Heathrow Connect Services For Gwe

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  1. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Although this suggestion will likely flare up the old 'Won't Happen' debate, I would like to suggest, providing that the wires can be made functional, the Heathrow Connect services between Paddington and Hayes and Harlington on GWE. The service was, at least for a while, provided by First Group with some trains stopping at bay Platform 5 and through trains to Heathrow calling at Platform 3 at Hayes. The trains in use at the time were the Class 360/2 Desiro (5 car?).
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    Class 360/2 Heathrow Connect unit at Ealing Broadway en route to Heathrow.
     
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  2. First capital connect

    First capital connect Well-Known Member

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    If an add on was to be released featuring a different TOC I can see it being this
    With as you said the 360s they were 5 cars
    It's not as good as Heathrow express with the 332s
    But its something
    This and a
    180/165 add on would be nice
     
  3. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    These 3 are at the top of my GWE list for dlc. The Heathrow Express Class 332s were under the tight control of Ferovial (Heathrow owners) and will likely never be seen in tsw2 for licensing and security reasons. The Class 360/2 would make a great substitute/alternative.
     
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    fabdiva Well-Known Member

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    Heathrow connect was run by the airport - for legal reasons trains became FGW Link/FGW services at Hayes as they replaced the FGW Link stoppers, but crew and branding were all Heathrow
     
  5. trainsimgaming1001

    trainsimgaming1001 Well-Known Member

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    The wires are already active. If you install the FGW unlocker mod and have Cathcart, the 314 will be able to run from London Paddington to Hayes and Harlington with no issues on TIMETABLE MODE. It will run further as AI all the way to reading
     
  6. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Firstly I cannot install mods as I am on ps4. Secondly, does the 314 run correctly with pantograph up?
     
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    trainsimgaming1001 Well-Known Member

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    While you cannot run the mod, I believe it runs exactly like it does on cathcart, though for some reason without the destinations
     
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    trainsimplayer Well-Known Member

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    Because the 314 Blinds have - similar to a Manual Destination Display, set destinations. They don't just take the data from the route.
     
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  9. UnlimitedMagic

    UnlimitedMagic Well-Known Member

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    Since its been a a few years since Heathrow Connect services were replaced I don't think first group would mind giving a licence
     
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