Northampton railway station
Northampton 
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Station frontage
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| Location | |
| Place | Northampton |
| Local authority | Borough of Northampton |
| Grid reference | SP747604 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NMP |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| 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 |
 2.714 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.779 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.783 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.864 million |
| 2015/16 |
3.035 million |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| 16 February 1859 | Opened as Northampton Castle |
| 1880-1881 | Rebuilt |
| 1965-66 | Remodelled |
| 27 September 1965 | Closure of motive power depot |
| 18 April 1966 | Renamed Northampton |
| 12 January 2015 | New station building opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Northampton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Northampton railway station serves the large town of Northampton in England. It is on the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line.
The station is served by London Midland services southbound to London and northbound to Birmingham New Street and Crewe. Virgin Trains also run 2 services to London, one at 00:05 from Wolverhampton (to set down only) and one at 06:40 from Rugby.
Until the 1960s, the station was known as Northampton Castle, as it is built on the site of the former castle of that name. As part of the station's redevelopment in 2015, it was proposed to revert to this name. However, that did not happen.
The station has toilets, a newsagent, coffee shops, and a car hire office. As part of the re-development in 2015 there were proposals to build a multi-storey car park with direct access to the station.
Northampton is served by London Midland services to London Euston and Birmingham New Street. London Midland maintain their fleet of Class 350 EMUs at the Siemens depot just to the north of the station, as well as maintaining a Train Crew Depot at the station.
The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service consists of:
The service along the Trent Valley Line to Crewe via Nuneaton and Stafford no longer calls here (since December 2012); this service now runs on the direct (fast) lines between Milton Keynes and Rugby as part of London Midland's plans to run 110mph regional services on the West Coast Main Line. Passengers wishing to travel to Crewe now have to change at Rugby. However, there are still six Crewe services on Mondays to Fridays (Three in the mornings, three in the evenings), three on Saturdays (In the morning only) and an hourly service on Sundays.
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