Northampton Railway Station - Services

Services

Northampton is served by London Midland services to London Euston, Milton Keynes and Birmingham. 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:

• 3 trains per hour (tph) to London Euston, of which:
  • 1tph calls at all stations to Hemel Hempstead (except Cheddington and Tring) and Watford Junction.
  • 1tph calls at all stations to Leighton Buzzard before running non-stop to London.
  • 1tph calls at Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction only.

• 1tph to Crewe calling at all stations via Stoke-on-Trent apart from Polesworth and Long Buckby.
• 2tph to Birmingham New Street calling at Rugby, Coventry, Tile Hill, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International and Marston Green.
• 1tph Birmingham New Street calling at most stations.

Virgin Trains operate two trains per day from Northampton to London Euston (southbound only); one in the early morning and one in the late evening. These services originate from Birmingham New Street, but no northbound Virgin services are timetabled as serving Northampton. The lack of fast services to Northampton is caused by the fast lines of the West Coast Main Line bypassing the town. Connections to Manchester and other long-distance destinations can be made by changing at Milton Keynes Central.