Editing North West England (section)

===Rail===
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[[File:Piccadilly Station Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 692981.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Manchester's [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Piccadilly station]] is the largest and busiest railway station in the region.]]

[[File:Frontage of Liverpool Lime Street railway station.jpg|[[Liverpool Lime Street railway station]] is the main inter-city and long-distance station in Liverpool|200px|thumb]]
The main connection by train is the [[West Coast Main Line]], connecting most of the North West. Other important lines are the [[Liverpool to Manchester Lines]] and the [[North TransPennine]], which connects [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool]] to [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester]] through [[Warrington Central railway station|Warrington]]. East-west connections in Lancashire are carried via the [[Caldervale Line]] to [[Blackpool North railway station|Blackpool]]. Liverpool and Manchester both have extensive local passenger rail networks operating high-frequency commuter trains. The quietest railway station in the region, by usage, is [[Reddish South railway station|Reddish South]], the 4th quietest in Britain.

The [[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]] branded service in the UK began between London and Manchester in the mid-1960s; the new [[Euston railway station|Euston station]] opened in 1968. With the new electrification of the line in the late 1960s, passenger numbers doubled.

The region saw the last steam-train service on the UK network – the [[Fifteen Guinea Special]] on 11 August 1968, with
three [[LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0|Black Five]] locomotives.