Virgin West Coast
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Virgin West Coast is the part of Virgin Trains that operates express trains from London Euston.
[edit] Routes
Termini are in bold
[edit] VT4 (London Euston-Llandudno, Birmingham or Holyhead via Lichfield and Llandudno Junction)
- London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes Central
- Rugby
- Nuneaton
- Tamworth
- Lichfield Trent Valley
[edit] VT4-Birmingham Branch
- Birmingham New Street
- Wolverhampton
Birmingham Branch and Main Route Join
[edit] VT4-Main Branch
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stafford
- Crewe
- Chester
- Prestatyn
- Rhyl
- Colwyn Bay
- Llandudno Junction
Line Splits
[edit] VT4-Llandudno Branch
- Llandudno
[edit] VT4-Main Branch
- Bangor
- Holyhead
[edit] VT5 (London Euston-Wolverhampton via Birmingham)
- London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes
- Rugby
- Coventry
- Birmingham International (for Birmingham Airport and NEC)
- Birmingham New Street
- Sandwell and Dudley
- Wolverhampton
[edit] VT6 (London Euston to Edinburgh or Glasgow via North-West England, the Lake District and Lockerbie)
- London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes Central
- Rugby
- Nuneaton
- Tamworth
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stafford
- Crewe
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Wigan North Western
- Preston
- Lancaster
- Oxenholme Lake District
- Penrith North Lakes
- Carlisle
- Lockerbie
Line Splits
[edit] Edinburgh Branch
- Lockerbie
- Haymarket
- Edinburgh
[edit] Glasgow Branch
- Lockerbie
- Motherwell
- Glasgow Central
[edit] VT7 (London Euston-Manchester Piccadilly via Crewe or Stoke On Trent)
- London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes Central
- Rugby
- Nuneaton
- Tamworth
- Lichfield Trent Valley
Line Splits
[edit] Lichfield-Stockport via Crewe Branch
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stafford
- Crewe
- Wilmslow
[edit] Lichfield-Stockport via Stoke-On-Trent Branch
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stoke-On-Trent
- Congleton
- Macclesfield
Branches Meet
- Stockport
- Manchester Piccadilly
[edit] VT8 (London Euston- Crewe - Liverpool)
- London Euston
- Watford Junction
- Milton Keynes
- Rugby
- Nuneaton
- Tamworth
- Lichfield Trent Valley
- Stafford
- Crewe
- Runcorn
- Liverpool Lime Street
[edit] Trains
The West Coast routes are operated by Class 390 Pendolinos. These were introduced to replace an assortment of Classes 86, 87 and 90 electric locomotives, which had operated in push-pull mode with Mk.2 and Mk.3 coaching stock. Fifty-three units were built, numbered 390001-390053. Each unit is formed of nine vehicles, but the first 34 sets were built as 8-car units, with the ninth vehicle built later and retro-fitted into the unit during 2004.
| Domestic: | Arriva Trains Wales - c2c - Central Trains1 - Chiltern Railways - First Capital Connect First Great Western - First ScotRail - Grand Central2 - GNER - Heathrow Connect Hull Trains - Island Line3 - Merseyrail - Midland Mainline1 - Northern Rail Northern Ireland Railways4 - 'one' - Silverlink1 - Southeastern - Southern South West Trains - TransPennine Express - Virgin Trains (VWC - VXC1) |
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| International: | Enterprise4 - Eurostar |
| Airport Link: | Gatwick Express - Heathrow Express - Stansted Express5 |
| Sleeper: | Caledonian Sleeper6 - Night Riviera7 |
| 1 Ends November 2007 - 2 Starts 20 May 2007 - 3 Operated by South West Trains 4 Operated on the Irish railway network - 5 Operated by 'one' - 6 Operated by First ScotRail 7 Operated by First Great Western |
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| Future passenger train operators and franchises in Great Britain | |
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| New Franchises: | Cross Country1 - East Midlands1 - InterCity East Coast - London Overground1 West Midlands1 |
| Proposed open-access operators: |
Glasgow Trains2 - Grand Union2 - Humber & City2 - Wrexham & Shropshire3 |
| 1 Starts November 2007 - 2 Proposed - 3 Awaiting Approval | |
