Facilities
Kettering is staffed during operational hours (05:00-00:30), and is locked and inaccessible during non operational times (01:00-04:30). The station is monitored via CCTV cameras which are monitored locally and at the town council offices.
- Lifts to all platforms.
- Two pay and display car parks (for charges see http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ket/details.html).
- Waiting rooms on all platforms. Platform 4 has a painting of a girl looking into a box, artist unknown.
- Pumpkin Cafe.
- Accessible toilet and Baby change.
- Stagecoach X1 bus to Corby
- FastTicket machine
- Food Vending machines.
- Payphones.
- Taxis.
The station is included in the PlusBus scheme where bus travel can be added to train tickets for a small additional charge.
The station formerly had a nightclub, in the basement of the station building, closed due to fire regulations. A subway and barrow crossing was used at the station to access the various platforms until the lifts and stairs were constructed in the 1990s. The former station masters flat has remained available for rent for several years.
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