Newark Castle railway station


Newark Castle is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England; the other is 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.
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.
Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.
A new ticket office, waiting room and toilet facilities opened at the station in autumn 2015.

Services

East Midlands Railway operates all services at Newark Castle; the typical off-peak service in trains per hour / day is:
  • 1 tph to, via
  • 1 tph to, via Nottingham and
  • 2 tph to ; of which:
  • * 1 tp2h continues to
  • 2 tpd to .
On Sundays, there is an approximately hourly service between Lincoln and Matlock from mid-morning onwards.
All regional services are operated using and predominantly diesel multiple units; inter-city services to London use Class 222 Meridians.