It says 'Welcome to Northampton'. Quite rightly, one has to

question if this station is consummate with a town of some 230,000 people. Consequently, the station is about to be demolished and a grand new structure built in its place on an elevated position behind where I am standing. This will be the third incarnation of the station at this location with continuing talk of an additional 'parkway' station somewhere north or south of the town such has been the recent growth in rail travel.