page_title: InterCity West Coast
section_title: Services
hierarchical_section_title: InterCity West Coast / Services
caption_attribution_description: English: The typical VT Monday-Friday off-peak service, as of 2015
context_page_description: InterCity West Coast was a 1997–2019 railway franchise in the United Kingdom for passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line, between London Euston, the West Midlands, North Wales, Liverpool, Manchester, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other major destinations between.
  The franchise was formed during the privatisation of British Rail and transferred to the private sector on 9 March 1997, when Virgin Trains commenced operations. It was due to be re-let in December 2012, with FirstGroup announced as the winning bidder; this decision was later reversed after the discovery of irregularities in the franchise letting process. In December 2012, Virgin Trains was awarded an extension to continue to run the franchise until November 2014, which was extended in several increments until December 2019.
  The InterCity West Coast franchise was superseded on 8 December 2019 by Avanti West Coast.
context_section_description: As of March 2017, these were the services offered:
caption: A map showing the off-peak service pattern each hour
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