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The first stretch of what is now the WCML was the Grand Junction Railway connecting the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to Birmingham, via Warrington, Crewe, Stafford and Wolverhampton, opening in 1837. The following year the London and Birmingham Railway was completed, connecting to the capital via Coventry, Rugby and the Watford Gap. The Grand Junction and London and Birmingham railways shared a Birmingham terminus at Curzon Street station, so that it was now possible to travel by train between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. [11] [12] 3020 Cornwall, an early LNWR express locomotive (built 1847, as pictured circa 1890) The West Coast Main Line ( WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest mixed-traffic railway routes in Europe, carrying a mixture of intercity rail, regional rail, commuter rail and rail freight traffic. The core route of the WCML runs from London to Glasgow for 399 miles (642km) and was opened from 1837 to 1869. With additional lines deviating to Northampton, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh, this totals a route mileage of 700 miles (1,127km). [3] [4] The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line connects the WCML to Edinburgh. However, the main London–Edinburgh route is the East Coast Main Line. Several sections of the WCML form part of the suburban railway systems in London, Coventry, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, with many more smaller commuter stations, as well as providing links to more rural towns. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. In September 2006, a new speed record was set on the WCML– a Pendolino train completed the 401-mile (645km) Glasgow Central– London Euston run in a record 3 hours 55 minutes, beating the APT's record of 4 hours 15 minutes, although the APT still holds the overall record on the northbound run.

Colloquially known as the Tube, the London Underground was the first rapid transit system in the world, having begun operations in 1863. [10] More than 3million passengers travel on the Underground every day, amounting to over 1billion passenger journeys per year for the first time in 2006. [11] [12] The Underground has 11 lines, most of which connect the suburbs to Central London and together form a dense network in central London, linking major railway stations, central business areas and icons. The Underground serves North London much more extensively than South London. This is the result of a combination of unfavourable geology, historical competition from surface railways and the historical geography of London which was focused to the north of the River Thames. South London is served primarily by surface railways (the majority of London Underground's route length is actually on the surface rather than in tunnel). Livery and numbering [ edit ] LSWR and Southern Railway [ edit ] No. 488 at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway 25 October 1975. The exchange was prompted by the government's rejection of proposals for an innovative subterranean maglev train network to link Northern cities. The technology, which allows for faster and more energy-efficient transport, is tried-and-tested but has not been deployed in Europe. INNOVIA APM Automated People Mover System - London Heathrow, UK - United Kingdom - Bombardier". Bombardier. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014 . Retrieved 29 October 2019. Parker, David (2009). The official history of privatisation. London: Routledge. p. 232. ISBN 9780203881521.Public Carriage Office begins consultation on licensing pedicabs in London" (Press release). Transport for London. 29 June 2006 . Retrieved 28 May 2007. London Oxford Airport - a Tale of Two Cities". The Telegraph. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2016.

Political support for the principle of Orbirail continued after the change of leadership following the 2008 London mayoral election. During his election campaign, Boris Johnson published a transport manifesto which highlighted the problems associated with orbital journeys around London: Southern provides an hourly service between East Croydon and Watford Junction, which calls at all stations on the West London Line, then Wembley Central, Harrow & Wealdstone and Watford Junction. Three trains per day extend to Hemel Hempstead. Wolmar, Christian (2007). Fire and Steam, A New History of the Railways in Britain. London: Atlantic. ISBN 978-1-84354-629-0. The Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme – sometimes loosely described as HS3 – aims to connect Northern cities via a high-speed east-west route. The proposed rail infrastructure would link Manchester to Leeds via Bradford, and eventually extend to Newcastle and Hull.improving safety of larger vehicles like buses & heavy goods vehicles through the Direct Vision Standard (which ensures drivers have a reasonable view of the road) As a purely passenger engine, the new arrival was little suited to the East Kent Light Railway's primarily industrial needs; it was only used when absolutely necessary, and then largely on coal trains, taking 14 wagons on the Tilmanstone shuttle. Latterly it seems to have worked only about once a month, and was last used on 29 May 1943.