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
West Coast Main Line (via connecting routes)	1
West Coast Main Line Anglo-Scottish corridor	1
West Coast Main Line branches	1
West Coast Main Line core route	1
West Coast Main Line fast lines	1
West Coast Main Line loop	1
West Coast Main Line network	1
West Coast Main Line routes	1
West Coast Main Line sections	1
West Coast Main Line trunk route	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.

Penrith → railwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Wilmslow → railwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Crewe Works → railwayLineServed → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Berkhamsted → railwayServedBy → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Leyland → servedByRailLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England → servedByRailLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

subject surface form: Lichfield

Nuneaton → servedByRailLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Tamworth → servedByRailLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Caledonian Railway → successorLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Liverpool Lime Street → terminusFor → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

Class 397 Civity EMU → usedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

subject surface form: British Rail Class 397

Class 220 Voyager → usedOn → West Coast Main Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Coast Main Line sections

London to Liverpool → usesRailwayLine → West Coast Main Line ⓘ