Crewe–Manchester line

The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, which diverted to Crewe in 1841 and merged in 1846 with others to form the London and North Western Railway Company.The line is joined at Cheadle Hulme by the West Coast spur from Stoke-on-Trent.A number of the Crewe / Alderley Edge – Piccadilly services also extend beyond Piccadilly to terminate at Liverpool Lime Street, Southport and Wigan North Western.Transport for Wales Rail operates a through express service between Milford Haven and Cardiff, via the Welsh Marches line, to Manchester.CrossCountry also operates a small number of services on the line between Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and the South.
Northern RailClass 323Network RailStockportCheshireManchesterNorth West EnglandHeavy railNational RailAvanti West CoastCrossCountryNorthern TrainsTransPennine ExpressTransport for Wales RailBritish Rail Class 67British Rail Mark 4Class 197Class 331Class 390Track gaugestandard gaugeLiverpool–Manchester linesOrdsall ChordManchester VictoriaDeansgateManchester Oxford RoadManchester PiccadillyManchester MayfieldHuddersfield lineAshton-under-LymeGlossop lineLongsightRushfordLevenshulmeFallowfield Loop lineMauldeth RoadHeaton ChapelBurnageStockport–Stalybridge lineHeaton MerseyHeaton NorrisManchester South District RailwayST&AJREast DidsburyCheadle NorthCheadle HeathCheadleMid-Cheshire lineHope Valley lineGatleyHazel GroveHeald GreenCheadle HulmeManchester AirportStafford–Manchester lineHandforthWilmslowAlderley EdgeChelfordGoostreyHolmes ChapelNorthwichSandbachSandbach branchChesterWelsh Marches lineWest Coast Main Linerailway lineManchester and Birmingham RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayelectrifiedWest Coast spur from Stoke-on-TrentBuxton lineStyal lineLiverpool Lime StreetSouthportWigan North WesternMilford HavenCardiffCalder Valley lineChester–Warrington lineCrewe–Derby lineLeeds–Morecambe lineMorecambe branch lineRibble Valley lineTyne Valley lineWeaver Junction–Liverpool lineBlackpool branch linesBorderlands lineChester–Birkenhead lineCumbrian Coast lineEast Lancashire lineFurness lineHooton–Helsby lineKirkby branch lineLiverpool–Wigan lineManchester–Preston lineManchester–Southport lineNorthern lineOrmskirk branch lineSettle–Carlisle lineWindermere branch lineWirral lineEast Lancashire RailwayEden Valley RailwayLakeside & Haverthwaite RailwayRibble Steam Railway