Gwe Remaster: Appreciation And Discussion Thread

Thanks Liam.

 

Hi DTG Liam hope you're well.
Just want to give my feedback and I have to say I am loving it and this route is just bloody stunning. Only found one or AI service problems but nothing too big.
My question is, could you please implement the Guard on the HST as it just makes it that tad more immersive. Would that be possible?
Thank you again Liam!

 

I hope we can see an insight of the class 387's soon too as well, hopefully not too long?

 

I'm also waiting for the release and really hope that it will also include support for the 387 Gatwick Express suspension function.

 

Have two questions maybe somebody wiser can help answer...

First question: When driving service 1C01 (non-stop Paddington-Reading on the HST), I was twice routed through the slow lane, first just to go through Slough and then from Maidenhead to Twyford, is this something normal? I'd have expected to always be on the fast lanes for non-stop services...

The second question is, when changing lanes normally I remember getting a double yellow signal, followed by single yellow with the junction indicator on... but this time, for the first lane change I simply got, all of a sudden, a green light with with junction indicator on, which meant I couldn't get the speed down appropriately, is this normal? is there another way of anticipate if there's a change in lanes?

 

Sounds like a bug to me. The Sleeper from Reading to Paddington has it as well.

 

1. The first question is mostly a bug. There are the odd service or 2 that are made to switch lines, but some a bugged due to the automatic routing of the dispatcher. They have been fixed and with DTG for an update.
   
2. For GWE this is normal. While the signals had some visual upgrades, they are the same 'older' code which was a bit more basic than what TSW currently has.

 

Thank you Liam.

 

I did a run the other day 12something from Reading in an HST. Was crossed to the slow line before Slough. The signalling sequence was wrong. 2Y, 1Y with route indicator position 2. Should have been 2Y, 1Y, Red approach controlled release to main aspect with route indicator position 2.

 

Yep, annoying but as Liam pointed out above, the sigs couldn't be changed. Apart from that, great route.

 

On the pis screen on 166/165 what is the number for next to the destination example 01 London Paddington . Thanks

 

Effectively it's a route number, like what you get on buses. Used a lot in the former Southern region until recently (believe SWR still do use them) in place of destinations.

 

I don't think SWR use the numbers anymore as I don't see them when I travel on the 444s or 450s, but sometimes a driver or guard may add the old relevant route number for the fun of it. 455s had them just as part of the roller blind but I don't think the numbers would always be correct for the service.

 

Yes seen a couple of 444 services with 93 Weymouth on their PIS or 91 London Waterloo.

Hentis

 

This website lists them for certain periods
https://sremg.org.uk/headcodes/eheadcodes.html

They are (or were) also listed in the working timetables.

 

The 165s on the Chiltern Line still carry service numbers (though they're not always accurate!):
01 - Aylesbury via Met
02 - Aylesbury via Met (Not Rickmansworth)
03 - Aylesbury Fast via Met
10 - Banbury Fast
11 - Banbury Semi-Fast
12 - Bicester North
13 - Princes Risborough ?
14 - Aylesbury via Wycombe
15 - Wycombe Fast
16 - Wycombe Stopper
17 - Gerrards Cross
18 - Gerrards Cross (all stops)
19 - West Ruislip
22 - Banbury Stopper
30 - Stratford Fast
31 - Stratford Semi Fast
32 - Stratford Stopper
40 - Birmingham Fast
41 - Birmingham Semi Fast
44 - Princes Risborough - Aylesbury
50 - Kidderminster or Stourbridge
53 - Leamington Spa/Stratford/Birmingham/Banbury/Oxford Local
70 - Oxford Fast
71 - Oxford Slow

 

Thanks! Do you or any other wise folk on here happen to know the numbers that Centro trains used to carry in the Birmingham area? If I recall correctly the 323s used to display these back in the day.