Editing West Coast Main Line (section)

====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}}
|}