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| Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Mainline |
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The West Coast Mainline connects London Euston to Motherwell in
Scotland.
A series of loops run off the 401-mile route. These include the Birmingham Loop which leaves the Mainline at Rugby, runs through Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton and then rejoins the Mainline at Stafford. 12 miles of the loop runs through Birmingham from Bickenhill on the east side of the city to Smethwick on the north-west side. |
| Birmingham Stations on the West Coast Mainline (Top) |
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The following 6 Birmingham stations are on the Birmingham Loop
of the West Coast Mainline: Adderley Park, Birmingham International, Birmingham New Street, Lea Hall, Marston Green, Stechford |
| Map of the West Coast Mainline through Birmingham (Top) |
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This map shows the route of the West Coast Mainline through Birmingham |
| M42 (Top) |
| Heading northwest from Coventry into Birmingham, the West Coast Mainline runs beneath the M42 and the A45 Coventry Road and then past the National Motorcycle Museum and the Arden Leisure Club towards the National Exhibition Centre. |
| National Exhibition Centre (Top) |
| At the National Exhibition Centre, the route passes the exhibiton car parks and the Crowne Plaza Hotel, skirts Pendigo Lake and reaches Birmingham International Station by the exhibition halls. |
| Birmingham Airport (Top) |
| Heading north-west from Birmingham International Station, the line runs beneath Bickenhill Lane and skirts the airport terminals and Elmdon Trading Estate before reaching a linear strip of suburban housing roughly parallel to the runway. |
| Sheldon Country Park (Top) |
| Having reached the end of the runway, the line arrives at Marston Green Station and climbs a wooded embankment that bridges Hatchford Brook and runs between Sheldon Country Park and the Bell Lane Recreation Ground. |
| Airparks (Top) |
| From the Bell Lane Recreation Ground, the route runs westwards beneath the Radleys and then past the Fastmoor Oval Recreation Ground, the playing fields at Mackadown Sports Club and the vast Airparks long-stay car park. |
| Garretts Green (Top) |
| Heading north-west from Airparks, the line runs past the Ace Business Park, the Garretts Green Trading Estate and a belt of suburban housing before travelling beneath the Meadway and arriving at Lea Hall Station. |
| Man Obstructs London-Birmingham Train at Lea Hall |
| A 24-year-old man was sentenced to a two year community order at Birmingham Crown Court in June 2011 for obstructing the Birmingham-Euston train by trespassing on the West Coast Mainline near Lea Hall Station on Sunday 23rd January 2011 (News Headlines 19/06/11). |
| Lea Village (Top) |
| From Lea Hall Station, the route continues on a tree-lined embankment past Lea Village and the Whittington Oval housing estate and then through suburban Stechford, passing beneath Church Road and Hill House Road. |
| Stechford (Top) |
| Continuing westwards from Hill House Road, the line passes Stechford Trading Estate and Stechford Retail Park before arriving at Stechford Station beneath Station Road on the Outer Circle. |
| Stechford Junction (Top) |
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From Stechford Station, the route passes above Albert Road before
reaching Stechford Junction which connects the West Coast Mainline to
the Stechford Avoiding Line.
Freight services travelling between Coventry and the Black Country often switch to the Stechford Avoiding Line in order to avoid Proof House Junction and Curzon Street Junction at the eastern entrance to New Street Station. |
| Cottsmeadow Tower Blocks (Top) |
| From Stechford Junction, the line bridges the River Cole and passes Batchelors Farm Park, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School and the Cottsmeadow tower blocks. |
| Belchers Lane (Top) |
| Heading westwards from Cottsmeadow, the line rides on an embankment above Eastfield Road and then runs between rows of terraced houses with narrow back gardens, roughly parallel to Caldwell Road and Cotterills Lane, before passing under Belchers Lane. |
| Saltley School (Top) |
| From Belchers Lane the route heads west, passing another belt of terraced housing and skirting the playing fields at Saltley School and Saint Peters College before reaching the Bordesley Trading Estate and Cherrywood Industrial Estate. |
| Adderley Park (Top) |
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Heading west from the Cherrywood Industrial Estate, the line travels past
the Adderley Trading Estate and through
Adderley Park Station. From there, the route runs alongside Landor Street, passes the Wheels Adventure Park, crosses above the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal and arrives at Proof House Junction (continued) |
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