General Information
Wellingborough has three platforms: two are regularly used, one occasionally, and another platform face with no trackwork. The station was formerly the junction for a branch to Higham Ferrers and there is now a preservation movement to reopen this route (see Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway).
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
From Bedford to Kettering the Midland Main Line is unusual for being a three-tracked main line. Other instances of this occurring are on the Cross City Line in Birmingham. Before rationalisation this formation was part of the longest continuous four-track layout in the UK, extending from London St. Pancras to Glendon Junction (north of Kettering) and with rail freight and passenger demands rising this could again be reinstated.
East Midlands Trains launched a new timetable in December 2008, with one train less running during the morning peak period, and four less during the evening peak. Some journey times have increased, with the quickest train now taking 47 minutes at peak times.
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