Newark Castle
Location type
StationName and dates
Newark Castle (1846-)Station code: NCT National Rail
Where: English East Midlands, England
Opened on the Nottingham to Lincoln Branch (Midland Railway).
Description
This is a two platform station with a listed main station building. The station opened 6 years before the nearby Newark North Gate on the East Coast Main Line.
To the south of the station is a level crossing and signal box.
To the north the line crosses the East Coast Main Line on the level at Newark Crossing, the last example of its kind in Britain. There is a link to the East Coast Main Line from Newark Crossing East Junction which was built by British Railways in 1965. This allows a train from Newark North Gate to join the line eastbound.
Historically there was a link between the lines north of the station, allowing a train from Newark Castle to join the East Coast Main Line.
Tags
Station02/04/2018
| Nearby stations Newark North Gate Winthorpe Rolleston Junction [Station] Rolleston Fiskerton Claypole Cotham Collingham Southwell Bleasby Carlton-on-Trent Thurgarton Crow Park Kirklington and Edington Swinderby | Cow Lane Wharf Mill Newark North Junction Cross Street Goods Newark Crossing South Junction Newark Crossing Newark South Junction Newark Crossing East Junction Works Staythorpe Yard Muskham Watertroughs Rolleston Junction Rolleston West Junction Fiskerton Junction Tourist/other Staythorpe Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
