West Coast Main Line
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The West Coast Main Line is a significant railway corridor in Great Britain, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is o
The West Coast Main Line running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap
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 pictured circa 1890)
The Coronation Scot in 1937, hauled by a streamlined Coronation Class locomotive
High Speed 2
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High Speed 2 is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2020. The planned route runs between Handsacre in southern Staffordshire and London, with a branch to Birmingham
West Coast Main Line
…announced that the (then named) InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by a new West Coast Partnership, which includes operating the planned High Speed 2 (HS2) service as well as the existing WCML express services. In August 2019, the DfT announced that First Trenitalia West Coast Rail (trading as Avanti…
Work underway on clearing the site at Birmingham Curzon Street in January 2020
HS2 construction near Leamington Spa in August 2021
Proposed design of HS2 rolling stock by Hitachi and Alstom joint venture
Wendover Green Tunnel, a cut-and-cover tunnel west of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, under construction in August 2026