Classic route
Avanti West Coast
London → Birmingham · United Kingdom
- Distance
- 182 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 23 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- Avanti West Coast
- Train
- Class 390 Pendolino
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- In service since
- 1838
Traces the pioneering 1838 London and Birmingham Railway — the first great trunk line driven into the capital — from Euston to England’s second city.
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