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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.
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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).
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]
The line from London to the Channel Tunnel is the only line designated 'high speed', although the other main routes also operate limited-stop express services. The bulk of the secondary network is concentrated in London and the surrounding East and South East regions; an area marketed by National Rail as London and the South East .
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2017. The line's planned route is between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham.
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Birmingham 3 West Midlands Trains 1.030 million 0.329 million 0.397 million Five Ways: 1885 [35] Birmingham 1 West Midlands Trains 2.497 million 1.171 million 1.459 million Four Oaks: 1884 [36] Birmingham 5 West Midlands Trains 0.805 million 0.377 million 0.498 million Gravelly Hill: 1862 [37] Birmingham 2 West Midlands Trains 0.912 million 0. ...