[5] Four tracks of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Manchester and Scotland go through the village in a deep cutting.

There was a campaign in the 1990s to have the station re-opened for commuter traffic to London, Milton Keynes and Northampton, but there are no current plans to do so.

An accident occurred at the northern end of the cutting, at the junction, on 31 December 1969 when a northbound goods train on the slow lines derailed.

[7] The cause of the derailment was the failure of a main bearing spring on an empty 16-ton mineral wagon, and very similar to a previous incident on the Northampton loop in 1967.

In January 2021, work began on a rail freight terminal at Roade, taking advantage of its connection to the railway and proximity to the M1.

Woodville was born in Grafton Regis which is halfway between the two schools and was Queen consort of King Edward IV.

There is a main post office in the High Street offering most services including the payment of Vehicle Excise Duty.