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  2. West Coast Main Line diagram - Wikipedia

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    The West Coast Main Line is a major trunk railway in the United Kingdom, linking London with Glasgow. The Watford DC lines are intricately linked with the southern part of the WCML and are also shown in full. A detailed diagram of the line is housed on this page for technical reasons. Note that some complex areas have been simplified for clarity.

  3. West Coast Main Line - Wikipedia

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    The northern WCML as it weaves through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria alongside the M6. The spine between London Euston and Glasgow Central is 399 miles (642 km) long, [1] with principal InterCity stations at Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central, Rugby, Stafford, Crewe, Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith and Carlisle.

  4. File:Birmingham & West Mids Passenger Railway Map.JPG

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  5. Transport in Birmingham - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham's canal network was built during the Industrial Revolution to transport heavy goods and the city remains at the hub of the country's canal network. Canals run for 35 miles (56 km) within the city, of which most are still navigable. Birmingham is often lauded as having more miles of canal than Venice, true by a margin of 9 miles (14 km).

  6. Urban rail in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Much of the network is electrified, with some lines operated by diesel trains. Trains are operated by Abellio ScotRail; Transport Scotland oversees the management of routes, fares and timetables for all train services in Scotland - until 2005, train services around Glasgow were managed by Strathclyde Passenger Transport. Because of this ...

  7. West Coast Main Line route modernisation - Wikipedia

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    It links the cities of London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster and Carlisle. Virgin Trains took on the franchise to run train services on the routes in 1997 and as part of the agreement wanted an upgrade to the railway line to allow for faster more frequent trains to grow the business. [1]

  8. Chase Line - Wikipedia

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    Passenger services on the line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley were withdrawn in 1965, and the intermediate stations closed as part of the Beeching Axe, the line however remained open to freight, although until the 1980s it was not unknown for diverted Inter-City passenger services from Birmingham to Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, etc. to use the line in the event of the ...

  9. Birmingham New Street railway station - Wikipedia

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    Around 80% of train services to Birmingham go through New Street. [11] The other major city-centre stations in Birmingham are Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. [67] Outside Birmingham, in Solihull, is Birmingham International, which serves Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre.