West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line is a main line between London and Glasgow in United Kingdom. Train services are operated by Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry.
Stops
- Starting point at London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes Central
- Rugby
- Nuneaton
- Tamworth
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stafford
- Crewe
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Wigan North Western
- Preston
- Lancaster
- Oxenholme Lake District
- Penrith
- Carlisle
- Lockerbie
- Carstairs
- Motherwell
- Finishing point at Glasgow Central
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West Coast Main Line Media
The northern WCML as it weaves through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria alongside the M6
3020 Cornwall, an early LNWR express locomotive (built 1847, as running circa 1890)
The Coronation Scot in 1937, hauled by a streamlined Coronation Class locomotive
A train headed by a Class 85
electric locomotive at Euston in 1966, shortly after the introduction of electric train services on the WCML
BR Class 87
electric locomotive, 87020 in BR blue livery with a train of Mark 2 coaches. These, along with the similar Class 86 formed the backbone of express passenger services on the WCML from the 1970s until the 2000s.
The Advanced Passenger Train, British Rail's ill-fated tilting train, seen here next to the WCML at Crewe Heritage Centre
An Avanti West Coast Class 390
Pendolino tilting into a corner on the northern part of the WCML. The tilting mechanism allows higher speeds to be attained on the curving route