Dovetail Games Dovetail Direct Recap - Pre-order Tsw6 Now!

For those who missed our main event yesterday or prefer to get all their information in video-form, be sure to watch our recent Dovetail Direct for all of the Train Sim World 6 information, including brand-new Add-on reveals coming post-launch!
Dovetail Direct Summer 2025: What was revealed?


Here's a quick summary of everything we covered in the latest Dovetail Direct:

• Train Sim World 6: Available now for pre-order, and releasing September 30th 2025!
• Riviera Line: Exeter – Plymouth & Paignton GWR Class 802 & GWR Class 150
• Morristown Line: New York & Hoboken – Dover NJ TRANSIT® Arrow III EMU & ALP-46 locomotive
• Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden DB BR 411 ICE-T, DB BR 442 Talent 2, DB BR 146 + Dostos and DB BR 185 + Freight
• New TSW6 Core Features, including Random Events , Train Faults and Platform & Train Announcements!
• Deluxe Editions includes CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager , NJ TRANSIT®ALP-45DP and the DB BR 294
• Deluxe & Special Edition pre-order includes 5-day Early Access from 25th September 2025
• Free-to-play Starter Pack available for 6-weeks after launch!

We also announced a range of new Train Sim World route Add-ons in the return of our 'Take A Ticket' show!

• Liberec Stara-Paka from Vector Simulations
• Birmingham – Crewe from All Aboard Studios
• The Tadami Line from Union Workshop
• Stuttgart – Heilbronn from Dovetail Games
• NEC New York – Stamford from Dovetail Games
• Expert DB BR 145 from TSG
• Lisbon – Setúbal from VirtuaVia360
• Crewe – Preston from Just Trains

Now that’s a seriously loaded list, of new countries, new TSW partners, a new Expert loco, and a whole range of exciting new add-ons! Find out the details in full tomorrow in our TSW6 Roadmap article, but read ahead for a continued summary of everything we covered tonight!

Train Sim World 6: Pre-order Now, Out September 30th!
Each of these three editions can be purchased with a special 10% Pre-Order or Loyalty Discount available on selected platforms. See below for details:

• Steam – 10% Loyalty Discount
• Epic Games – 10% Pre-order Discount
• Xbox – 10% Pre-order Discount
• PlayStation – 10% Pre-order Discount with PS+

Routes and Locomotive Summary
Dive down the Devon Banks and soar along the Dawlish Sea Wall with the legendary Riviera Line. Drive GWR services bound for idyllic English coastal towns between Exeter, Plymouth & Paignton aboard the “Intercity” Class 802 and Class 150/2 “Sprinter”.


Go on a long-distance voyage in the CrossCountry BR Class 220. Drive additional services over the hills to Plymouth & Paignton.


Discover the electrified network of NJ TRANSIT® with the Morristown Line. March across the Morris & Essex County suburbs and dart between the Big Apple and the commuter town of Dover aboard the classic Arrow III EMU, or the ALP-46 & MultiLevel cars.


Power up prime movers or position the pantograph, take control of the versatile NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP on additional and bustling commuter services.


Go beyond the boundaries of Nahverkehr Dresden and accelerate westbound all the way to Leipzig in Bahnstrecke Leipzig - Dresden. Drive modern ICE-T, BR 442 and loco-hauled passenger trains, as well as freight, along the oldest long-distance railway in Germany.


Venerable shunting traction drives into the yards of Germany; the iconic DB BR 294 is ready for service! Assemble trains and take them across the mainline with classic diesel power.


Let's take a first-look at some initial screenshots. You can expect more coming in articles over the next few days and weeks!

Riviera Line


CrossCountry BR Class 220


Morristown Line


NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP


Leipzig - Dresden


DB BR 294


Core Features Summary


The next station is… Announcements! Listen out both on platforms & trains for audible details of every journey.


Be further immersed inside trains with added passenger ambience. Be ready for Random Events and Train Faults, signals may take longer to clear, speed restrictions could be in place, or equipment failures on your train may need resolving. Be prepared to expect the unexpected!
We leaned into the results from recent player surveys to help us determine the feature we'd develop in TSW6, voted by all of you. You ask, we deliver.


These new features will come alongside Train Sim World's existing array of features such as Free Roam, Conductor Mode, Photo Mode, Route Hopping, Creators Club, Livery Designer, Formation Designer, Scenario Planner and more. Embark on your own journey, in your own way, with more features than ever.

 

Train Sim World 6 – New Core Bundles!
Let’s take a look at all the bundles and packages you can get for Train Sim World 6, available to pre-order now!
TSW6 Standard Edition = £44.99 / €49.99 / $49.99




Featuring all of the benefits of the Free Starter Pack, you will also get the benefits of:

• Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton
  ▹ GWR Class 802 & GWR Class 150
• Morristown Line: New York & Hoboken - Dover
  ▹ NJ TRANSIT® Arrow III EMU & ALP-46 locomotive
• Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden
  ▹ DB BR 411 ICE-T
  ▹ DB BR 442 Talent 2
  ▹ DB BR 146 + Dostos
  ▹ DB BR 185 + Freight
  ▹ Dresden - Riesa route Add-on entitlement for layers and additional gameplay
• New Features on New Core Routes
  ▹ Random Events
  ▹ Train Faults
  ▹ Platform & Train Announcements
• 10% Pre-Order or Loyalty Discount on selected platforms

TSW6 Deluxe Edition = £64.99 / €79.99 / $79.99




Featuring all of the benefits of the Standard Edition, you will also get the benefits of:

• CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager – Layers onto the Riviera Line
• NJ TRANSIT®ALP-45DP – Layers onto the Morristown Line
• DB BR 294 – Layers onto Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden
• 5-day Early Access from September 25th, 2025!
• 10% Pre-Order or Loyalty Discount on selected platforms

TSW6 Special Edition = £104.99 / €119.99 / $119.99




Featuring all of the benefits of Standard and Deluxe Editions, you will also get a collection of selected routes and included locomotives that compliment the perfect TSW6 experience:

• MBTA Boston - Worcester [USA]
• Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn [Germany]
• Cardiff City Network [Wales]
• Semmeringbahn [Austria]
• Spoorlijn Zwolle - Groningen [Netherlands]
• 5-day Early Access from September 25th, 2025!
• 10% Pre-Order or Loyalty Discount on selected platforms

Free Starter Pack – Available from Launch




Get a chance to experience the excitement of Train Sim World 6 FOR FREE, in the form of our latest Free Starter Pack, available from launch day.

Train Sim World 6: Free Starter Pack will feature an updated version of the Training Center route, along with unbranded versions of the Class 66, 8F Steam Locomotive, Class 323, BR 146 + Dostos and new this year, we've also added the SD40-2 Diesel locomotive this year as a bonus.

This pack can welcome in brand new players into Train Sim World for the first time, but also allows all existing players to upgrade to the latest core game for free, and bring their TSW compatible content along with them (See below for more details).

The Free Starter Pack will only be available for 6-weeks from release, starting September 30th 2025 and ends on November 11th 2025.

Bring Across Your Compatible Content


As with previous core Train Sim World releases, you'll be able to carry over your collection of add-ons to Train Sim World 6. Please see our TSW6 compatible content FAQs to read more about the process of installing content across our supported game platforms.

As a bonus mention, following our announcement in February earlier this year for Caltrain licensed content being removed from TSW, we're happy to announce that we're bringing back these add-ons as new unbranded releases, with existing owners being granted entitlements to continue playing in TSW6 and beyond. You can expect this to release shortly after the launch of Train Sim World 6, and we will be sharing more details in FAQs and articles soon.

Upcoming Train Sim World 6 Add-ons




As part of the big Train Sim World 5 announcement, we also decided to reveal the names of 6 route Add-ons currently being worked on for release over the coming months. Whether you’re keen for a new country, the next Just Trains route, or even another Remastered route Add-on, we have you covered.

The 8 route reveals were:

• Liberec Stara-Paka from Vector Simulations
• Birmingham – Crewe from All Aboard Studios
• The Tadami Line from Union Workshop
• Stuttgart – Heilbronn from Dovetail Games
• NEC New York – Stamford from Dovetail Games
• Expert DB BR 145 from TSG
• Lisbon – Setúbal from VirtuaVia360
• Crewe – Preston from Just Trains

Join the New Official Dovetail Games Discord!




We’ve just started a brand new Dovetail Discord, completely free to join for everyone who wants to hear the latest news from our teams, get unique rewards in our Discord community, and be involved in exclusive Discord events with our teams!

For those new to Discord, you can sign up for a free account and join a community with both players and developers that work directly on Train Sim World, from Dovetail Games and our third-party development teams. You’ll get all your news in one place, choosing which of our games you want to get involved in, with alerts for when we go live with news, articles and content. You can also get direct support and Q&A from our teams, so for fans of Train Sim World, it’s a great chance to ask any questions you have leading up to the release of TSW6.

As a bonus, join our server in next week and get an exclusive “Day One Member” tag, and a unique server tag to equip on your Discord profile across all your servers!

TSW6 Information & Roadmap Coming Tomorrow!
The unexpected is now... expected! Get ready for much more information on all these releases over the coming days, weeks and months, starting with the Train Sim World August 2025 Roadmap (Parts One & Two) publishing from tomorrow, on August 27th and 28th.

Releasing tomorrow, August 27th, will be the first part of our TSW6 Roadmap, featuring more screenshots and details of the core routes, locomotives and features. On August 28th, we'll be covering all our partner releases in a second edition of the Roadmap, and getting more information from these developers of their upcoming content coming to TSW6.

You can also join Alex and Matt for the Train Sim World Roadmap Livestream on August 28th at 18:00 UTC / 19:00 BST on YouTube and Twitch.


If you have any burning questions, check out our comprehensive TSW6 FAQs!





And if you can’t wait to become part of the action, remember that you can pre-order Train Sim World 6 now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam!

Pre-ordering any of the available bundles (including Standard edition) will entitle you to a 10% discount. Please see our TSW6 FAQs more more information on this for each game platform.

Deluxe / Special Edition players can pre-order now to get 5-day Early Access and will also receive the CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager, NJ TRANSIT®ALP-45DP and DB BR 294 in addition to all the core routes listed above.

Special Edition players will also receive additional back catalogue route Add-ons.
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Hey there,

This year, there won't be any regional bundles available. You can still grab the Free Starter Pack and purchase any individual core route that catches your interest. This is to streamline your shopping experience by reducing the overall number of available bundles.

All the best,
Jan

 

The core routes will still be able to be purchased individually, we just won't offer specific regional bundles like last year. It's essentially a "Build your own regional bundle", if you want to look at it like that.

 

Hey there Each core route will still be available for separate purchase, we just won't offer a dedicated "bundle" option on our storefronts like we did in previous years. This only means that there will be three less options on the storefront, like in this example for TSW 5 on Steam:



You are still able to pick up each of the components individually, meaning the Free Starter Pack and the core route of your choice.

All the core bundles you mentioned are available on both Gen 9 and Gen 8, you can read more about it in our official FAQ

 

Hello there,

Train and station announcements will only be available for new TSW 6 content. There is a chance that we will add this feature to older content with a remaster, but for now assume that it's only coming to the new routes.

All the best,
Jan