Hello, I highly suggest to create the route Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz why? - It is imo the most important route to close the gap in between the routes! between cologne and würzburg, the whole route would be playable. The other option would be the SFS Köln-Rhein Main (fast route for ICE) which would be the same as Kassel-Würzburg, only ICE, unattractive. Here you have a variety of regional, long distance and cargo trains. - one of the most beautiful routes in Germany, mostly from bonn to Koblenz at the beautiful Rhine river, you can see the "Siebengebirge" have views of one of the most beautiful cities of Germany, Bonn (ex-capital!). - It's a "hochleistungskorridior" (classification of DB routes, this means there is much traffic!). Many many different timetable journeys to play! - Many trains of this route are in the game, f.e. talent 2, IC, ICE T & ICE 1, BR425, Desiro Classic (at Koblenz)... and the ones which miss can be replaced just like in the other routes: For desiro HC the dosto, for the LINT the Br642 (desiro classic). Than only the ICE4 would be missing perfect opportunity to finally bring one of the most wanted German trains! it operates as the ICE Sprinter from Bonn to Berlin (only stopping at cologne between bonn and Berlin). and there rest of the long distance trains are in the game already! - As mentioned there would be an amazing opportunity to implement the ICE4 or the better the Desiro HC which would run the whole route. also alongside the route there a various LINT trains which are also missing and which is a very important and common train in Germany. There is also the Desiro ML (mittelrheinbahn, RB26) which could run from Mainz to Cologne Main Station this would be the whole route of this train (okay it ends at Cologne Messe/Deutz not at cologne Hbf but its literally the other side of the Rhine about 1,5km doesn't make a difference), but I wouldn't mark this train as important as ICE4/Desiro HC/LINT because these trains are much more wished by the community. - you can finally head from cologne to Würzburg directly with the real ICE route starting from Dortmund I think to Munich. here you would start and cologne and drive to würzburg directly (via bonn, Koblenz, mainz, ffm airport, ffm hbf, hanau, fulda (doesnt stop every time in fulda) operated with ICE T I think or ICE1)! this is about 4-5 hours I think, almost the whole route. - alternative: also very beautiful route called rechte rheinstrecke (like the other dlc but this time on the right not left) connecting cologne to Koblenz via Bonn airport OR cologne Porz and Bonn-Beuel, Bonn-Oberkassel, Neuwied. Br425 drives there and from cologne to troisdorf also AI ICE (3, 4 and velaro d/3neo), br423 as sbahn, dostos and talent 2 (RE9 from cologne Aachen would be continued till troisdorfs or Siegburg/Bonn then you could also drive ICE trains at that route). less traffic on this route than on the left. and the route is longer (from Cologne Hbf to Bonn hbf on the right side about 20/25min, from Cologne to Bonn-Beuel about 35min, from Bonn Hbf to Koblemz on the right about 40min, here from Bonn-Beuel to Koblenz more than 1 hour) it continues from bonn to Koblenz the same path, just on the other side of the rhine river, as on the left side. would also be a great gap closure! but on this route there is no long distance trains except 2 Nightjets stopping at Bonn-Beuel (actually almost every IC/IC/NJ except ICE trains, stopped at Bonn-Beuel for like 3 years because the other side was shut down with long distance trains because of many construction works on this route, now they drive on the right side again at bonn hbf, but there still remains the Nightjet and I think one IC train at Bonn-Beuel actually idk why because the route takes longer and has no other stops or long distance trains). This route would be amazing and really beautiful - packed with a lot of traffic which is already in the game! And finally we would be able to drive from Cologne to Würzburg (or even from Aachen!). DTG, It would be amazing if it would happen! what are your thoughts DTG and community? have a great one.
Now DTG seem into extensions, best thing would be to push the existing Rhine Valley north to Koln. IMHO that would have been far better for TSW6 than the rather dreary section from Riesa to Leipzig.
Köln-Koblenz was one of my favourite routes in TSC. It was the first route I ever played and it got me into the train simulation hobby. Fond memories. I'd love to see it recreated in TSW. Especially when set in the same time period as the TSC version.
My first encounter was travelling along there for real in 1983, then quite a few years later the Protrain version for MSTS.
I don't see that as best thing. Because a modern-ish Köln-Koblenz looks like the better route. You could have the Desiro ML and/or the Desiro HC as new trains. An extension of left rhine means the route also needs to be set in the 90s. While I like Bundesbahn stuff, it has been far too long ago the german community got a new modern trains. Stuttgart Heilbronn will also get us old stock (WiKo, BR 140), which I absolutely love. But then coming back to modern trains would be awesome.
There we must differ as I find the modern DB stuff much less interesting. I would love to have the continuation in the same era, maybe even adding some some of the UIC coaches we used to love getting a numb backside from long hours of sitting on them!
We must have a different definition of "modern" then, because IMO the new Leipzig-Dresden route is pretty modern.
no as is said much more important and more beautiful is this very important gap closure! to the north we only have very old and buggy routes, hrr and hro, so definitely NO atm. Only if the other routes get a remaster. and this route is much more beautiful and has very much traffic.
if bonn comes then it should be an extension of cologne and Aachen in a modern timetable. definitely not the old bundesbahn timetable from Koblenz mainz. together with this route they could bring a modern timetable, they don't even have to change the map (but would be great to just put some displays at the platform and change the color to the dark blue from the Bahnsteigtafel (sorry) and we can drive with m modern ICE straight from cologne to Würzburg!
no front but I think the most German players prefer modern routes, me for example I have all German add ons except mittenwaldbahn (I play on console so no timetable modding) because I don't like the old stuff. We definitely need modern routes, especially for this route that I suggested! wouldn't make any sense to bring this route with in the 1980s
