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2. West Coast Main Line - Wikipedia

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   A new set of high-speed long-distance services was introduced in 1966, launching British Rail's highly successful "Inter-City" brand [25] (the hyphen was later dropped) and offering journey times as London to Birmingham in 1 hour 35 minutes, and London to Manchester or Liverpool in 2 hours 40 minutes (and even 2 hours 30 minutes for the twice ...

3. Plans for new train services between London and Manchester - AOL

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   If London Northwestern Railway’s proposal is given the go ahead, new direct links from Rugeley, Lichfield, Tamworth and Atherstone in the West Midlands to Manchester city centre and Warrington ...

4. Inter-city rail in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   The UK's longest direct rail service is operated by CrossCountry from Aberdeen to Penzance, and takes 13 hours 23 minutes to complete. Inter-city trains from London operate out of the following London terminals: London Euston — trains to North Wales, North West England, the West Midlands and Scotland;

5. Virgin Trains (open access operator) - Wikipedia

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   In May 2024, Virgin announced it had lodged an application with the ORR to operate services on the WCML from London Euston to Birmingham, Liverpool, Rochdale and Glasgow from December 2025. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Services would initially be operated by former Avanti West Coast Class 221s Bombardier Voyagers , before Electric Multiple Units would ...

6. High-speed rail in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   APT-P (Class 370), at Carlisle, 1983. In the 1963, the British Rail board voted to established the British Rail Research Division, to explore new technologies for high-speed freight and passenger rail services on existing rail infrastructure, leading to the initiation of the Advanced Passenger Train (APT) programme, with a planned top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h).

7. List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom

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   Manchester Central – London St Pancras: 1938 – 1964 Peaks Express: LMS: 1938–1939 Pembroke Coast Express [11] BR / GWR: London Paddington – Pembroke Dock: 1953 – present Pines Express [64] SR and LMS / BR: Manchester London Road (or Manchester Mayfield), Liverpool and Sheffield Midland – Bournemouth West and Poole: 1927 – 1967 ...