Newark Northgate Railway Station Totem Magnet. Free UK shipping. High quality, hand printed metal fridge magnet. British Railway station name sign, in Eastern region dark blue.

Newark Northgate is one of two railway stations serving the market town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England; the other is Newark Castle, sited closer to the town centre. It is a stop on the East Coast Main Line, 120 miles 8 chains (193.3 km) down the line from London King’s Cross, it is situated on the main line between Grantham to the south and Retford to the north

The station is on the Great Northern Railway Towns Line from Peterborough to Doncaster, which opened on 15 July 1852. The Fens Loop Line via Boston and Lincoln had opened two years earlier, as it had been easier to construct.

The station opened without any ceremony. The first train of passengers from the north arrived at 06:38 and those from the south arrived at 08:05. The buildings comprised a booking office, cloakroom, first and second class ladies’ and other waiting rooms, with 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 four locomotives.

The station became a junction in 1879, with the opening of the Great Northern Railway branch to Bottesford South, 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 Belgrave Road and also to Nottingham Victoria. Services onto the joint line from Newark were withdrawn by 1922. 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.

Newark Northgate Railway Station Totem Magnet, the size of the magnet is 115x30mm and it comes on a backing card. There are two magnets on the back, ready to stick on the fridge.

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