
| Interchange | 66,916 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Feature | Castle Railway Station, Great North Road |
| Designated | 19 May 1971 |
| Reference no. | 1228701[1] |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Newark Castle railway station is a
.History
It was built in 1846 for the
Station masters
- 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)
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Facilities
The station has a ticket office on platform 1 which is staffed throughout the day, Monday-Saturday. [a] 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
Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.[12]
Services
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 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
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Following station | ||
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Nottingham |
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Recent developments
A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities opened at the station in Autumn 2015.[16]
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See also
References
References
- ^ a b Historic England, "Castle Railway Station, Great North Road (1228701)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 December 2016
- ^ "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 131. 1914. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Retirement of the Midland Station Master". Leicester Chronicle. England. 28 March 1896. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Interesting Presentation". Craven Herald. England. 8 September 1877. Retrieved 1 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Presentation to the late Newark Station Master". Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 10 March 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wisbech". Stamford Mercury. England. 2 January 1885. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Presentation to Mr. T.A. Watford". Tamworth Herald. England. 26 January 1895. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Newark LMS Station Mastership". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 17 June 1927. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stationmaster's death". Newark Advertiser. England. 28 October 1953. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stationmaster began as a lamp boy". Newark Advertiser. England. 10 March 1954. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Newark Castle station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Station Map: Newark Castle". Network Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "EMR Regional Fleet". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- ^ "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Newark Castle". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "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
- ^ Currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
External links
- Train times and station information for Newark Castle railway station from National Rail