Airedale And Wharfedale Lines (leeds To Ilkley/skipton And Bradford

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  1. akshay26

    akshay26 Active Member

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    This suggestion is fairly generic but I would still like it for it to be added to TSW.

    The Airedale and Wharfedale lines are a network of commuter lines around Leeds and Bradford. They travel for around 48miles from Leeds to Bradford Forster Square, Ilkley and Skipton via Keighley and Shipley. This is already a promising route choice for Dovetail because its within their limits of what they can do but the silver lining is that this is a non-linear route choice because you have several places to branch off and a decent amount of service variation Airedale_&_Wharfedale_lines.png As an extra bonus, I want the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway to also be included in this. If Dovetail left this line out, I would be absolutely livid if they pulled a Sheerness with this one too, especially given that the heritage line is only 5miles long and the line's status as a heritage railway, of which DTG only made one for the game so far. ONE! And that is the West Somerset Railway. This might finally give them the motivation to continue steam development for the game, because we NEED more steam locomotives and routes, especially heritage ones!



    Rollingstock:
    In terms of rollingstock we could include:

    Class 333
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    Class 331
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    Class 801* 801220_LNER_Azuma_Kings_Cross.jpg

    And for steam locos for the heritage railway, we could at least include:
    O2 class 0-6-2T
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    or the Class 25 "Ironclad"
    0-6-0 (can't show picture)
    And we could reuse the Jubilee 460 from Spirit of Steam, but in BR Black


    Overall I would say that this would be an excellent modern Northern UK route for TSW, with a non-linear network and an exclusive heritage line. Its a perfect option.
     
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  2. jack#9468

    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    Including the heritage line would distract from the actual route.

    If we get some AI at Keighley at least.
     
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    star#5823 Well-Known Member

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    That proves the default route is boring if people actually think it would distract them away from the rest of the route
     
  4. jack#9468

    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    No, it doesn't.

    Including the heritage line would likely distract from the route's network appeal
     
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