Wcml Preston To Crewe Discussion

It's the large amount of unique assets that make JT's routes feel so real.

 

What is the holdup on release?

 

Not sure, but I’d rather it be of top standard like Preston - Carlisle and Blackpool branches. Lots of products have been released lately in such a poor state, I’m sure JT have completed significant QA on this

 

Presumably it's not ready yet.

 

It just feels like it's been coming soon for ages, hence the question.

 

It's the timetable going off some Discord posts, apparently the most complex timetable they've done (and possibly in the whole game) due to all the shunt moves and freight stuff and has taken them a lot lot longer than expected. Last post I saw was that the timetable was now in testing.

 

What do we think is currently the most complex timetable? WCMLoS? Is this another victory lap?

 

And thus stujoy never wore trousers again

 

WCML South has 5 or 6 different timetables now.

If you want confusion, start there.

 

It needs another one, retro!

 

If somebody wants to complete Crewe - London Euston in 1986, I'd throw money at them.

 

Yeah, but it's 158 miles and very complex in places. I can't see it happening. If the southern end of the WCML is ever built in the BR blue era I think they'll split it somewhere - probably Rugby. It's a bit of a shame because lots of trains don't call at Rugby, and TSW routes can't be merged it seems, so it limits the number of trains which would be drivable, but it's difficult to see a way round it.

Mind you, a lot of Anglo-Scottish expresses didn't call at Crewe either, so I'll be interested to see how that's dealt with on Preston-Crewe.