West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom between London and Glasgow.
West Coast Main Line | |||
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 The West Coast Main Line running alongside the M1 motorway | |||
| Overview | |||
| Type | |||
| System | National Rail | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | |||
| Termini | Glasgow Central London Euston | ||
| Stations | 46 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1837–1881 | ||
| Owner | Network Rail | ||
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| Technical | |||
| Line length | 399 mi (642 km) | ||
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As of 2025, train services are currently 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 pictured 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
The Advanced Passenger Train, British Rail's ill-fated tilting train, seen here next to the WCML at Crewe Heritage Centre
Quadruple track section of line at Roade cutting in Northamptonshire – lines have already divided south of here and diverge a little further north
Class 153 at Ty Glas station crop (geograph 6162860)
Carlisle - ScotRail 156501 Newcastle train
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