Today the road between Spring Hill and Franklin is busy Route 31, bordered by new housing developments, a Saturn plant and strip malls.

FORBES: Battle cry

The West Coast route serves 31 million passengers travelling between London, the West Midlands, the north-west of England, North Wales and the central belt of Scotland.

BBC: UK

The West Coast Main Line route serves 31 million passengers a year travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the central belt of Scotland.

BBC: West Coast Main Line First Group deal put on hold

United Airlines -- the only U.S. airline to take delivery of the 787 -- has announced it would resume Dreamliner flights from May 31, initially serving the domestic Houston-Denver route.

CNN: All Dreamliner airlines to resume flights

But none have taken as unusual a route into international cricket as Brendan Nash, a left-handed batsman who turns 31 during the first Test in Dunedin.

BBC: Windies switch pays off for Nash