Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston | FULL JOURNEY | Avanti West Coast 390 Pendolino (WCML)

Full journey from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston on board a 9 carriage Avanti West Coast class 390 Pendolino tilting train along the West Coast Main Line (Trent Valley line). This journey was filmed on Tuesday 17th June 2025 on the 1008 service which was an express fast service on this route calling only at Runcorn, Lichfield Trent Valley and Tamworth. Skip to: Liverpool Lime Street (LIV) (depart) 0:00:12 Edge Hill (EDG) 0:03:43 Mossley Hill (MSH) 0:07:46 West Allerton (WSA) 0:08:24 Liverpool South Parkway (LPY) 0:09:16 Runcorn (RUN) 0:15:12 Acton Bridge (ACB) 0:24:06 Hartford (HTF) 0:25:27 Winsford (WSF) 0:27:34 Crewe (CRE) 0:32:08 Stafford (STA) 0:45:24 Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) 0:52:49 Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) 0:58:54 Tamworth (TAM) 1:06:05 Polesworth (PSW) 1:11:04 Atherstone (ATH) 1:13:28 Nuneaton (NUN) 1:16:09 Rugby (RUG) 1:23:10 Wolverton (WOL) 1:38:16 Milton Keynes Central (MKC) 1:40:54 Bletchley (BLY) 1:43:31 Leighton Buzzard (LBZ) 1:46:49 Cheddington (CED) 1:50:08 Tring (TRI) 1:52:46 Berkhamsted (BKM) 1:54:34 Hemel Hempstead (HML) 1:56:14 Apsley (APS) 1:56:56 Kings Langley (KGL) 1:57:59 Watford Junction (WFJ) 1:59:51 Bushey (BSH) 2:00:41 Carpenders Park (CPK) 2:01:23 Hatch End (HTE) 2:02:10 Headstone Lane (HDL) 2:02:31 Harrow & Wealdstone (HRW) 2:03:06 Kenton (KNT) 2:03:39 South Kenton (SOK) 2:04:05 North Wembley (NWB) 2:04:23 Wembley Central (WMB) 2:04:48 Willesden Junction (WIJ) 2:06:00 Queens Park (QPW) 2:07:28 London Euston (EUS) 2:12:43 Note that only Watford DC (Lioness line) stations visible from this side of the train are listed above, Stonebridge Park, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Kilburn High Road and South Hampstead are only visible from the other side. Long Buckby and Northampton are located on a loop off the main WCML route via Weedon so are not passed on this service. Services on this route usually operate twice an hour with this journey being the faster calling pattern. The second Liverpool to London service calls at Runcorn, Liverpool South Parkway, Crewe and Milton Keynes Central. Additional Liverpool to Crewe services operate operated by London Northwestern Railway (West Midlands Trains) with Runcorn also being served by Transport for Wales services. Avanti operate many other services in to Euston sharing parts of this route including the full WCML Glasgow to London along with Holyhead/Chester, Manchester and Blackpool to London services via the Trent Valley and Wolverhampton/Birmingham services from Rugby southwards. LNR operate local services along this route with the London Overground Lioness line and London Underground Bakerloo line running parallel to the WCML south of Watford Junction/Harrow & Wealdstone. At Lime Street there is interchange with TransPennine, Northern, LNR, TfW and Merseyrail Wirral line services with the Northern line from Liverpool Central. At London Euston there is interchange with London Overground and London Underground Northern and Victoria lines along with local London Northwestern services. Lichfield has interchange with the West Midlands Railway Cross City line via Birmingham New Street with Tamworth having Cross Country service interchange towards Nottingham/Cardiff and Edinburgh/Plymouth. Services on this route are operated by 9 and 11 carriage class 390 Pendolino trains on fast services and 7 carriage class 807 Evero units on slower services, both of which are fully electric trains. Class 805 Evero bi mode units can operate to Liverpool on occasion. This route is fully electrified throughout using overhead electrification. This route is a mix of double track and quad track sections varying along the length of the route, with a short three track section between Nuneaton and Rugby. Journey sections: Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway 0:00:00 Liverpool South Parkway to Runcorn 0:09:19 Runcorn to Crewe 0:17:24 Crewe to Stafford 0:32:18 Stafford to Rugeley Trent Valley 0:45:29 Rugeley Trent Valley to Nuneaton 0:52:52 Nuneaton to Rugby 1:16:14 Rugby to Milton Keynes Central 1:23:16 Milton Keynes Central to Watford Junction 1:41:03 Watford Junction to London Euston 1:59:56 #AvantiWestCoast #Pendolino #Class390