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The station is served by Silverlink County local services to London and Central Trains services to Birmingham New Street , on the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Main Line . At peak periods, Virgin Trains also run a Commuter service. For north-bound InterCity services, passengers have to change at Rugby . HISTORY At one time there were three railway stations in Northampton: ''Northampton (Bridge Street)'', ''Northampton (St. John's Street)'', and ''Northampton (Castle)''. The latter was named after the castle which formerly occupied the site and now survives as the town's only station. Bridge Street station was the first station in Northampton, which opened in 1845 . The first railway line to be built in to Northampton was a branch line off the London And Birmingham Railway from Blisworth to Peterborough , which was built in the. Northampton was served on this line by Bridge Street station. Castle station (as it is sill known to this day) was the second station to be opened, on the site of the historic castle. It first opened in 1859 but was originally only a minor station serving the branch line to Market Harborough . The third station was St Johns's Street station, which was opened in 1872 , and was the terminus of the Midland Railway 's branch line from Bedford , and was completely separate from the other stations. With the construction of the Northampton Loop off the West Coast Main Line in the late 1870s . Castle station was dramatically expanded and soon became Northampton's main station, serving the main line to London and Birmingham. The enlargement of the station completely demolished the surviving remains of the castle. St John's station was an early victim of closure, closing to passengers and freight in 1939 . Bridge Street station survived until 1964 , when the Northampton to Peterborough line was closed, leaving only Castle station, serving the town. REFERENCES
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