The West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line links 57 stations, with a top line speed of 125 mph.
See the West Coast Main Line on the live map
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The line in numbers
| Track | about 1,013 miles, counting every running line |
|---|---|
| Stations | 57 |
| Top line speed | 125 mph |
| Passengers a year | 108.6 million entries and exits across its stations |
No end-to-end length is given for this line because OpenStreetMap applies its name to several separate stretches of track, so any figure measured from the map data would be a fragment of the real route rather than the whole of it.
Stations on this line
- Glasgow Central25.3 million a year
- Rutherglen871,338 a year
- Cambuslang831,150 a year
- Newton609,912 a year
- Uddingston702,066 a year
- Motherwell1.0 million a year
- Shieldmuir121,668 a year
- Carluke292,568 a year
- Carstairs31,886 a year
- Lockerbie210,848 a year
- Carlisle2.3 million a year
- Penrith (North Lakes)715,822 a year
- Oxenholme Lake District675,144 a year
- Carnforth196,102 a year
- Lancaster2.2 million a year
- Preston5.4 million a year
- Leyland450,718 a year
- Euxton Balshaw Lane75,928 a year
- Wigan Wallgate1.3 million a year
- Wigan North Western1.4 million a year
- Warrington Bank Quay1.5 million a year
- Runcorn731,962 a year
- Acton Bridge54,980 a year
- Hartford218,272 a year
- Winsford215,328 a year
- Crewe3.4 million a year
- Stafford2.5 million a year
- Adderley Park147,180 a year
- Stechford417,294 a year
- Berkswell284,690 a year
- Rugby2.4 million a year
- Wolverton338,874 a year
- Milton Keynes Central6.1 million a year
- Bletchley1.4 million a year
- Leighton Buzzard1.5 million a year
- Cheddington83,010 a year
- Tring787,982 a year
- Berkhamsted1.3 million a year
- Hemel Hempstead1.6 million a year
- Apsley518,088 a year
- Kings Langley507,206 a year
- Watford Junction6.9 million a year
- Bushey1.2 million a year
- Carpenders Park1.2 million a year
- Hatch End695,916 a year
- Headstone Lane516,542 a year
- Harrow & Wealdstone4.0 million a year
- Kenton1.4 million a year
- South Kenton643,152 a year
- North Wembley1.2 million a year
- Wembley Central4.4 million a year
- Harlesden1.6 million a year
- Willesden Junction7.0 million a year
- Kensal Green999,796 a year
- Queen's Park4.9 million a year
- Kilburn High Road758,448 a year
- South Hampstead477,560 a year
The busiest station on the line is Glasgow Central, 25.3 million entries and exits a year and 17th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Argyle Line, Camden to Watford Junction Line, Chiltern Main Line, Crewe to Derby Line, DC Electric Lines, Furness Line, Hamilton Circle Line, Kirkhill Line, Lakes Line, Rugby Birmingham and Stafford Line, Watford DC line, Windsor Bridge North Junction (Salford Crescent) and Southport Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.