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Stafford–Manchester Line
The Stafford–Manchester line is a major railway line branching from the West Coast Main Line serving Stafford, Stone, Staffordshire, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and Manchester. Train services Avanti West Coast Avanti West Coast operate inter-city services between Euston railway station, London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly railway station, Manchester Piccadilly, via the Colwich spur. Some services between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly travel along the Stone to Colwich Line, Stone to Colwich line, thereby by-passing Stafford. CrossCountry CrossCountry services operate between Birmingham New Street railway station, Birmingham New Street / The South and Manchester Piccadilly. Between Cheadle Hulme railway station, Cheadle Hulme (where it joins the Crewe–Manchester line) and Manchester, the line forms part of Network Rail Route 20. London Northwestern Railway Local services between Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019. The franchise covered long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland, consequently connecting six of the UK's largest cities: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, which have a combined metropolitan population of over 18 million. Virgin Trains had around 3,400 employees in 2015. The Virgin Trains brand was also used on the legally and operationally separate Virgin Trains East Coast from 2015 until 2018, and previously on Virgin CrossCountry, which operated between 1997 and 2007, as well as from 2018 to 2020 by Virgin Trains USA in Florida. The contract expired on 7 December 2019 (havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
