Newark Castle railway station

Newark Castle railway station is a Grade II listed[1] railway station which serves the town of Newark in Nottinghamshire, England.

Newark Castle
The station building on Platform 1
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
2015/16	0.572 million
2016/17	0.752 million
2017/18	0.767 million
2018/19	0.803 million
Interchange	60,278
2019/20	0.760 million
Interchange	52,310
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

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)

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, waiting room and toilets which are all 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.[8]

Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.[9]

Services

A service to Matlock

Off-peak, all services at Newark Castle are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 156 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]

• 1 tph to Leicester via Nottingham
• 1 tph to Matlock via Nottingham and Derby
• 1 tph to Lincoln

There is also a daily return service between Lincoln and London St Pancras International which is operated by a Class 222 Meridian.

On Sundays, there is a roughly hourly service between Lincoln and Nottingham from mid-morning onwards.

Future developments

A new ticket office, waiting room and toilets facilities are due to be opened at the station in Autumn 2015.[11]

Newark-on-Trent
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. "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. "Newark Castle station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
9. "Station Map: Newark Castle". Network Rail. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
10. Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.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

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