West Coast Main Line

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intercity rail route railway line

The West Coast Main Line is one of the United Kingdom’s primary intercity railway routes, linking London with major cities such as Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Western Main Line 1
North West rail corridor 1
West Coast Main Line (railway) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intercity rail route ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
alsoUsedFor freight rail transport ⓘ
connectsCity Birmingham ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Manchester ⓘ
connectsRegion England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
electrificationCompleted 1974 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasMajorStation Birmingham New Street ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham New Street railway station

Carlisle railway station ⓘ
Coventry railway station ⓘ
Crewe railway station ⓘ
Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ
Liverpool Lime Street ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool Lime Street railway station

London Euston ⓘ
surface form: London Euston railway station

Manchester Piccadilly railway station ⓘ
Milton Keynes Central railway station ⓘ
Preston railway station ⓘ
Rugby railway station ⓘ
Watford Junction railway station ⓘ
historicalOperator British Rail ⓘ
London and North Western Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
isMajorCorridorFor London–North West England rail traffic ⓘ
London–Scotland rail traffic ⓘ
London–West Midlands rail traffic ⓘ
locatedIn Great Britain ⓘ
maximumSpeed 125 mph ⓘ
notableServiceType high-speed intercity trains ⓘ
openedAsThroughRoute 19th century ⓘ
operator Avanti West Coast ⓘ
Caledonian Sleeper ⓘ
London Northwestern Railway ⓘ
ScotRail ⓘ
TransPennine Express ⓘ
owner Network Rail ⓘ
partOf British railway network ⓘ
primaryUse passenger rail transport ⓘ
routeDirection north–south ⓘ
terminus Glasgow Central railway station ⓘ
London Euston ⓘ
surface form: London Euston railway station
trackConfiguration mixed double and quadruple track ⓘ
upgraded West Coast Route Modernisation ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London Euston – Manchester → belongsToCorridor → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line Anglo-Scottish corridor
Stockport Viaduct → carries → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
EUS → connectsTo → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Manchester–Crewe line → connectsToNetwork → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Argyle Line → connectsWith → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Westmorland, England → containsTransportRoute → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line (railway)
London Euston – Glasgow → followsLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Bedfordshire → hasRailwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Carlisle → hasRailwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Stockport Viaduct → hasRailwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Borough of Halton → hasTransportInfrastructure → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
southern Scotland → hasTransportLink → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Scotland
Dumfriesshire → hasTransportRoute → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Manchester rail network → includesLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line branches
Scottish rail network → includesLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
EUS → isMajorTerminusOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Wilmslow railway station → line → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Avanti West Coast → lineServed → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line core route
Edinburgh Haymarket railway station → lineServed → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Euston – Manchester → lineUses → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line fast lines
Manchester–Crewe line → locatedInCorridor → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: North West rail corridor
Crewe railway station → locatedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Euston → locatedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Euston – Manchester → locatedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Runcorn railway station → locatedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Network Rail → networkIncludes → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Network Rail → networkIncludes → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Western Main Line
Warrington Bank Quay railway station → onLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Crewe → onRailwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Crewe railway station
London and North Western Railway → operated → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line routes
LMS → operatedMainLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Virgin Trains → operatedRoute → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Avanti West Coast → operatesOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Northwestern Railway → operatesOnLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
TransPennine Express → operatesRouteVia → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Liverpool Lime Street → partOf → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line network
London Euston – Glasgow → partOf → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line trunk route
Runcorn Railway Bridge → partOf → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Stockport Viaduct → partOf → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Euston – Birmingham → partOfNetwork → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
LMS Jubilee Class → primaryRoute → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
LMS Princess Royal Class → primaryRoute → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
London Road → railLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
subject surface form: London Road railway station
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line (via connecting routes)
Motherwell → railLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Northampton → railLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line loop
Kidsgrove → railwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Lockerbie → railwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ
Macclesfield → railwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ