Editing West Coast Main Line (section)

== Route ==
{{Update section|date=May 2020|reason=Network Rail routes have changed hence mentions of routes are all out of date. All references about previous routes are dead}}
[[File:West Coast Main Line Map.png|thumb|Map of WCML]]
{{see also|Trent Valley line}}

In June 2019 [[Network Rail]] formed five regions for helping to support Britain's railways.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our routes |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/ |website=Network Rail |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> In August and September 2019, 14 routes responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewal of infrastructure were assigned across these regions. The West Coast Main Line runs through two of these regions ("Scotland's Railway" and "North West and Central") and is a part of 3 routes ("Scotland", "North West" and "West Coast Mainline South").

The cities and towns served by the WCML are listed in the tables below. Stations on loops and branches are marked **. Those stations in ''italics'' are not served by inter-city services run by Avanti West Coast but only by local trains. Between Euston and Watford Junction the WCML is largely but not exactly paralleled by the operationally independent [[Watford DC Line]], a local stopping service now part of [[London Overground]], with 17 intermediate stations, including three with additional platforms on the WCML.

The final table retraces the route specifically to indicate the many loops, branches, junctions and interchange stations on the core of the WCML.

The North Wales Coast Line between Crewe and Holyhead is not electrified. Services between London, Chester and Holyhead are operated by [[British Rail Class 221|Super Voyager]] tilting diesel trains. Formerly in the case of one of the Holyhead services, a [[British Rail Class 390|Pendolino]] set was hauled from Crewe by a [[British Rail Class 57|Class 57/3]] [[diesel locomotive]].

===London to Glasgow and Edinburgh===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Town/City || Station || [[Ordnance Survey]]<br>[[Ordnance Survey National Grid|National Grid Reference]] || Branches and loops
|-
| '''London''' || '''{{rws|London Euston}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|TQ295827}}
|-
| ''[[Wembley]]'' || ''{{rws|Wembley Central}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TQ182850}}
|-
| ''[[Harrow, London|Harrow]]'' || ''{{rws|Harrow and Wealdstone}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TQ154894}}
|-
| ''[[Bushey]]'' || ''{{rws|Bushey}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TQ118953}}
|-
| '''[[Watford]]''' || '''{{rws|Watford Junction}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|TQ109973}}
|-
| ''[[Kings Langley]]'' || ''{{rws|Kings Langley}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TL080019}}
|-
| ''[[Apsley, Hertfordshire|Apsley]]'' || ''{{rws|Apsley}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TL062048}}
|-
| ''[[Hemel Hempstead]]'' || ''{{rws|Hemel Hempstead}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|TL042059}}
|-
| ''[[Berkhamsted]]'' || ''{{rws|Berkhamsted}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP993081}}
|-
| ''[[Tring]]'' || ''{{rws|Tring}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP950122}}
|-
| ''[[Cheddington]]'' || ''{{rws|Cheddington}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP922185}}
|-
| ''[[Leighton Buzzard]]'' || ''{{rws|Leighton Buzzard}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP910250}}
|-
| ''[[Milton Keynes]] ([[Bletchley]] area)'' || ''{{rws|Bletchley}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP868337}}
|-
| '''[[Milton Keynes]] ([[Central Milton Keynes|centre]])''' || '''{{rws|Milton Keynes Central}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP841380}}
|-
| ''[[Milton Keynes]] ([[Wolverton]] area)'' || ''{{rws|Wolverton}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP820414}}
|-
| [[Northampton]] || {{rws|Northampton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SP623666}} || [[Northampton loop]]
|-
| ''[[Long Buckby]]'' || ''{{rws|Long Buckby}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP511759}} || [[Northampton loop]]
|-
| '''[[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]]''' || '''{{rws|Rugby}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP511759}}
|-
| [[Nuneaton]] || {{rws|Nuneaton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SP364921}}
|-
| ''[[Atherstone]]'' || ''{{rws|Atherstone}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SP304979}}
|-
| ''[[Polesworth]]'' || ''{{rws|Polesworth}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SK264031}}
|-
| [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]] || {{rws|Tamworth}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SK213044}}
|-
| [[Lichfield]] || {{rws|Lichfield Trent Valley}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SK136099}}
|-
| ''[[Rugeley]]'' || ''{{rws|Rugeley Trent Valley}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SK048191}}
|-
| '''[[Stafford]]''' || '''{{rws|Stafford}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ918229}}
|-
| '''[[Stoke-on-Trent]]''' || {{rws|Stoke-on-Trent}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ879456}} || [[Stafford–Manchester line]]
|-
| [[Congleton]] || {{rws|Congleton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ872623}} || [[Stafford–Manchester line]]
|-
| [[Macclesfield]] || {{rws|Macclesfield}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ919736}} || [[Stafford–Manchester line]]
|-
| [[Stockport]] || {{rws|Stockport}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ892898}} || [[Stafford–Manchester line]]
|-
| '''[[Manchester]]''' || '''{{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ849977}} || [[Stafford–Manchester line]]
|-
| '''[[Crewe]]''' || '''{{rws|Crewe}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ711546}}
|-
| ''[[Winsford]]'' || ''{{rws|Winsford}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ670660}}
|-
| ''[[Northwich]]'' || ''{{rws|Hartford}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ631717}}
|-
| ''[[Acton Bridge]]'' || ''{{rws|Acton Bridge}}'' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ598745}}
|-
| [[Runcorn]] || {{rws|Runcorn}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ508826}} || [[Crewe–Liverpool line]]
|-
| '''[[Liverpool]]''' || '''{{rws|Liverpool South Parkway}}''' || || [[Crewe–Liverpool line]]
|-
| '''[[Liverpool]]''' || '''{{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ352905}} || [[Crewe–Liverpool line]]
|-
| [[Warrington]] || {{rws|Warrington Bank Quay}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ599878}}
|-
| [[Wigan]] || {{rws|Wigan North Western}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SD581053}}
|-
| [[Euxton]] || {{rws|Euxton Balshaw Lane}} ||
|-
| [[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]] || {{rws|Leyland}} ||
|-
| '''[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]''' || '''{{rws|Preston}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|SD534290}}
|-
| [[Lancaster, England|Lancaster]] || {{rws|Lancaster}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SD471617}}
|-
| [[Carnforth]] || {{rws|Carnforth}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SD497706}}
|-
| [[Oxenholme]] ([[Kendal]]) || {{rws|Oxenholme Lake District}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SD531901}}
|-
| [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] || {{rws|Penrith}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NY511299}}
|-
| '''[[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]''' || '''{{rws|Carlisle}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|NY402554}}
|-
| [[Lockerbie]] || {{rws|Lockerbie}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NY137817}}
|-
| [[Carstairs]] || {{rws|Carstairs}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS952454}}
|-
| [[Carluke]] || {{rws|Carluke}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS839501}}
|-
| [[Craigneuk]] || {{rws|Shieldmuir}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS773555}}
|-
| [[Motherwell, Scotland|Motherwell]] || {{rws|Motherwell}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS750572}}
|-
| [[Uddingston]] || {{rws|Uddingston}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS693608}}
|-
| [[Newton, South Lanarkshire|Newton]] || {{rws|Newton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS664604}}
|-
| [[Cambuslang]] || {{rws|Cambuslang}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS639606}}
|-
| [[Rutherglen]] || {{rws|Rutherglen}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NS615619}}
|-
| '''[[Glasgow]]''' || '''{{rws|Glasgow Central}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|NS587651}}
|-
| [[Kirknewton, West Lothian|Kirknewton]] || {{rws|Kirknewton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT104671}}
|-
| [[Currie]] || {{rws|Curriehill}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT176682}}
|-
| [[Wester Hailes]] || {{rws|Wester Hailes}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT198697}}
|-
| [[Kingsknowe]] || {{rws|Kingsknowe}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT210702}}
|-
| [[Slateford]] || {{rws|Slateford}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT223710}}
|-
| [[Haymarket, Edinburgh|Edinburgh (Haymarket/West End)]] || {{rws|Haymarket}} || {{gbmappingsmall|NT239731}} || [[Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line]]
|-
| '''[[Edinburgh]]''' || '''{{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}''' || {{gbmappingsmall|NT257738}} || [[Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line]]
|}

====Branches and loops====
{{Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line}}
The WCML is noted for the diversity of branches served between the London and Glasgow main line. The adjacent diagram deals with the very complex network of lines in the West Midlands that link the old route via Birmingham with the new WCML route via the Trent Valley (i.e. 1830s versus 1840s).

In the following tables, related to the WCML branches, only the Intercity stations are recorded:

=====Rugby–Birmingham–Wolverhampton–Stafford=====
{{main|Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2| City/Town || Station || [[Ordnance Survey]]<br>[[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]
|-
|colspan=2| Rugby || Rugby
|rowspan=21|{{plainlist|
* {{gbmappingsmall|SP511759}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SP331781}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SP187836}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SP069866}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SO992900}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SO919988}}
* {{gbmappingsmall|SJ918229}}
}}
|-
|rowspan=3| Coventry || [[Coventry]] || {{rws|Coventry}}
|-
| [[Canley]] || {{rws|Canley}}
|-
| [[Tile Hill]] || {{rws|Tile Hill}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Balsall Common]] || {{rws|Berkswell}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Hampton in Arden]] || {{rws|Hampton-in-Arden}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Birmingham Airport]] || {{rws|Birmingham International}}
|-
| [[Solihull]] || [[Marston Green]] || {{rws|Marston Green}}
|-
|rowspan=4| [[Birmingham]] || [[Lea Hall]] || {{rws|Lea Hall}}
|-
| [[Stechford]] || {{rws|Stechford}}
|-
| [[Adderley Park]] || {{rws|Adderley Park}}
|-
| [[Birmingham city centre]] || {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}
|-
|colspan=2 rowspan=2| [[Smethwick]] || {{rws|Smethwick Rolfe Street}}
|-
| {{rws|Smethwick Galton Bridge}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Oldbury, West Midlands|Oldbury]] || {{rws|Sandwell and Dudley}}
|-
|colspan=2 rowspan=2| [[Tipton]] || {{rws|Dudley Port}}
|-
| {{rws|Tipton}}
|-
|| [[Dudley]] || [[Coseley]] || {{rws|Coseley}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Wolverhampton]] || {{rws|Wolverhampton}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Penkridge]] || {{rws|Penkridge}}
|-
|colspan=2| [[Stafford]] || {{rws|Stafford}}
|}

=====Crewe–Manchester–Preston=====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! City/Town || Station || [[Ordnance Survey]]<br>[[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]
|-
| Crewe || Crewe || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ711546}}
|-
| [[Wilmslow]] || {{rws|Wilmslow}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ850811}}
|-
| Stockport || Stockport || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ892898}}
|-
| Manchester || Manchester Piccadilly || {{gbmappingsmall|SJ849977}}
|-
| [[Bolton]] || {{rws|Bolton}} || {{gbmappingsmall|SD719086}}
|-
| Preston || Preston || {{gbmappingsmall|SD534290}}
|}

==== Tunnels, viaducts and major bridges ====
Major civil engineering structures on the West Coast Main Line include the following.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1329904 |desc=Primrose Hill Tunnels (eastern portals), Camden |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crht1837.org/history/tunnel |title=Primrose Hill Tunnel – CRHT Web site |website=www.crht1837.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://onthehill.info/2015/11/keeping-track-primrose-hill-and-the-railway/ |title=Keeping Track: Primrose Hill and the railway |date=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |last=Brailsford |first=Martyn |publisher=Trackmaps |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |location=Frome |pages=1, 7, 8, 10}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 4 Midlands & North West |last=Bridge |first=Mike |publisher=Trackmaps |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-9549866-7-4 |location=Bradford on Avon |pages=1, 8–13, 26–29}}</ref> Many of the engineering features on the southern part of the route are original to the opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in the 1830s and are now [[listed buildings]] in recognition of their historic and engineering interest.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tunnels, viaducts and major bridges on the West Coast Main Line
!Railway Structure
!Length
!Distance from Carlisle
![[Engineer's Line Reference|ELR]]
!Location
|-
|Clyde Bridge
|8 chains
|102 [[mile]]s 04 [[Chain (unit)|chains]] – 101 miles 76 chains
| rowspan="4" |WCM2<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.railwaydata.co.uk/linefiles/route/?ELR=WCM2 |title=WCM2: W.C.M.L. (ELR Change Law Jn - Glasgow Central Stat.) |website=RailwayData}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |South of [[Glasgow Central station]]
|-
|Eglinton Street Tunnels
|200 yards (183 m)
|101 miles 22 chains – 101 miles 13 chains
|-
|Clyde Viaduct No. 37
|
|94 miles 16 chains
|West of {{rws|Uddingston}} station
|-
|Orbiston Viaduct No. 24 [[River Calder, Renfrewshire|(River Calder]])
|5 chains
|90 miles 62 chains – 90 miles 57 chains
|Between Uddingston and {{rws|Motherwell}} stations
|-
|Mouse Water Viaduct
|5 chains
|76 miles 13 chains – 76 miles 08 chains
| rowspan="15" |WCM1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.railwaydata.co.uk/linefiles/route/?ELR=WCM1 |title=WCM1: W.C.M.L.(Carlisle - ELR Change Law Jn) |website=RailwayData}}</ref>
|Between {{rws|Carluke}} and {{rws|Carstairs}} stations
|-
|Float Viaduct ([[River Clyde]])
|5 chains
|72 miles 52 chains – 72 miles 47 chains
| rowspan="7" |Between Carstairs South Junction and {{rws|Lockerbie}} station
|-
|Lamington Viaduct (River Clyde) 
|6 chains
|62 miles 70 chains – 62 miles 64 chains
|-
|Crawford Viaduct (River Clyde)
|5 chains
|55 miles 62 chains – 55 miles 57 chains
|-
|Harthorpe Viaduct (Elvan Water)
|6 chains
|47 miles 06 chains – 47 miles 00 chains
|-
|Elvan Water Viaduct
|
|42 miles 78 chains
|-
|Cogrie Viaduct (River Annan)
|4 chains
|35 miles 70 chains – 35 miles 66 chains
|-
|Dryfe Water Viaduct
|4 chains
|27 miles 32 chains – 27 miles 28 chains
|-
|Milk Water Viaduct
|7 chains
|23 miles 75 chains – 23 miles 68 chains
| rowspan="7" |Between Lockerbie and {{rws|Carlisle}} stations
|-
|Mein Water Viaduct
|
|17 miles 65 chains
|-
|Kirtle Water Viaduct
|
|15 miles 60 chains
|-
|Sark Viaduct (Scotland/England Border)
|
|8 miles 55 chains
|-
|Esk Viaduct
|7 chains
|6 miles 50 chains – 6 miles 43 chains
|-
|Eden Viaduct
|3 chains
|1 mile 23 chains – 1 mile 20 chains
|-
|Caldew Viaduct
|7 chains
|0 miles 66 chains – 0 miles 59 chains
|-
| colspan="2" |
!Distance from Lancaster
| colspan="2" |
|-
|Eamont Viaduct
|5 chains
|50 miles 12 chains – 50 miles 07 chains
| rowspan="8" |CGJ7
| rowspan="6" |Between {{rws|Penrith}} and {{rws|Oxenholme}} stations
|-
|Lowther Viaduct
|7 chains
|48 miles 57 chains – 48 miles 50 chains
|-
|Birkbeck Viaduct
|
|33 miles 28 chains
|-
|North Lune Viaduct
|
|32 miles 20 chains
|-
|[[River Lune]]
|
|31 miles 55 chains
|-
|Docker Garth's Viaduct
|6 chains
|24 miles 03 chains – 23 miles 77 chains
|-
|Beela Viaduct
|
|13 miles 02 chains
| rowspan="2" |Between Oxenholme and {{rws|Lancaster}} stations
|-
|Lune Viaduct
|12 chains
|0 miles 38 chains – 0 miles 26 chains
|-
| colspan="2" |
!Distance from Preston
| colspan="2" |
|-
|[[Lancaster Canal]]
|
|20 miles 36 chains
| rowspan="5" |CGJ6
|
|-
|Conder Viaduct
|
|16 miles 76 chains
| rowspan="4" |Between Lancaster and {{rws|Preston}} stations
|-
|Wyre Viaduct
|
|13 miles 01 chains
|-
|Barton Viaduct
|
|4 miles 30 chains
|-
|Fylde Road Viaduct
|
|0 miles 64 chains
|-
| colspan="2" |
!Distance from Newton-le-Willows Junction 
| colspan="2" |
|-
|[[River Ribble|Ribble]] Viaduct
|12 chains
|21 miles 33 chains – 21 miles 21 chains
| rowspan="4" |CGJ5
| rowspan="2" |Between Preston and {{rws|Wigan North Western}} stations
|-
|[[River Yarrow (Lancashire)|River Yarrow]] Viaduct
|5 chains
|14 miles 55 chains – 14 miles 50 chains
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Leeds and Liverpool Canal|Leeds Liverpool Canal]]
|4 chains
|6 miles 04 chains – 6 miles 00 chains
| rowspan="2" |Between Wigan North Western and {{rws|Warrington Bank Quay}} stations
|-
|7 chains
|4 miles 24 chains −4 miles 17 chains
|-
| colspan="2" |
!Distance from London Euston
| colspan="2" |
|-
|[[River Mersey]]
|
|181 miles 25 chains
| rowspan="3" |CGJ2
| rowspan="2" |South of Warrington Bank Quay station
|-
|Acton Grange Viaducts (Manchester Ship Canal)
|5 chains
|180 miles 40 chains – 180 miles 35 chains
|-
|Preston Brook Tunnel
|78 yards (71 m)
|176 miles 07 chains – 176 miles 04 chains
|North of Weaver junction
|-
|Birdswood Tunnel (Up Liverpool flyover)
|1 chain
|175 miles 44 chains – 175 miles 43 chains
| rowspan="3" |CGJ1
|Weaver junction
|-
|[[Dutton Viaduct]] (River Weaver)
|22 chains
|174 miles 18 chains – 173 miles 76 chains
|North of {{rws|Acton Bridge}} station
|-
|Vale Royal Viaduct (River Weaver)
|6 chains
|168 miles 72 chains – 168 miles 66 chains
|South of Hartford station
|-
|[[River Sow]]
|
|137 miles 52 chains
|LEC4
|Between former {{rws|Norton Bridge}} and {{rws|Stafford}} stations
|-
|Baswich Viaducts (Staffs. & Worc. Canal and River Penk)
|7 chains
|131 miles 57 chains – 131 miles 50 chains
| rowspan="19" |LEC2
| rowspan="4" |Between Stafford and {{rws|Rugeley Trent Valley}} stations
|-
|[[Shugborough Tunnel]]
|777 yards (710 m)
|129 miles 01 chains – 128 miles 46 chains
|-
|Shugborough Viaduct (River Trent)
|3 chains
|127 miles 71 chains – 127 miles 68 chains
|-
|Trent & Mersey Canal
|
|127 mile 22 chains
|-
|River Trent Viaduct
|4 chains
|122 miles 18 chains – 122 miles 14 chains
| rowspan="2" |Between Rugeley Trent Valley and {{rws|Lichfield Trent Valley}} stations
|-
|[[Trent and Mersey Canal|Trent & Mersey Canal]]
|
|121 miles 29 chains
|-
|[[Coventry Canal]]
|
|115 miles 18 chains
| rowspan="2" |Between Lichfield Trent Valley and {{rws|Tamworth}} stations
|-
|[[River Tame, West Midlands|River Tame]]
|4 chains
|112 miles 36 chains – 112 miles 32 chains
|-
|Tamworth Viaduct (River Anker)
|
|109 miles 70 chains
|South of Tamworth station
|-
|Polesworth North Viaduct
|4 chains
|106 miles 53 chains – 106 miles 49 chains
|North of {{rws|Polesworth}} station
|-
|Polesworth South Viaduct (River Anker)
|4 chains
|105 miles 75 chains – 105 miles 71 chains
| rowspan="3" |Between Polesworth and {{rws|Atherstone}} stations
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Coventry Canal]]
|
|105 miles 59 chains
|-
|
|102 miles 05 chains
|-
|River Anker Viaduct
|2 chains
|96 miles 38 chains – 96 miles 36 chains
| rowspan="6" |Between {{rws|Nuneaton}} and {{rws|Rugby}} stations
|-
|[[Ashby Canal]]
|
|94 miles 61 chains
|-
| rowspan="3" |Oxford Canal
| rowspan="3" |
|89 miles 61 chains
|-
|88 miles 10 chains
|-
|85 miles 54 chains
|-
|Avon Viaduct
|5 chains
|84 miles 09 chains – 84 miles 04 chains
|-
|Oxford Canal
|
|82 miles 16 chains
| rowspan="10" |HNR
| rowspan="4" |Northampton line, between Rugby and {{rws|Long Buckby}} stations
|-
|Crick Tunnel
|595 yards (544 m)
|79 miles 47 chains – 79 miles 20 chains
|-
|Grand Union Canal
|
|78 miles 60 chains
|-
|Watford Lodge Tunnel
|115 yards
|78 miles 52 chains – 78 miles 47
|-
|[[River Nene]] Viaduct
|5 chains
|67 miles 77 chains – 67 miles 72 chains
| rowspan="2" |Northampton line, between Long Buckby and {{rws|Northampton}} stations
|-
|River Nene Viaduct
|5 chains
|66 miles 09 chains – 66 miles 04 chains
|-
|Earl Cowpers (River Nene)
|6 chains
|65 miles 19 chains – 65 miles 13 chains
| rowspan="4" |Northampton line, between Northampton and {{rws|Wolverton}} stations
|-
|Grand Junction Canal
|4 chains
|65 miles 11 chains – 65 miles 07 chains
|-
|[[Hunsbury Hill Tunnel]]
|1152 yards (1053 m)
|64 miles 54 chains – 63 miles 70 chains
|-
|Roade Cutting ‘Birdcage’ support structure 
|49 chains
|60 miles 76 chains – 60 miles 27
|-
|[[Oxford Canal]]
|
|79 miles 71 chains
| rowspan="25" |LEC1
| rowspan="8" |Between Rugby and Wolverton stations
|-
|[[Kilsby Tunnel]]
|1 mile 656 yards (2209 m)
|78 miles 13 chains – 76 miles 64 chains
|-
|Leicester Branch Canal
|
|75 miles 11 chains
|-
|Grand Union Canal
|
|73 miles 09 chains
|-
|[[Weedon Viaduct]]
|4 chains
|69 miles 15 chains – 69 miles 11 chains
|-
|[[Stowe Hill tunnel|Stowe Hill Tunnel]]
|491 yards (449 m)
|68 miles 32 chains – 68 miles 09 chains
|-
|Grand Union Canal
|
|62 miles 59 chains
|-
|[[Wolverton Viaduct]]
|9 chains
|53 miles 01 chains – 52 miles 72 chains
|-
| rowspan="2" |Grand Union Canal
|2 chains
|52 miles 42 chains – 52 miles 40 chains
|North of Wolverton station
|-
|
|52 miles 18 chains
|South of Wolverton station
|-
|[[Linslade Tunnel]]s
|287 yards (262 m), down fast 283 yards (259 m)
|40 miles 73 chains – 40 miles 60 chains
|North of {{rws|Leighton Buzzard}} station
|-
|Grand Union Canal
|
|34 miles 53 chains
|Between {{rws|Cheddington}} and {{rws|Tring}} stations
|-
|Northchurch Tunnels
|349 yards (319 m)
|29 miles 12 chains – 28 miles 76 chains
|North of {{rws|Berkhamsted}} station
|-
| [[Grand Union Canal]]
|
|25 miles 21 chains
|Between Berkhamsted and {{rws|Hemel Hempstead}} stations
|-
|[[Nash Mills railway bridge]] (crosses the [[Grand Union Canal]])
|22 miles 26 chains
|Between {{rws|Apsley}} and {{rws|Kings Langley}} stations
|-
|[[Abbots Langley railway bridge]]
|27 yards
|22 miles 15 chains
|South of Kings Langley station
|-
|[[Watford Slow Tunnel]]
|1 mile 230 yards (1820 m)
|19 miles 44 chains – 18 miles 33 chains
| rowspan="2" |North of {{rws|Watford Junction}} station
|-
|[[Watford Fast Tunnel]]
|1 mile 55 yards (1660 m)
|19 miles 40 chains – 18 miles 38 chains
|-
|[[Colne Viaduct]]
|3 chains
|16 miles 66 chains – 16 miles 63 chains
| rowspan="2" |North of {{rws|Bushey}} station
|-
|[[Bushey Arches Viaduct]]
|6 chains
|16 miles 11 chains – 16 miles 05 chains
|-
|[[Brent Viaduct]]s
|
|6 miles 77 chains
|West of {{rws|Stonebridge Park}} station
|-
|Kensal Green Tunnels
|320 yards (293 m)
|4 miles 59 chains – 4 miles 45 chains
|West of {{rws|Kensal Green}} station
|-
|[[Primrose Hill Tunnel]] (Fast)
|1182 yards (1081 m)
|2 miles 27 chains – 1 mile 54 chains
| rowspan="4" |North-West of {{rws|London Euston}} station
|-
|[[Primrose Hill Tunnel]] (Slow)
|1170 yards (1070 m)
|2 miles 27 chains – 1 mile ? chains
|-
|Lower Park Street Tunnel
| 127 yards (116 m)
|0 miles 68 chains – 0 miles 62 chains
|-
|Upper Park Street Tunnel
|162 yards (148 m)
|0 miles 67 chains – 0 miles 60 chains
|}

===WCML branches and junctions===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location
! Type
! Route
! Details
|-
| Camden Jnct
| Branch
| 18
| [[Watford DC Line]] (WDCL)
|-
| +
| Junction
| 6
| [[North London Line]] from {{rws|Primrose Hill}} joins WDCL and WCML
|-
| Willesden Jnct
| Junction
| 6
| North London Line from {{rws|West Hampstead}} joins WDCL and WCML
|-
| +
| Junction
| 2
| [[West London Line]] from {{rws|Clapham Junction}} joins WCML
|-
| +
| Junction
| 6
| North London Line from {{rws|Richmond|London}} joins WCML
|-
| {{rws|Willesden Junction}}
| Interchange
|6
| [[North London Line]] with [[Watford DC Line]]
|-
| {{rws|Watford Junction}}
| Branch
|18
| Watford DC Line terminates at separate bay platforms
|-
| +
| Branch
| 18
| [[St Albans Branch Line]] (AC single line single section) to {{rws|St Albans Abbey}}
|-
| {{rws|Bletchley}}
| Branch
| 18
| [[Marston Vale Line]] to {{rws|Bedford}}
|-
| {{rws|Bletchley}} High Level (Denbigh Hall South Jnct)
| Branch
| 16
| Freight only line to [[Newton Longville]] (remnant of mothballed [[Varsity Line]] to [[Oxford]])
|-
| Hanslope Junction
| Loop
| 18
| [[Northampton Loop]] leaves a few miles north of {{rws|Wolverton}} and rejoins just south of {{rws|Rugby}}
|-
| Rugby
| Junction
| 17
| [[Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line|West Midlands Main Line]] to {{rws|Coventry}}, {{rws|Birmingham|New Street}}, {{rws|Wolverhampton}} and {{rws|Stafford}}
|-
| {{rws|Nuneaton}}
| Junction
| 19
| The [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]] from {{rws|Peterborough}}
|-
| +
| Junction
| 17
| The [[Coventry to Nuneaton Line]]
|-
| +
| Junction
| 17
| The [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]] to Birmingham
|-
| {{rws|Tamworth}}
| Interchange
| 17
| The [[Cross Country Route]] from {{rws|Bristol|Temple Meads}} and Birmingham to {{rws|Derby}} and the North East
|-
| {{rws|Lichfield Trent Valley}}
| Interchange
| 17
| The [[Cross-City Line]] {{rws|Redditch}} to Lichfield
|-
| +
| Junction
| 17
| north of the station
|-
| {{rws|Rugeley Trent Valley}}
| Junction
| 17
| The [[Chase Line]] from Birmingham to Rugeley
|-
| ''[[Colwich Junction]]''
| Branch
| 18
| to {{rws|Stoke-on-Trent}} and {{rws|Manchester|Piccadilly}} (Route 20 from {{rws|Cheadle Hulme}})
|-
| {{rws|Stafford}}
| Junction
| 17
| West Midlands Main Line from Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton
|-
| {{rws|Norton Bridge}}
| Branch
| 18
| to {{rws|Stone}} to join line from Colwich Jnct to Manchester (Route 20 from Cheadle Hulme)
|-
| Stoke-on-Trent
| Junction
| 19
| from Derby
|-
| {{rws|Kidsgrove}}
| Branch
| 18
| to {{rws|Alsager}} and Crewe
|-
| Cheadle Hulme
| –
| 20
| Route 18 London – Manchester Line becomes Route 20 through to Manchester
|-
| {{rws|Crewe}}
| Branch
| 18
| from {{rws|Kidsgrove}} (diesel service from {{rws|Skegness}}, {{rws|Grantham}}, {{rws|Nottingham}}, Derby and Stoke-on-Trent)
|-
| +
| Junction
| 14
| The [[Welsh Marches Line]] from South Wales, {{rws|Hereford}} and {{rws|Shrewsbury}}
|-
| +
| Junction
| 22
| to {{rws|Chester}} and the [[North Wales Coast Line]]
|-
| +
| Junction
| 20
| to {{rws|Wilmslow}}, {{rws|Manchester Airport}}, Stockport and Manchester
|-
| Hartford North
| Junction
| 20
| (freight only) from {{rws|Northwich}}
|-
| [[Weaver Junction]]
| Branch
| 18
| to {{rws|Runcorn}} and Liverpool (Route 20 from {{rws|Liverpool South Parkway}})
|-
| Liverpool South Parkway
| –
| 20
| Route 18 London to Liverpool Line becomes Route 20 to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}
|-
| {{rws|Warrington|Bank Quay}}
| Junction
| 22
| from {{rws|Llandudno}} and Chester to Manchester
|-
| Winwick Jnct
| Junction
| 20
| to Liverpool, {{rws|Earlestown}} and Manchester
|-
| Golborne Jnct
| Junction
| 20
| to Liverpool, {{rws|Newton-le-Willows}} and Manchester
|-
| Ince Moss/Springs Branch Junct
| Junction
| 20
| The [[Liverpool to Wigan Line]]
|-
| {{rws|Wigan|North Western}}
| Junction
| 20
| from Manchester
|-
| Euxton Jnct
| Junction
| 20
| The [[Manchester to Preston Line]] from Manchester
|-
| Farington Jnct
| Junction
| 23
| [[East Lancashire Line]] and [[Caldervale Line]]
|-
| Farington Curve Jnct
| Junction
| 23
| [[Ormskirk Branch Line]], [[East Lancashire Line]] and [[Caldervale Line]]
|-
| Preston Dock
| Junction
| 23
| west
|-
| {{rws|Preston}}
| Junction
| 20
| to {{rws|Blackpool North}}
|-
| Morecambe South Jnct
| Junction
| 23
| to {{rws|Morecambe}}
|-
| Hest Bank Jnct
| Junction
| 23
| from Morecambe
|-
| Carnforth Jnct
| Junction
| 23
| [[Furness Line]] to {{rws|Barrow-in-Furness}} and also the [[Leeds to Morecambe Line]] to {{rws|Leeds}}
|-
| {{rws|Oxenholme}}
| Junction
| 23
| to {{rws|Windermere}}
|-
| {{rws|Penrith}}
| Junction
| 23
| Route 23 uses two junctions to the north of the station
|-
| {{rws|Carlisle}}
| Junction
| 23
| Route 23 [[Settle-Carlisle Railway]] and Route 9 from {{rws|Newcastle}}
|-
| +
| Junction
| 23
| The [[Cumbrian Coast Line]] from Barrow-in-Furness
|-
| Gretna Jnct
| Junction
| 26
| to the [[Glasgow South Western Line]]
|-
| Carstairs South Jnct
| Junction
| 24
| Route 18 West Coast Main Line becomes Route 24 to {{rws|Edinburgh|Waverley}}
|-
| Carstairs South
| –
| 26
| Route 18 West Coast Main Line becomes Route 26 to {{rws|Glasgow|Central}}
|}