Route year:2023. Waterloo-Reading: 40 Miles. Stations: London waterloo. Vauxhall. Queenstown road. Clapham junction. Wandsworth town. Putney. Barnes. Mortlake. North sheen. Richmond. St Margret's. Twickenham. Whitton. Feltham. Ashford. Staines. Egham. Virginia water. Longcross. Sunningdale. Ascot. Martins Heron. Bracknell. Wokingham. Winnersh. Winnersh triangle. Earley. Reading. This would take around an 1 hour. Clapham Junction/Waterloo-Guilford: 24 Miles. Stations: London waterloo. Vauxhall. Queenstown road. Clapham junction. Earlsfield. Wimbledon. Raynes Park. New Malden. berrylands. Surbiton. Esher. Hersham. Walton-on-Thames. Weybridge. Byfleet and New Haw. West Byfleet. Woking. Worplesdon. Guilford. This would take just over 30 minutes. Woking/Waterloo-Basingstoke: 23 Miles. London waterloo. Vauxhall. Queenstown road. Clapham junction. Earlsfield. Wimbledon. Raynes Park. New Malden. berrylands. Surbiton. Esher. Hersham. Walton-on-Thames. Weybridge. Byfleet and New Haw. West Byfleet. Woking. Brookwood. Farnborough. Fleet. Winchfield. Hook. Basingstoke. This would take 40 minutes to just over an hour. Trains. Class 444. Class 450. Class 455. Feel free to suggest anything and I will try to add it.
With the Guildford-Waterloo one could the line via effingham junction be included stops are london road (Guildford), Clandon, Horsley, effingham Junction, Bookham, Leatherhead, Ashtead, Epsom, Ewell West, Stoneleigh, Worcester Park, Motspur Park and Raynes Park where it rejoins the main line.
I like this idea a lot. Maybe include the Guildford commuter lines too. A Waterloo to Guildford and Reading route would be smashing. Waterloo to Guildford via Woking and Effingham Junction, gives players the opportunity to do fast runs with the 444/450 via Woking, stoppers as well, and utilise the 455 on the commuter Guildford lines. As we are passing it, Hampton Court could also be included to provide more commuter services. Waterloo to Reading would be a new addition to the Train Simulator franchise, not appearing in TSC. Maybe setting the route in 2021 would be nice. You'd have the vibrant red ex-SWT alongside the dull SWR livery (you can probably tell which one I prefer lol). Could also introduce the 458/5 as payware. Realistically speaking though it will be set as modern as possible, which is reasonable but feels like it would miss a golden opportunity to provide an insane amount of variety.