Kettering railway station
Kettering 
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Platform 2
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| Location | |
| Place | Kettering |
| Local authority | Borough of Kettering |
| Grid reference | SP863780 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KET |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.996 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.019 million |
| 2013/14 |
 1.004 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.022 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.042 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1857 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Kettering Railway Station, including the main building and platforms 1,2,3 and 4 and their associated buildings and canopies |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed (since 26 November 2014) |
| Entry number | 1372596 |
| Added to list | 5 May 1981 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kettering from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 52°23′35″N 0°43′56″W / 52.39307°N 0.73215°W
Kettering railway station serves the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. It lies south-west of the town centre, on the Midland Main Line, 71 miles (115 km) north of London St. Pancras.
The station was opened in May 1857 by the Midland Railway on a line linking the Midland to the Great Northern Railway at Hitchin. Later, the Midland gained its own London terminus at St Pancras railway station. In 1857 the leather trade being in recession, over half its population was on poor relief. The railway enabled the town to sell its products over a much wider area and restored it to prosperity.
The original station with a single platform was designed by Charles Henry Driver, with particularly fine "pierced grill" cast ironwork on the platform.
From 1866 the station was also the terminus of the Midland cross country branch line from Cambridge via St Ives & Huntingdon until closure in June 1959.
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