The North Wales Coast Line is the railway line from Crewe to Holyhead. Virgin Trains consider their services along it to be a spur of the West Coast Main Line. Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a large town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... A panoramic view of Holyhead taken from atop Holyhead Mountain, showing the harbours breakwater on the left Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ... Jump to: navigation, search Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... The WCML running alogside the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...

The main towns served by the route are listed below.

• Crewe
• Chester
  • Line diverges to serve Wrexham and Shrewsbury (via the Shrewsbury to Chester Line)
  • Wirral Line diverges to serve Birkenhead and Liverpool
• Shotton
  • The Borderlands Line from Wrexham to Bidston crosses here
• Flint
• Prestatyn
• Rhyl
• Abergele
• Colwyn Bay
• Llandudno Junction
  • Line diverges to serve either Blaenau Ffestiniog (via the Conwy Valley Line) or Llandudno
• Conwy
• Penmaenmawr
• Bangor
• Llanfairpwll
  • Line diverges to Amlwch (disused)
• Valley
  • Freight from Wylfa nuclear power station is loaded at a depot in Valley
• Holyhead

The line contains several notable engineering structures, namely Conwy railway bridge across the River Conwy, and Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait. Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a large town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chester is the county town of Cheshire in the northwestern England, close to the border with Wales. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wrexham (pronounced Recsam, and in Welsh spelt Wrecsam) is an industrial town in north Wales. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Shrewsbury at grid reference SJ4912 Porthill Bridge crossing the Severn at Shrewsbury Shrewsburys Old Market Hall and The Square Market Street, behind the Old Market Hall, with the Music Hall on the left Shrewsbury (pronounced either /ˈʃɹuːzbɹiː/ or /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi... The Shrewsbury to Chester Line is a railway line that runs from Shrewsbury to Chester, via Wrexham. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Wirral Line train at Liverpool Central. ... Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... Jump to: navigation, search Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Northwest England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... Shotton is a town in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the River Dee. ... The Borderlands Line is the name given to the railway line between Wrexham, North Wales, and Bidston, Wirral, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wrexham (pronounced Recsam, and in Welsh spelt Wrecsam) is an industrial town in north Wales. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bidston is a village on Wirral, Merseyside,England Located adjacent junction 2, M53, the village of bidston is situated on a hill, with elevation of approximately 60m, above sea level. ... Flint (Welsh: Y Fflint) is the county town of Flintshire, north Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. ... Prestatyn is a seaside resort in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Flintshire and Clywd, North Wales, lying on the north coast. ... Rhyl (Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, in the administrative county of Denbighshire and the traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Yr Afon Clwyd). ... Abergele is an old Roman trading town, situated near the coast between the popular holiday resorts of Llandudno and Rhyl, in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Denbighshire, North Wales. ... Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a town in Conwy county borough, in the traditional county of Denbighshire, North Wales. ... Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) is a small town in the county borough of Conwy. ... Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town located in Gwynedd, in North Wales. ... The Conwy Valley Line is a railway line in North Wales. ... Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in the county borough of Conwy in North Wales. ... Conwy (formerly anglicised as Conway) is a town in Conwy county borough, North Wales, UK, which faces the resort of Llandudno across the Conwy Estuary. ... Penmaenmawr is a town in the county borough of Conwy, traditional county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales. ... Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, UK, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. ... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (), a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales is the longest official placename in the United Kingdom and the third-longest in the world. ... Amlwch is a town on the north coast of Anglesey in Wales. ... Valley is a village in Anglesey, North Wales. ... Wylfa is a nuclear power station at Cemaes Bay on the island of Anglesey, north Wales. ... A panoramic view of Holyhead taken from atop Holyhead Mountain, showing the harbours breakwater on the left Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ... The western end of Stephenson‘s bridge across the Conwy right next to the castle. ... The River Conwy, or, in Welsh Afon Conwy , is a river in North Wales. ... Britannia Bridge is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, originally made of wrought iron rectangular box section spans, and now a two-tier steel box girder and arch bridge. ... The Menai Strait (in Welsh Afon Menai, the River Menai) is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 14 miles (23 km) long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. ...

Passenger services are currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales (who replaced First North Western) and Virgin Trains. An Arriva train in North Wales Class 158, no. ... First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...