Newark North Gate
Newark North Gate 
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| Location | |
| Place | Newark-on-Trent |
| Local authority | District of Newark and Sherwood |
| Coordinates | 53°04′52″N 0°47′56″W / 53.081°N 0.799°WCoordinates: 53°04′52″N 0°47′56″W / 53.081°N 0.799°W |
| Grid reference | SK804545 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NNG |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.096 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.179 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.194 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.986 million |
| – Interchange | 0.234 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.048 million |
| – Interchange |
0.237 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 15 July 1852 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Northgate Railway Station, Appleton Gate |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1196065 |
| Added to list | 20 May 1988 |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newark North Gate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Newark North Gate station is a Grade II listedrailway station in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, on the East Coast Main Line 120 miles 8 chains (193.3 km) north of London King's Cross, between Grantham and Retford.
Newark-on-Trent is a market town, 25 miles (40 km) east of Nottingham. Newark has another station, Newark Castle, operated by East Midlands Trains and closer to the town centre. It links Newark to Nottingham, Lincoln and other cities in central England.
The station is on the Great Northern Railway Towns Line from Peterborough to Doncaster which opened on 15 July 1852, the easier to construct Fens Loop Line via Boston and Lincoln had opened two years earlier.
The station was opened without any ceremony. The first train of passengers from the north arrived at 6.38 am and those from the south arrived at 8.05 am. The buildings comprised a booking-office, cloak room, first and second class ladies’ and other waiting rooms, and a large refreshment room 51 feet (16 m) by 21 feet (6.4 m), and a smaller one 21 feet (6.4 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m). The platforms were 435 feet (133 m) long, with awnings provided for 50 feet (15 m) of their length. There was a coal depot, goods warehouse and sheds to accommodate 4 locomotives.
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