Trains on the 21st of June 2008 were being terminated at Newark Northgate from the North and passengers bused to Grantham because of tunnel works north of Gratham on this Saturday with buses from Newark to Gratham.

East Midland Trains class 15332 still in Wessex trains colours but with East Midland Trains on it sides. This unit was working the Newark Northgate to Grimsby town train on the 14th of June 2008

Newark Northgate station is on the ECML from Kings Cross to Scotland. In 2004 GNER ran the main line trains from London to Scotland and London to Leeds.

To the south is Grantham station with Retford and Doncaster stations to the North. Kings Cross to Leeds trains were the most common trains to stop here on the ECML in 2004. Lincoln to Nottingham trains come off the Lincoln to Nottingham line next to were it  crosses over the ECML on the flat crossing  to the north of the station and they then reverse out of the station back up to the Lincoln Nottingham line.

Newark also has a second station Newark Castle on the Lincoln to Nottingham linewhich is to the west of the flat junction.  Lincoln Nottingham trains stopping at both stations.