Newark Northgate railway station
Newark North Gate | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | East Coast |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | NNG |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 August 1852 |
|} Newark North Gate station is a railway station serving the town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated on the East Coast Main Line 120 miles (193 km) north of London Kings Cross, between Grantham and Retford.
Newark-on-Trent is a fairly small market town, 25 miles (40 km) east of the City of Nottingham. Newark has another station: Newark Castle, operated by East Midlands Trains and located nearer the town centre. It links Newark to Nottingham, Lincoln and other cities in central England.
History
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The station is on the Great Northern Railway Towns Line from Peterborough to Doncaster which opened in August 1852, the easier to construct Fens Loop Line via Boston and Lincoln had opened two years earlier.[1]
The station became a junction in 1879 with the opening of the GNR branch to Bottesford, built as a northern extension of the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway which opened at the same time. Services from Newark were provided to Northampton or Leicester and also to Nottingham. Services onto the joint line from Newark were withdrawn by 1922.[2] The line was much used for through goods, especially between Newark and Northampton. The joint line closed in 1962 except for isolated fragments, but the Newark to Bottesford Junction section survived until 1988.
The short connection to the Newark Castle to Lincoln Central line was opened in 1965 by British Rail to maintain a link between the ECML and Lincoln following the closure of the branch from the latter to Grantham. This remains in use today by trains to Lincoln and Grimsby.
In January 2009 National Express East Coast installed ticket barriers.
Services
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | East Coast London to Newcastle |
Doncaster | ||
| Grantham | East Coast Hull Executive Limited Service |
Doncaster | ||
| Grantham | East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Retford | ||
| Grantham | East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Terminus | ||
| Grantham | East Coast East Coast Main Line Limited Service |
Lincoln Central | ||
| Terminus | East Midlands Trains Newark-Grimsby Line | |||
From platforms 1 and 2, East Coast run intercity trains south for stations to London Kings Cross, as well as to the North for stations to Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne and Scotland. From platform 3, East coast runs trains every 2 hours from London Kings Cross that terminate there and go back to London. One of these a day continues to Lincoln. East Midlands Trains also runs a service to Lincoln Central and Grimsby. Occasional trains on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line also call additionally at Newark North Gate. On platform 3, the terminating East Coast trains are on the south end of the platform while the East midlands trains are on the north end. Passengers changing therefore can just walk up the platform. A raillink bus operates to this station from Lincoln bus station.
The station is just south of the Newark Crossing,[3] one of the few flat railway crossings in the UK. The East Coast Main Line is crossed by the Nottingham-Lincoln line. Trains on the East Coast Main Line not calling at Newark North Gate have to slow from 125 mph to 100 mph at the crossing. There are plans to grade-separate the crossing by providing a flyover for east-west services, with a shallow enough gradient to accommodate freight trains. A key geographical constraint on the construction of a flyover will be the proximity of the site to the River Trent and the A1 trunk road. The benefits of a flyover would include higher capacity on both the East Coast Main Line and the Nottingham-Lincoln line, for both passengers and freight; journey time improvements; and a more reliable timetable. Network Rail's final Route Utilisation Strategy for the East Midlands estimated that a flyover would have a benefit:cost ratio of 1.4, with further benefits which could not be taken account of in the standard project appraisal procedures. The RUS recommended that the provision of a flyover at Newark is further developed in Control Period 4 (2009–2014) to refine the infrastructure costs and potential benefits, with the possibility of constructing it in Control Period 5 (2014–2019).[4]
The Current off-peak Service pattern is:
East Coast
- 2tph to London Kings Cross
- 1tph calls at Peterborough and London Kings Cross
- 1tph calls at Grantham, Peterborough, Stevenage and London Kings Cross
- 1tph either Terminates or continues to York calling at Retford, Doncaster and York or lincoln non-stop
- 1tph to Newcastle calling at Doncaster, York, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. Some continue to Edinburgh Waverley, also calling at Alnwick and Edinburgh Waverley
- 1 train a day to Hull Paragon calling at Doncaster, Selby, Brough and Hull.
No services by First Hull Trains or Grand Central Railway stop at Newark North Gate.
Station name
There is significant ambiguity about the correct form of the station's name. Different station name signs on the platforms say "Newark North Gate" or "Newark Northgate" (below right). On exiting the station, the old British Rail sign says just "Northgate" and road signs towards the station say 'Northgate'.
Former services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claypole | Great Northern Railway East Coast main line |
Carlton-on-Trent | ||
| Cotham | Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Newark |
Terminus | ||
| Cotham | Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Newark |
Terminus |
Station car parks
There are 3 car parks in the immediate area for the railway station. They are operated by the railway car parks and National Car Parks (NCP).
Railway Northgate Car Park - 289 spaces
NCP Northgate Car Park - 371 Spaces
Tariff:
| Time | Railway Car Park | National Car Parks (NCP) |
|---|---|---|
| First 15 Mins | £1.00 | Free |
| 1 Hour | £1.00 | £1.00 |
| Week Day 1 Day | £9.00 | £8.00 |
| Weekend 1 Day | £5.00 | £4.50 |
| 1 Week | £36.00 | £25.00 |
| 1 Month | £126.00 | £80.00 |
Of the 3 main car parks in the area, the NCP and the Railway car parks are the most conveniently situated for the railway station facilities.
Notes
- ^ Body, p.116
- ^ Bradshaws Railway Guide, July 1922.
- ^ http://wikimapia.org/6526956/Newark-Crossing
- ^ "East Midlands". Network Rail. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
References
- Body, G. (1986), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 1, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 0-85059-712-9
- National Rail
- NCP Newark Northgate Station Car Park
External links
Media related to Newark North Gate railway station at Wikimedia Commons- NCP Newark Northgate Station Car Park
