Manchester–Preston line

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heavy rail railway line

The Manchester–Preston line is a key railway route in North West England linking Manchester with Preston and serving major intermediate stations such as Manchester Oxford Road.

Aliases (3)

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heavy rail → railway line →
connectsCity	Manchester → Preston →
connectsRegion	Central Lancashire → Greater Manchester →
country	United Kingdom →
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line →
electrificationStatus	electrified →
hasFunction	passenger transport → regional rail corridor →
hasIntermediateHub	Bolton railway station → Manchester Oxford Road railway station → Salford Crescent railway station →
isPartOf	North West rail network →
lineNumber	Manchester–Preston →
locatedIn	England → North West England →
owner	Network Rail →
partOfNetwork	British railway network → National Rail →
railwaySystem	British Rail →
railwayType	main line →
regionServed	Greater Manchester → Lancashire →
servesStation	Bolton railway station → Buckshaw Parkway railway station → Chorley railway station → Horwich Parkway railway station → Manchester Oxford Road railway station → Manchester Piccadilly railway station → Preston railway station → Salford Crescent railway station →
terminus	Manchester → Preston →
trackGauge	1,435 mm standard gauge →
usedByService	Avanti West Coast → CrossCountry → Northern Trains → TransPennine Express →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Salford Central railway station → Salford Crescent railway station →	line
Huddersfield Line ("Manchester–Preston railway line") →	connectsTo
Deansgate railway station ("Manchester to Preston Line") →	hasLine
Manchester rail network ("Manchester to Preston railway line") →	includesLine
Oxford Road railway station →	railLine