Editing West Coast Main Line (section)

== Rolling stock ==
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2017}}
The majority of stock used on the West Coast Main Line is new-build, part of Virgin's initial franchise agreement having been a commitment to introduce a brand-new fleet of tilting Class 390 "Pendolino" trains for long-distance high-speed WCML services. The 53-strong ''Pendolino'' fleet, plus three tilting [[British Rail Class 221|SuperVoyager]] diesel sets, were bought for use on these InterCity services. One Pendolino was written off in 2007 following the [[Grayrigg derailment]]. After the 2007 franchise "shake-up" in the Midlands, more SuperVoyagers were transferred to Virgin West Coast, instead of going to the new CrossCountry franchise. The SuperVoyagers are used on London–Chester and Holyhead services because the Chester/North Wales line is not electrified, so they run "under the wires" between London and Crewe. SuperVoyagers were also used on Virgin's London-Scotland via Birmingham services, even though this route is entirely electrified – this situation is, however, changing since the expansion of the ''Pendolino'' fleet; from 2013 onward Class 390 sets have been routinely deployed on Edinburgh/Glasgow–Birmingham services.

By 2012, the WCML ''Pendolino'' fleet was strengthened by the addition of two coaches to 31 of the 52 existing sets, thus turning them into 11-car trains. Four brand new 11-car sets are also part of this order, one of which replaced the set lost in the Grayrigg derailment. Although the new stock was supplied in Virgin livery, it was not expected to enter traffic before 31 March 2012, when the InterCity West Coast franchise was due to be re-let, though the date for the new franchise was later put back to December 2012,<ref>{{cite news |title=Virgin Rail Group welcomes West Coast franchise extension discussions |url=http://www.railnetwork.info/article.php?article_id=2866 |work=Rail Network |date=21 May 2011 |access-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> and any effect of this on the timetable for introducing the new coaches remains unclear.

Previous franchisees [[Central Trains]] and [[Silverlink]] (operating local and regional services partly over sections of the WCML) were given 30 new [[British Rail Class 350|"Desiro" Class 350s]], originally ordered for services in the south-east. Following [[Govia]]'s successful bid for the West Midlands franchise in 2007, another 37 Class 350 units were ordered to replace its older fleet of {{brc|321}}s.

The older BR-vintage locomotive-hauled passenger rolling stock still has a limited role on the WCML, with the overnight [[Caledonian Sleeper]] services between London Euston and Scotland using Mark 3 and Mark 2 coaches until their replacement with [[British Rail Mark 5 (CAF)|Mark 5]] stock in October 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Sleepers are stirring |magazine=Rail |issue=756 |date=3 September 2014 |page=70}}</ref> Virgin also retained and refurbished one of the original Mark 3 rakes with a [[Driving Van Trailer]] and a {{brc|90}} locomotive as a standby set to cover for ''Pendolino'' breakdowns. This set was retired from service on 25 October{{Year missing|date=May 2022}} with a rail tour the following day. In November 2014, the "Pretendolino" was transferred to Norwich Crown Point depot to enter service with [[Abellio Greater Anglia]] having come to the end of its agreed lease to Virgin Trains.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In September 2022, following the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death of Queen Elizabeth II]], locomotive hauled services returned briefly to the WCML once more when incumbent operator Avanti West Coast employed a rake of Mark 3 coaches (hauled by a Class 90 locomotive) to provide additional services to Euston for those wishing to travel to London for the Queen's lying-in-state and subsequent funeral.

The following table lists the rolling stock which forms the core passenger service pattern on the WCML serving its principal termini; it is not exhaustive as many other types use small sections of the WCML as part of other routes.

===Commuter and regional trains===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Family
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Operator
! rowspan="2" |Routes
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[British Rail Sprinter|BR Sprinter]]
| {{brc|153}}
| [[File:Class 153 at Ty Glas station crop (geograph 6162860).jpg|150px]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]
| rowspan="2" |75
| rowspan="2" |120
| [[Transport for Wales Rail]]
| {{rws|Chester}}{{ndash}}{{rws|Crewe}}
|-
| {{brc|156}}
| [[File:Carlisle - ScotRail 156501 Newcastle train.JPG|150px]]
| [[ScotRail]]
| [[Glasgow South Western Line]]
|-
| {{brc|158}}
| [[File:158752 at Manchester Victoria.jpg|150px]]
| 90
| 145
| {{ubl|[[Northern Trains]]|[[Transport for Wales Rail]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Settle–Carlisle line]]|[[Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line|Birmingham International{{ndash}}Shrewsbury]]|[[Cambrian Line|Aberystwyth, Pwllheli]]|[[Shrewsbury–Chester line|Chester and Holyhead]]}}
|-
| [[Bombardier Turbostar]]
| {{brc|170}}
| [[File:170111 near Great Shelford.jpg|150px]]
| rowspan="2" | 100
| rowspan="2" | 161
| {{ubl|[[CrossCountry]]}}
| {{ubl|{{rws|Cardiff Central}}{{ndash}}{{rws|Nottingham}}|{{rws|Birmingham New Street}}{{ndash}}Nottingham|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}{{rws|Stansted Airport}}|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}{{rws|Leicester}}}}
|-
| [[Siemens Desiro]]
| {{brc|185}}
| [[File:Class 185 at Manchester Piccadilly.jpg|150px]]
| [[TransPennine Express]]
| [[TransPennine Express#Routes|TransPennine North West]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |BR Second Generation
| {{brc|318}}
| [[File:Hyndland - Abellio 318262 Cumbernauld service.JPG|150px]]
| rowspan="10" |[[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]
| rowspan="2" |90
| rowspan="2" |145
| rowspan="3" |[[ScotRail]]
| {{rws|Glasgow Central}}{{ndash}}{{rws|Lanark}} and {{rws|Carstairs}}
|-
| [[British Rail Class 320|Class 320/3]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Hyndland - Abellio 320321 Springburn service.JPG|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{cslist|[[North Clyde Line]]|[[Argyle Line]]|[[Whifflet Line]]}}
|-
| [[British Rail Class 320|Class 320/4]]
| 100
| 161
|-
|
| {{brc|323}}
| [[File:Railways England 2022 03.jpg|150x150px]]
| 90
| 145
| rowspan="2" |{{ubl|[[Northern Trains]]}}
| {{ubl|Crewe{{ndash}}{{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}|{{rws|Stoke-on-Trent}}{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly}}
|-
| [[CAF Civity]]
| {{brc|331}}
| [[File:331001 approaching Crewe platform 1.jpg|150x150px]]
| 100
| 161
| {{ubl|Crewe{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly|Stoke-on-Trent{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly}}
|-
| [[Siemens Desiro]]
| {{brc|350}}
| [[File:350232 at Watford Junction.jpg|150x150px]]
| 110
| 180
| [[West Midlands Trains|London Northwestern Railway]]
| {{ubl|{{rws|London Euston}}{{ndash}}{{rws|Tring}}|{{rws|Milton Keynes Central}}|{{rws|Northampton}} and Birmingham New Street|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}{{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}|{{rws|Stafford}}{{ndash}}Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent|London Euston{{ndash}}Crewe via [[Trent Valley line]]}}
|-
| [[Bombardier Electrostar]]
| {{brc|377}}
| [[File:Southern 377 at Hemel Hempstead.JPG|150px]]
| rowspan="3" |100
| rowspan="3" |161
| [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]]
| {{rws|Watford Junction}}{{ndash}}{{rws|East Croydon}}
|-
| [[Siemens Desiro]]
| {{brc|380}}
| [[File:Glengarnock - looking towards Glasgow.JPG|150px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[ScotRail]]
| {{ubl|[[Ayrshire Coast Line]]|[[Inverclyde Line]]|[[North Berwick Line]]|[[Paisley Canal Line]]|[[Argyle Line]]|[[Cathcart Circle Line]]}}
|-
| [[Hitachi AT200]]
| {{brc|385}}
| [[File:385003 at Linlithgow.jpg|150px]]
| [[Shotts Line]]
|-
| [[Bombardier Aventra|Alstom Aventra]]
| [[British Rail Class 730|730/0]]
| [[File:730018 AST.jpg|150x150px]]
| 90
| 145
|[[West Midlands Trains|London Northwestern Railway]]
|London Euston{{ndash}}Tring, Milton Keynes Central and Northampton
|-
|}

===High-speed trains===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Family
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Operator
! rowspan="2" |Routes
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bombardier Voyager]]
| {{brc|220}}
| [[File:CrossCountry Class 220, 220004, platform 3, Stockport railway station (geograph 4525172).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Diesel electric multiple unit|DEMU]]
| rowspan="9" |125
| rowspan="9" |200
| [[CrossCountry]]
| {{ubl|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly|Glasgow Central{{ndash}}{{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}|before joining or leaving the ECML}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{brc|221}}
| [[File:221108 CRE.jpg|150x150px]]
| Avanti West Coast, Now with [[CrossCountry]] or [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]]
| {{ubl|London Euston{{ndash}}[[North Wales Coast Line|North Wales]]|London Euston{{ndash}}Chester|London Euston{{ndash}}{{rws|Shrewsbury}}|London Euston{{ndash}}{{rws|Blackpool North}}|London Euston{{ndash}}Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central}}
|-
| [[File:CrossCountry Class 221, 221124, platform 5, Manchester Piccadilly railway station (geograph 4512037).jpg|150x150px]]
| [[CrossCountry]]
| {{ubl|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly|Glasgow Central{{ndash}}Edinburgh Waverley|before joining or leaving the ECML}}
|-
| [[Pendolino|Alstom Pendolino]]
| {{brc|390}}
| [[File:Avanti West Coast train arriving at Lancaster (crop), geograph 6606753 by Peter Trimming.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]
| [[Avanti West Coast]]
| {{ubl|London Euston{{ndash}}Manchester Piccadilly|London Euston{{ndash}}Liverpool Lime Street|London Euston{{ndash}}Blackpool North|London Euston{{ndash}}Birmingham New Street and the West Midlands|London Euston{{ndash}}Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley}}
|-
| [[CAF Civity]]
| {{brc|397}}
| [[File:Transpennine Express 397003 at Wigan North Western April 2019.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[TransPennine Express]]
| rowspan="2" |{{rws|Manchester Airport}} and Liverpool Lime Street{{ndash}}Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Hitachi AT300]]
| [[British Rail Class 802|Class 802 ''Nova 1'']]
| [[File:Nova 1 in London Kings Cross 20.02.19.jpg|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bi-mode multiple unit]]
|-
| [[British Rail Class 805|Class 805 ''Evero'']]
| [[File:805005_at_Crewe.jpg|150px]]
| [[Avanti West Coast]]
| {{ubl|London Euston{{ndash}}Chester|London Euston{{ndash}}Blackpool North|London Euston{{ndash}}{{rws|Wrexham General}}|London Euston{{ndash}}Liverpool Lime Street|London Euston{{ndash}}{{rws|Wolverhampton}}|London Euston{{ndash}}{{rws|Holyhead}}}}
|-
|}

===Sleeper trains===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Operator
! rowspan="2" |Routes
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
| {{brc|92}}
| [[File:92038 Wembley Depot to Euston 5S95 (31488231503).jpg|150px]]
| [[Electric locomotive]]
| 87
| 140
| [[GB Railfreight]], on behalf of [[Caledonian Sleeper]]
| London Euston{{ndash}}Glasgow Central or Edinburgh Waverley
|-
| [[British Rail Mark 5 (CAF)|Mark 5 coach]]
| [[File:CAF mk5 sleeper coach.jpg|150px]]
| {{ubl|[[Lounge car|Lounge]]|[[Passenger car (rail)|Seated sleeper]]|[[Sleeping car]]}}
| 100
| 161
| [[Caledonian Sleeper]]
| All [[Caledonian Sleeper]] services<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/transpennine-express-coach-production-begins.html |title=TransPennine Express coach production begins |magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=27 October 2016}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Future trains===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! rowspan="2" |Family
! rowspan="2" |Class
! rowspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Type
! colspan="2" |Top speed
! rowspan="2" |Operator
! rowspan="2" |Routes
! rowspan="2" |Expected introduction
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!mph
!km/h
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Alstom Aventra]]
| rowspan="1" | [[British Rail Class 730|Class 730/0]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:730018 AST.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]
| rowspan="1" | 90
| rowspan="1" | 145
| rowspan="1" | [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]]
| rowspan="1" | Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}Wolverhampton, {{rws|Birmingham International}} and {{rws|Coventry}}
| rowspan="2" | 2024
|-
| [[British Rail Class 730|Class 730/2]]
| 110
| 177
| [[London Northwestern Railway]]
| {{ubl|London Euston{{ndash}}Tring, Milton Keynes Central, Northampton and Birmingham New Street|Birmingham New Street{{ndash}}Liverpool Lime Street|Crewe{{ndash}}London Euston via the [[Trent Valley line]]}}
|-
| [[Hitachi AT300]]
| {{brc|807}}
| [[File:AWC-AT300.jpg|150px]]
| 125
| 200
| [[Avanti West Coast]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2024 |title=Avanti West Coast adds more seats with summer timetable change |url=https://newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/avanti-west-coast-adds-more-seats-with-summer-timetable-change |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Avanti West Coast News}}</ref>
| London Euston{{ndash}}[[North Wales Coast Line|North Wales]], Chester and Shrewsbury
| 2023<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/all-aboard-the-trackathon-to-find-a-name-for-new-avanti-west-coast-fleet |publisher= Avanti West Coast |title=All aboard the "Trackathon" to find a name for new Avanti West Coast fleet |quote= Name to be revealed later this year ahead trains entering service in 2023 |date=19 March 2022 |access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}