Upcoming Release First Tsw6 Dlc, Wcml: Birmingham - Crewe: Coming Soon!

Get ready for more content in Train Sim World 6! We're hitting the ground running with Add-ons, starting with West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe.

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If you’re new to Train Sim World 6, this may well be the first Add-on that you decide to add to your collection. Adding extra route and locomotive Add-ons gives you more routes to explore and more trains to operate. In some cases, they can also bring more services and gameplay to routes already in your collection.

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WCML: Birmingham - Crewe
Developed by All Aboard Studios


We revealed All Aboard Studios as a Partner Programme Developer in our April Roadmap!

“Headed up by Dan and Kieran, we are a team built on passion, expertise, and a drive to push railway simulation further than ever before. With years of experience in both game development and the railway industry, our expert team has been behind a variety of releases for Train Sim World and Train Simulator Classic, crafting detailed routes, rolling stock, and immersive environments that players have enjoyed for years. Now, we’re bringing that knowledge, skill, and ambition into our own Train Sim World releases, and we couldn’t be more excited to share what’s coming.”

Their first route, WCML Birmingham - Crewe, and loco Add-on, the Avanti West Coast Class 805, were then announced in Dovetail Direct Summer 2025's Take-A-Ticket segment and the August Roadmap.

We'll give more details on the Class 805 Add-on at a later date.

The Route
Birmingham - Crewe, via The Black Country


Another stretch of the West Coast Main Line brings with it both familiar and new locations to Train Sim World at heart of the urban West Midlands.

All Aboard Studio's first release for Train Sim World takes you straight into the modern main line action of the West Midlands and North West with a fast paced, electrified corridor packed with energy, contrast and realism.



The West Coast Main Line was built by many smaller companies during the birth of the railway era, but the central and oldest section of the route was the Grand Junction Railway. Perhaps one of the oldest long-distance railways in the World, the GJR was designed to link the famed Liverpool & Manchester to Birmingham. Their chosen route weaved out of Birmingham to Stafford via Wolverhampton, before heading up to Crewe.



In the following years since its opening in 1837, and with additions like the Stour Valley Line via Dudley, the line played a strategic role in the development of the industrial Black Country and saw a boom in traffic. With the eventual merge to create the LNWR, and later LMS, the route became a vital section of the WCML, Britain’s busiest main line.



This Add-on depecits the West Coast Main Line as it operates in the 21st Century, circa 2019. Your journey begins at Birmingham New Street, Britain’s busiest station outside London. Players of the Birmingham Cross-City route will be familiar with the cavernous nature of its platforms, brutalist signal box and regenerated facade.



New for Train Sim World 6 is the full implementation of Passenger and Platform Announcements - meaning Birmingham New Street will be in full voice listing off stations stops far and wide, for the various services that arrive and depart there. Passenger Ambience will also be heard depending on train loadings.

From the deep platforms beneath the city, just two electrified lines carry you north to pastures new, climbing out into the open air and into the heart of the Black Country, named for its industrial, coal mining past.



What follows is a powerful sequence of locations that define the region’s railway identity. As you pass through Smethwick, Oldbury, Dudley and Tipton the industrial heartbeat of the Black Country pulses around you. Chimneys, canals, factories and terrace rows frame the railway, telling a story of hard working communities and proud industrial heritage. It is gritty, atmospheric and unmistakably urban.

Then comes Wolverhampton. You rise above the city, sweeping across rooftops and past the iconic football ground before arriving at the high level platforms of this key interchange. Here, lines from Shrewsbury, Stafford, Bescot and Birmingham all converge, making Wolverhampton one of the most operationally significant points on the route.



North of Wolverhampton, the scene transforms. The city noise fades, and you enter the broad rural landscape of Staffordshire. The run into Stafford brings open track, steady gradients and clear skies. It is here you join the core of the West Coast Main Line. You will pass through Penkridge and into the modernised layout at Norton Bridge, where grade separated flyovers and bypass lines at Great Bridgeford allow for smooth, uninterrupted movement. Every detail has been built to reflect the current-day infrastructure.



Your final approach into Crewe is a railway experience in itself. Long known as a major hub in the national network, Crewe features wide sweeping platforms, complex track layouts and operational detail at every turn. It is a fitting end point for a route defined by pace, presence and purpose. Players of the Spirit of Steam Add-on will have experienced this station and the expansive yards circa 1958, whereas WCML: Birmingham - Crewe shows this location in its contemporary guise.



The route is filled with detail. From football stadiums at Wolverhampton and Crewe, to hand placed industrial and residential scenery in Soho, Oldbury and Stafford, this is a railway environment that feels lived in. Almost 100 bespoke bridges have been created (including the 'musical bridge' at Tipton), custom overhead line equipment installed throughout, and every station built using real references from the period.

WCML Birmingham to Crewe is more than just a railway line. It is a living network, shaped by the people, places and trains that use it every day.

The Train
Class 350 EMU


The Class 350 Desiro is your main traction for the journey. These electric multiple units were introduced onto the national network in 2005 and into Train Sim World with the WCML: London - Milton Keynes route for Train Sim World 5.

In this Add-on, these familiar and trusted units appear in all three subclasses – 350/1, 350/2 and 350/3 – each delivered with in their own distinct livery, just as they would have been seen in 2019. From interior layouts to visual features and branding, every variation has been recreated.



Adding an extra layer of personality to the route is 350235, wearing its unique British Transport Police livery. You will see this eye catching unit throughout your drives, appearing across the timetable as it follows its real world diagram.

A selection of Train Faults are planned for the Class 350 to be implemented for this route Add-on in a post-release patch.

The Class 350 EMU is included in the WCML: Birmingham - Crewe route Add-on. Players do not need to own previously released content to access this train.

Timetable and Service Layers
Class 220 Voyager, Class 390 Pendolino and many more!


There are 522 total playable services waiting in timetable mode (and some 2,000 in all, including AI). With a full weekday of operations represented, you will take on everything from first light commuter runs to mid-afternoon stoppers and evening express services. Whether running non stop from Wolverhampton to Crewe or stopping at every station from Birmingham northwards, every journey offers something different.

All Aboard Studios will be providing a full breakdown of the layers and service patterns in their own Dev Diary. But to give you a flavour, we've listed the Add-ons required to add more playable and AI services to the timetable.

The full list of Add-ons are:

• CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager (from TSW6: Deluxe Edition)
• Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino
• West Midlands Railway, CrossCountry Class 170 DMU
• Cardiff City Network (for TfW services)
• Birmingham Cross-City (for ECS moves with the Class 323)
• Midland Main Line (Class 158 AI services)
• West Coast Main Line: London-Milton Keynes (for freight)
• Cargo Line Volume 3

Rail tour services also layer from:

• West Coast Main Line: Preston-Carlisle
• Spirit of Steam
• LNER Class A3 60103 Flying Scotsman

Scenarios, Collectibles and Mastery Challenges will also be available, as per most Train Sim World route Add-ons.



Plus! Keep an eye out for those Temporary Speed Restrictions! As with the Core TSW6 routes, these will appear with Random Events toggled to 'On' in the Main Menu.

Train Sim World 6: West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe will release soon for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for
£29.99/€35.99/$39.99

Please note that WCML: Birmingham - Crewe will be released on PC and 9th Gen Console platforms only. We will confirm the release date at a later time.

Preview Livestream
Join both the RFTV Team and guests from All Aboard Studios for the Preview of WCML: Birmingham - Crewe on Tuesday 14th October, over on YouTube and Twitch.

Yet to upgrade to TSW6?
WCML: Birmingham - Crewe is an Add-on for Train Sim World 6. If you've not yet upgraded, you can still do so in a number of ways.

Deluxe Edition: including CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager


Upgrading via Train Sim World 6: Deluxe Edition will not only give you access to three brand new routes: Riviera Line, Morristown Line and Leipzig-Dresden, but also the CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager, which layers into playable services for WCML: Birmingham Crewe.

Train Sim World 6: Special Edition also includes additional back catalogue routes, such as Cardiff City Network, which also layers into WCML: Birmingham - Crewe.

Free Starter Pack available until 11th November


Alternatively, you can upgrade via the Train Sim World: Free Starter Pack, which is available to download to your collection permanentely until 11th November 2025.

Whilst this won't grant you any new routes or trains, it will allow you to then purchase WCML: Birmingham - Crewe when it releases.

 

We're working on a patch that is due out soon.