INTRODUCTION Today I will be suggesting the District Line operated by London Underground (owned by Transport For London.) This route will have 46 stations in total and will be 26 miles (41 km) long. THE ROUTE The route starts at Upminster, located in East London, ending at Ealing Broadway and Richmond, located in West London & South-west London STATIONS • Upminster • Upminster Bridge • Homchurch • Elm Park • Dagenham East • Dagenham Heathway • Becontree • Upney • Barking • East Ham • Upton Park • Plaistow • Bromley-By-Bow • Bow Road • Mile End • Stepney Green • Whitechapel • Aldgate East • Tower Hill • Monument • Cannon Street • Mansion House • Blackfrias • Temple • Embankment • Westminster • St. James Park • Victoria • Sloane Sqaure • South Kensington • Gloucester • Earl's Court • West Kensington • Barons Court • Hammersmith • Ravenscourt Park • Stamford Brook • Turnham Green • Chiswick Park • Acton Town • Ealing Common • Ealing Broadway *from turnham Green - richmond* • Gunnesbury • Kew Garderns • Richmond ROLLING STOCK S7 STOCK The S7 stock manufactured Bombardier Transportation at Derby Litchurch Lane Works as part of the Movia family 133 of these seven car trains were built from 2008- 2017 these trains have a maximum operating speed of 62 mph (100 km/h) and use CBTC and TRIPCOCK. S7 (7 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines ) S7 - 1,209 seats 62 mph (100 km/h) Services: Upminster - Richmond Upminster - Ealing Broadway Richmond - Tower Hill Richmond - Barking Richmond - Hammersmith Richmond - Highstreet Kensington Richmond - Dagenham East Ealing Broadway - Dagenham East Ealing Broadway- Tower Hill Ealing Broadway - Barking Ealing Broadway - Highstreet Kensington Ealing Broadway - Hammersmith This train would also do additional services from Barking to aldgate East as a Hammersmith and city line train This train would run as a circle line from Tower Hill to Gloucester Road POTENTIAL ADD-ONS 1973 STOCK The 1973 stock manufactured by Metro-Cammell as a deep tube stock. 87½ of these six-car trains were built from 1974–1977. These trains have a maximum speed of 45 mph (72 km/h), and the safety systems enabled are Tripcock. 1973 (6 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines ) 1973 - 684 seats 45 mph (72 km/h) Services: This train would run as a picadilly line from Barrons Court - Ealing Common D78 STOCK The D78 stock manufactured by Metro-Cammell 75 of these six-car trains were built from 1978–1981. These trains have a maximum speed of 72 km/h (45 mph), and the safety systems enabled are Tripcock. D78 (6 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines ) D78 - 821 seats 45 mph (72 km/h) Services: This train would operate the same services as the S stock LAYERS -378 drivable from Richmond- Gunnesbury Gunnesbury AI -AI gwr stock st Ealing Broadway -AI 710/2 at Barking DEPOTS Upminster Ealing Common Lillie Bridge CONCLUSION Thanks for reading my suggestion and do you think this would be a good route for tsw6?
Very nice suggestion but about the 1973 stock, they run on the Piccadilly line and don't run alongside the full district line route
Yeah id opt for this or the circle and H&C packaged in one . Preferably between 2017 and 2013 so there's the old and new stock
The Bakerloo line is a great route in my opinion I’m getting a bit bored of it I’ll also love to see the central line from Epping to Ealing Broadway and west ruislip and jubilee line from Stratford to Stanmore,Wembley park and North Greenwich I’ll love to see those to two routes
I'd love my old childhood Underground line to be included. I think it may be too big a project for a release but it would be a day one purchase if it happened.
Also forgot. They do pass district line stations for example: Chiswick Park, Turnham Green, Stamford Brook and Ravenscourt Park a 1972 stock would be perfect to represent Piccadilly line services There could also be Wimbledon, Kensington Olympia or Edgware Road branches Also Wimbledon branches would include route hopping as you could just route hop to the London overground mildmay line if Richmond extension exists
Yeah if there is a chance if this route came it would make sense to route hop at Richmond as the mildmay line is being extended to richmond
Yes District line woudl be my preference for an second LU route - while driving in tunnels is fun it can also be a bit samey so you need some above ground sections to break it up and the District Line has a lot. Would suggest the Wimbledon branch as another section of the route.
While the mood music from DTG suggests that Underground routes aren't being considered due to the time it takes for the light baking of tunnels, I'd personally love a complete District line (all branches, no part routes please).
