Northampton train station
You can reach 46 stations directly from Northampton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Milton Keynes Central, with 87 trains a day.
Northampton is the nearest station for postcodes in NN1, NN5, NN4, NN2, NN7, NN3, NN6, NN12. Check your own postcode.
- 46 direct destinations
- 192nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 866 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Northampton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central | 87 | 85 | 74 |
| London Euston | 84 | 83 | 74 |
| Wolverton | 80 | 82 | 68 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 77 | 80 | 72 |
| Rugby | 77 | 76 | 69 |
| Bletchley | 76 | 80 | 71 |
| Long Buckby | 76 | 75 | 64 |
| Coventry | 73 | 73 | 61 |
| Birmingham International | 72 | 72 | 60 |
| Birmingham New Street | 72 | 72 | 60 |
| Berkswell | 71 | 71 | 57 |
| Canley | 71 | 71 | 57 |
| Hampton-in-Arden | 71 | 71 | 56 |
| Tile Hill | 71 | 71 | 58 |
| Watford Junction | 47 | 57 | 56 |
| Berkhamsted | 14 | 26 | 33 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 14 | 25 | 34 |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | 13 | 21 | 26 |
| Tring | 13 | 24 | 21 |
| Kings Langley | 8 | 16 | 19 |
| Apsley | 7 | 16 | 19 |
| Cheddington | 5 | 15 | 18 |
| Crewe | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Stafford | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Atherstone | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Bushey | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Lichfield Trent Valley | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Marston Green | 3 | 3 | 38 |
| Nuneaton | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Rugeley Trent Valley | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Tamworth | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Adderley Park | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Lea Hall | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Stechford | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Walsall | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haymarket | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oxenholme Lake District | 1 | 0 | 1 |
and 6 more stations, each served less often.
Freight through Northampton station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Northampton station on 777 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 135 paths on the Wednesday, 91 paths on the Saturday and 22 paths on the Sunday. 79 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 14:00 to 15:00 on the Monday, with 13 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Northampton station is
2,847,378 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 192nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,079 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Northampton and London Euston than any other pair: 1,340,792 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Long Buckby 8.5 miles
- Wellingborough 10.8 miles
- Wolverton 12.6 miles
- Kettering 13.1 miles
- Milton Keynes Central 15.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Northampton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Northampton St. John's Street · 0.5 miles
- Northampton Bridge Street · 0.7 miles
- Church Brampton · 3.7 miles
- Blisworth · 4.0 miles
- Billing · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Northampton station
Northampton is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Sunday: 07:00 to 20:00
Toilets
Parking at Northampton station
- Station Car Park 866 spaces, 12 accessible
£8.90 off-peak, £12.80 a day, £49.70 a week
Cycle parking: 85 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 September 2026.
Getting to Northampton station
Northampton station is in West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, and is run by West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway).
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J15A (Rothersthorpe), 2.4 miles south-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station approach road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Northampton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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