In 2022/2023, Northampton had 2,407,228 entries and exits, making it the 193^rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 337^th busiest (out of 997), with 967 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 6595.15 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 47.87 passengers per service*, giving it the 85^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 6597.74 passengers passing through the station and 47.91 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	275	999	Up & Down Slow
2	275	999	Down Fast
3	289	1050	Down Passenger Loop
4	256	930	Bay
5	169	614	Bay

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location: Northampton
CRS: NMP / NLC: 1069 / TIPLOC(S): NMPTBAY, NMPTN
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 474733 260508
Constituency: Northampton South
Local Authority: West Northamptonshire
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: HNR 65m 61ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Northampton during 2022/2023:
•London Euston (559,947 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (147,511 journeys)
•Milton Keynes Central (111,483 journeys)
•Coventry (55,238 journeys)
•Birmingham International (32,694 journeys)
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