[2] British Railways (BR) withdrew passenger services from all stations on the Oakham to Kettering Line, including Corby, in May 1967.

It reduced the southern end of the line, from Glendon Junction (near Kettering) to Corby, to single track in 1986 after the closure of the town's steel works saw freight traffic levels decline.

On 13 April 1987, a passenger service of 11[note 1] shuttle trains daily between Corby and Kettering, usually operated by a single DMU, was reintroduced with local council subsidy.

[2] The East Midlands Branch of the independent campaign group Railfuture proposed that the Kettering – Corby line should be included in a cross-country Swindon – Peterborough service,[6] but this was not implemented.

[7] In June 2006, the Department for Transport (DfT) told prospective bidders for the new East Midlands rail franchise (combining Midland Main Line services from London St Pancras and the eastern section of the Central Trains network) that they would have to include in their tenders a price for a service to a new station in Corby.

[11] An article in the June 2008 edition of Modern Railways,[12] produced in co-operation with EMT, suggested that, from December 2008, Corby could be served by trains leaving St Pancras for Kettering at 8 minutes past each hour.

Services had been due to start on 14 December 2008,[15] but EMT admitted that it had yet to secure agreement with the DfT and the rolling stock company (ROSCO) for the four additional trains needed.

[19][failed verification] Transport secretary Geoff Hoon presided over the official opening of the station on 30 April 2009, with hourly passenger trains to London and a limited northbound service.

[28] In June 2009, it was announced that the station had won the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation's Award for Effective Partnerships and received praise for having been built on time, within budget and to a high standard.

[31] Network Rail did complete the re-doubling of the singled Glendon Junction to Corby section as part of the overall upgrade scheme in March 2018.

[33] Although the spine project has been cancelled, the Midland Main Line railway upgrade is in progress with the electrification and modernisation of the section from Kettering to Market Harborough ongoing from December 2021.

[34][35][36] In addition, the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands published by the DfT on 18 November 2021 shows the entire line to Sheffield will now proceed.

[38][39][40] The Kettering – Manton line via Corby was also considered for reopening to passengers as part of the East West Rail between Oxford, Cambridge and Norwich.

[citation needed] In July 2009, the Labour government published a document and said it was looking at electrification of the Midland Main Line but no funds had been committed.

The 2012 announcement by the Conservative led coalition government was that electrification of the railway line between Bedford, Wellingborough, Corby, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield would go ahead.

[55] EMR operates two intercity trains each way per day from Melton Mowbray and Oakham to London St. Pancras International, one of which terminates at Kettering.