Newark Castle railway station is a

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railway station which serves the town of

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History

It was built in 1846 for the

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in the Italianate style. It is on the

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, owned by

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and managed by

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who provide all services. Its name comes from the nearby

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. 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. 1859 - 1865 *Robert Michie 1865 - 1867 (formerly station master at Loughborough, afterwards station master at Leicester) *Anderson Wilcock 1868 (afterwards station master at Skipton) *B. Broadhurst 1875 - 1885 (afterwards station master at Cheltenham) *Daniel Shipp 1885 - 1895 (formerly station master at Wisbech) *Thomas A. Watford 1895 - 1911 (formerly station master at Tamworth) *William Samuel Orchard 1911 - 1927 *Frank G. Sugars 1927 - 1934 (formerly station master at Pye Bridge) *George W. Ramm 1951 - 1953 (formerly station master at Dunford Bridge) *L.H. Adams 1954 - ca. 1963 (formerly station master at Swinton Town)

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

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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

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storage facility located next to the

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bound platform as well as a large 80 space

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at its entrance. Step-free access is available to both the platforms at Newark Castle.

Services

Newark Castle - EMT 156470 Matlock service

operate all services at Newark Castle using Class 156, 158 and

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to via Nottingham and * 1 tph to of which 1 tp2h continues to The station is also served by two trains per day to and one train per day from

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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.

Future developments

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

References

References 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

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External links

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