Services
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, 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).
The Current off-peak Service pattern is the following:
East Coast
- 2tph to London Kings Cross
- 1tph to York
- 1tph to Newcastle; some continue to Edinburgh Waverley.
- 1 train a day to Hull Paragon.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | East Coast |
Doncaster | ||
| Grantham | East Coast |
Doncaster | ||
| Grantham | East Coast |
Retford | ||
| Grantham | East Coast |
Terminus | ||
| Grantham | East Coast |
Lincoln Central | ||
| Terminus | East Midlands Trains Newark-Grimsby Line | Collingham | ||
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