page_title: Northampton Bridge Street railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Northampton Bridge Street railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: From the Illustrated London News 24 July 1847
context_page_description: Northampton Bridge Street is a former railway station in Northampton, the main town of Northamptonshire, on the Northampton and Peterborough Railway which connected Peterborough and Northampton.
context_section_description: Originally named Northampton, this was the first station serving the town. It opened in 1845, with buildings designed by architect John William Livock. The service was from Peterborough to Northampton via Wellingborough. It was renamed Northampton Bridge Street in 1876, after a new station was built for the line to Market Harborough. The station meant that people could travel to Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Peterborough more quickly than before.
  The station closed to passengers in 1964, the buildings being demolished in 1969. Freight trains continued to use Bridge Street regularly until 1972; a lone remaining group of corporate sidings finally closed in 2005.
caption: From The Illustrated London News, 24 July 1847
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