Newark Castle is a stop on the Nottingham-Lincoln Line in Nottinghamshire between Rolleston and Collingham.
EMR 156 411 arrives at Newark Castle
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Nottingham-Lincoln Line)
Station code:
NCT
Opened:
1846
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1846, the station is so named due to it's proximity to the castle! The station building was built in the Italianate style and is still in railway use though has lost it's canopy [1]. The station retains a staffed ticket office, the building also hosting a cafe.
Access between the platforms is via the level crossing and road at the Nottingham end of the platforms. The station is managed and served by East Midlands Railway with usually two trains per hour in each direction, some services terminating / originating at Newark Castle.
Newark Castle signal box
Level crossing
Station building
View down the platform
Preparing to depart
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham to Lincoln (Middleton Press, 2013) Fig. 50
