Tags: West Coast Main Line

History in motion: Female signallers take the lead today on the West Coast Main Line

Today, on International Women’s Day, 11 of the 15 people needed to signal trains on the West Coast Main Line between London and Crewe are women. Signalling and controlling this busy route is something that Kelly Littleton and Claudine Molloy enjoy after a career change to join the rail industry. Saddiqa Shan is just seven […]

HS2 celebrates UK’s heaviest bridge drive near Lichfield

HS2 has successfully carried out the UK’s heaviest drive to install an intersection bridge structure beneath the West Coast Main Line at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield. The 56 metre long and 19 metre wide structure will allow Britain’s new high-speed railway to pass beneath the busy existing railway line, on its route going north of Birmingham […]

Safety warning as CCTV catches man’s shocking near miss with train

Onboard driver CCTV has caught the moment a man narrowly missed being hit by a train on the West Coast main line. Network Rail and Avanti West Coast today (Friday 3 March) released video of the near miss at a footpath level crossing near Runcorn as a safety warning to others. The entrance to the […]

£164m overhaul for key cross-border rail line

The West Coast main line will close for 16 days in March as Network Rail engineers deliver a vital programme of work to upgrade Carstairs Junction.   The closure of the line, between March 4 and March 19, is the first phase of a three-month programme of work which will also see trains diverted and […]

Refurbished Pendolinos return to the rails as part of UK’s biggest ever train upgrade

The first fully refurbished Avanti West Coast Pendolino enters service follow multi million pound upgrade.  First ‘as new’ train due back in service following transformation £117m investment set to deliver step change in onboard experience for Avanti West Coast customers Upgrade will add more than 2,000 extra Standard Class seats Avanti West Coast’s first refurbished […]

Rail workers join forces with farmer to protect West Coast main line from dislodged 100ft tree

Network Rail workers in Cumbria joined forces with a local farmer to keep passengers and freight trains moving on the West Coast main line. During Storm Corrie, which saw windspeeds of over 90mph across the north of the UK, a dangerous 100 feet tall tree was spotted leaning perilously close to the railway at Floriston […]

West Coast main line: Christmas travel clear – upgrades in New Year

Christmas and New Year bank holiday journeys free from disruptive railway upgrades Advance warning of work between 4-12 January between Milton Keynes and Rugby Please ‘look before you book’ to know your travel options Passengers should wear a face covering in busy indoor settings unless they are exempt Passengers using the West Coast main line […]