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UNCOVERED: West coast main line | History Defined

New London to central Scotland train service to launch

Rail firm says its West Coast Main Line operation between Euston and Stirling will ‘offer low-cost fares and attract more people to train over air and road’

Evening Standard

Bank holiday misery for millions of rail passengers due to engineering work

Journeys on both the East and West Coast Main Lines will be affected, as will travel in London and South Wales

The Independent UK

Engineers move derailed Avanti West Coast train

The 11-carriage train came off the tracks on the West Coast Main Line near Shap, Cumbria, at about 6.15am on Monday.

Evening Standard

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RMT marks anniversary of Tebay rail tragedy

Four track workers were killed when a 16-tonne steel wagon rolled down the West Coast Main Line.

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast ordered to stop releasing tickets late or face 'formal measures'

Avanti West Coast runs trains on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Glasgow Central with branches to Birmingham, North Wales, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh

Birmingham Post

Railway line between Glasgow and Carlisle to remain closed until Friday

THE West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Carlisle will remain shut until Friday after flooding caused “significant damage” to an embankment.

The National (Scotland)

Huge bridge over dual carriageway in Lanarkshire will be rolled into position next spring

Work is progressing on the West Coast Main Line structure

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Avanti West Coast handed six-month lifeline to improve trains after months of chaos

The train firm will get an extension to April 1, giving it one last chance to win a contract to carry on running the West Coast Main Line, in what unions branded a 'reward for failure'

Daily Mirror

Avanti given six months to improve services on West Coast Main Line

Avanti has until April 1 to add at least 80 more services on weekdays

Evening Standard

Government to 'consider all options' on Avanti as calls grow for West Coast Main Line operator's contract to be removed

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham hits out at "chaos" on line

Birmingham Post

MSP visits rail team to learn more about new bridge at Ravenscraig

Central Scotland MSP, Graham Simpson visited the Network Rail team building a new bridge that will be installed under the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell and heard first-hand about progress on the work to date.

Daily Record

Decision to abandon £3bn HS2 line slammed by rail firms

The move was revealed just 30 minutes before the outcome of the confidence vote in Boris Johnson's leadership of the Conservative Party was announced

Birmingham Post

Rail firms slam ‘hugely disappointing’ decision to axe £3bn HS2 Golborne Link

The link will be removed from the HS2 Phase 2b Bill despite it being included in the Integrated Rail Plan.

The Independent UK

Calls for TransPennine Express to be stripped of West Coast Main Line franchise

Passengers using the operator to get to and from Lockerbie have been hit by “frequent cancellations” in recent years

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Rail passengers warned over Easter journeys

The West Coast Main Line will be closed between London Euston and Milton Keynes over the entire four-day bank holiday weekend.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh train users warned not to travel at selected dates due to major works

The works on the West Coast Main Line will mean that services across Scotland will be delayed or cancelled over the next eight weeks as the major works get under way

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast increasing services on routes from London to Manchester, Wales and Birmingham

This will increase the AWC operation to six trains per hour on the West Coast Main Line

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