It is now a heritage station at the end of a short running line.
The station was an intermediate stop on the Higham Ferrers branch line, originally established by the Midland Railway.
It closed completely in 1969, British Rail having withdrawn passenger services ten years previously.
Since the late 1990s, Rushden Station bar has been home to a series of resident cats.
The most recent station cats, Alfie and Thomas, have achieved minor fame on social media.