West Coast Main Line facts for kids
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
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The northern WCML as it weaves through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria alongside the M6
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3020 Cornwall, an early LNWR express locomotive (built 1847, as running circa 1890)
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The Coronation Scot in 1937, hauled by a streamlined Coronation Class locomotive
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Quadruple track section of line at Roade cutting in Northamptonshire – lines have already divided south of here and diverge a little further north
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Class 158 in the Transport for Wales livery
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Northern Class 319
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323 Northern By Arriva
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Northern Class 331-1 w-pantograph
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London Midland Class 350-2 3 w-pantograph
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Southern Class 377-7
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Scotrail Class 380 1 w-pantograph
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Outline map of the possible future Crossrail extensions as recommended in the 2011 RUS, which include the WCML
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Map of WCML
See also
In Spanish: West Coast Main Line para niños
