West Coast Main Line facts for kids

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West Coast Main Line is a main line between London and Glasgow in United Kingdom. Train services are operated by Virgin Trains 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

Images for kids

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
Quadruple track section of line at Roade cutting in Northamptonshire – lines have already divided south of here and diverge a little further north
Class 158 in the Transport for Wales livery
Northern Class 319
323 Northern By Arriva
Northern Class 331-1 w-pantograph
London Midland Class 350-2 3 w-pantograph
Southern Class 377-7
Scotrail Class 380 1 w-pantograph
Outline map of the possible future Crossrail extensions as recommended in the 2011 RUS, which include the WCML
Map of WCML

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