Kettering London St Pancras Train

Kettering railway station, operated by East Midlands Trains, serves the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England and lies on the Midland Main Line which connects London St. Pancras station to the northern city of Sheffield via Luton, Bedford, Kettering, Leicester, East Midlands Parkway, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield. The station is approximately 70 miles to the north of London St Pancras. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the station include a First Class Lounge, payphones, cafe, toilets and baby changing facilities. Passengers should note that there are no ATM's at the station.

Passenger services calling at the station generally depart towards London St Pancras, Nottingham, Leicester, Corby, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and York. These are services are operated by East Midlands Trains. Commuters to London enjoy a high frequency of trains to the capital in the morning and evening peak, with a train (occasionally non-stop) roughly every 20 to 30 minutes. The fastest journey takes 51 minutes.

Parking is available at the station for 500 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in central London, London St Pancras railway station offers passengers destinations including Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, Chatham, Faversham, Ashford International, Canterbury West, Folkestone, Dover, Luton and Bedford. International destinations available are Paris, Brussels and Lille.

London St Pancras railway station is operated by Network Rail and is the terminus for East Midlands Trains services from London to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, and smaller towns en route, and for Eurostar's high speed trains to Paris, Brussels and Lille. First Capital Connect trains on the cross-London Thameslink route call at platforms beneath the main station, south to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and north to Luton Airport Parkway for Luton Airport and Bedford. It is also the terminus for high speed domestic services to Kent, run by Southeastern.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, bureau de change, First Class Lounge, pay phones, cafes and shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 322 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The recent redeveloped terminus has been described by the travel writer Simon Calder as "the world's most wonderful railway station". On the station's upper level, above the Arcade concourse, stands a bronze statue of the former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, gazing in apparent wonder at the Barlow roof and at the south end of the upper level, a 9-metre high bronze statue named The Meeting Place stands beneath the station clock.