Route Cornish Rail Network

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  1. penninedmu#9526

    penninedmu#9526 Member

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    This might seem like a bit of a stretch due to how much would need to be put into this, considering the total route length as well as West Cornwall Local already existing but this could have the potential to be the best route in Train Sim history.

    Year set: 2026

    We could have a route including the entire Cornish Mainline to Penzance and Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake (linking with the Riviera Line at Plymouth) as well as the Looe Valley line from Liskeard to Looe, the China Clay Branch off to Fowey from Lostwithiel, the Atlantic Coast Line from Par to Newquay, the Falmouth Branch from Truro to Falmouth and the St Ives Bay Line from St Erth to St Ives.

    All stations on the line included:
    Plymouth
    Devonport
    Dockyard
    Keyham
    St Budeaux Ferry Road
    St Budeaux Victoria Road
    Bere Ferrers
    Bere Alston
    Calstock
    Gunnislake
    Saltash
    St Germans
    Menheniot
    Liskeard
    Coombe Junction Halt
    St Keynes Wishing Well Halt
    Causeland
    Sand place
    Looe
    Bodmin Parkway
    Lostwithiel
    Par
    Luxulyan
    Bugle
    Roche
    St Columb Road
    Quintrell Downs
    Newquay
    St Austell
    Truro
    Perranwell
    Penryn
    Penmere
    Falmouth Town
    Falmouth Docks
    Redruth
    Camborne
    Hayle
    St Erth
    Lelant Saltings
    Lelant
    Carbis Bay
    St Ives
    Penzance

    Rolling Stock:
    Class 66 GBRF
    Class 150/2 GWR
    Class 175 Ex Transport for Wales GWR
    Class 802 GWR
    Class 220 Cross Country (if you have the add-on)

    Potential extra add-on:
    Class 158 GWR

    ECS Movements:
    Laira TMD
    Long Rock TMD
    Par Sidings

    Services:
    Exeter St Davids-Penzance alternating with Plymouth-Penzance (hourly) (Class 150/158/175/802)
    London Paddington-Penzance (hourly) (Class 802)
    London Paddington-Newquay (once a day in each direction) (Class 802)
    Edinburgh-Penzance (once a day in each direction) (Class 220)
    Bristol Temple Meads-Penzance (once a day) (Class 220)
    Penzance-Birmingham New Street (once a day) (220)
    Plymouth-Gunnislake (every 2 hours) (Class 150)
    Liskeard-Looe (hourly) (Class 150)
    Par-Newquay (hourly with varying stop pattern) (Class 150/175)
    Truro-Falmouth Docks (half hourly) (Class 150/158)
    St Erth-St Ives (half hourly) (Class 150)
    Penzance-St Ives (once a day in each direction) (Class 150)
    Burngullow-Fowey and Parkandillack-Fowey (both once a day in each direction) (Class 66)
    I am aware that freight services run to Plymouth and beyond but I'm not entirely sure where they go so if someone could fill me in on that it would be fantastic.

    AI Services:
    Hourly Cross Country services from Plymouth to Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen etc (Class 220)
    Hourly GWR services to London Paddington from Plymouth (Class 802)

    I go on holiday a lot to Cornwall because I think it's absolutely stunning and the railways there are all incredibly scenic. I believe any Cornish route would be enjoyed to the absolute fullest by including the mainline and all small branch lines petruding from it.
     
  2. star#5823

    star#5823 Well-Known Member

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    What’s the point of putting in the modern era when quite bit of the route already exists in the 90s
     
  3. blibbles#5319

    blibbles#5319 Member

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    Because that route has been abandoned with questionable sounds on the 150, wrong modelling on the 37, underwhelming scenery, lack of a Valenta powered HST, wrong time period for the pacer layer, and the 47 just being wrong for the time period too.
    I can get behind the idea of completely remaking the WCL route and extending the route coverage, but I think you're asking a bit much for route coverage. Penzance to Plymouth on its own is 90 miles, never mind all the branches, I'm not against the idea of this, just maybe not all of this on the same route.
    I would personally just want to see the route coverage simply extended one more station up to Par, simply because Par is a bigger station than St. Austell
     
  4. steve08

    steve08 Well-Known Member

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    Never liked original Penzance route 150 with painted on controls I’d buy this suggestion.
     
  5. penninedmu#9526

    penninedmu#9526 Member

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    Yeah I did say it might be a bit of a stretch but to be fair Kassel-Wurzburg exists so here's to hoping
     

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