West Coast Mainline: Tring Station
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West Coast Mainline: Tring Station
Image: © Gerald Massey Taken: 7 Nov 2009
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) extends between London Euston and Glasgow Central with branches and divergences serving, among other cities, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. The section of the WCML at Tring (shown here) lies on the route of the former "London and Birmingham Railway" at the point just before it crosses the ridge of the Chiltern Hills through a notable engineering work, the "Tring Cutting", which commences some half a mile North of this point. Engineered by Robert Stephenson (son of George Stephenson), the line was fully opened on 17 September 1838. In 1846 it became a constituent of the "London and North Western Railway", and in 1923 of the "London, Midland and Scottish Railway". British railways were nationalised in 1948; today the position regarding ownership of the track and provision of services is somewhat fluid. The WCML was electrified in stages between 1959 and 1974 using the 25 kV, 50 Hz AC system. See also: Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image; Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.800277
Longitude
-0.62212