Class 171 & 377/3 Pack

I may be overthinking this, but with the introduction of the Class 171 & 377/3, perhaps the dream of having an East Coastway remaster/extension to Hastings or Ashford might be on the cards in the not too distant future.

 

It feels like it may not even be upgraded at all which is a shame really.

 

will these trains layer onto london commuter?

 

I suspect not sadly. It's not a Rivet route and I doubt DTG will do it for them, same with the TSG 218 and Hamburg to Lubeck.

I would love to see ECW updated but I don't think the lighting seems as bad on it as some of the other routes of the period.

 

I took it to mean that the AI will be added at Brighton on ECW, not that the AI will be added to Brighton Main Line.

 

Oh yeh my mistake it isnt on London Cummuter

 

They abandoned Brighton Mainline for so called "preformance issues" a long time ago, I doubt they will ever touch it without any rework involved.

 

Sadly it looks like East Coastway will still have the old lighting, which is a shame as I think the newer system could make it look really good.

Funnily enough BML is one of the best performing routes for me.

 

As is for me, but I guess they just don't want to do anything with it and just try to find excuses.

 

Same here it’s only Brighton and London Victoria which is FPS heavy which is understandable but part from that it’s fine.

 

They are making new sounds, if you read the article correctly, you'd have seen that.

 

I see that now! I have to admit I was sort of rushing through the article on my way home.

 

That's fair enough lol

 

Well this has already happened when Rivet released a newer version of Isle of Wight with class 484 and back then it was £14.99. If they sell these as a pack together with the extension it could cost the same , probably more.

 

This is in the roadmap article:
"Currently, Rivet Games are also investigating any further changes to the East Coastway route alongside this pack, and we'll keep you updated once we can confirm and share more news."

I'm wondering if it's a lighting upgrade.

 

I think Matt did say they are looking into what they can do with East Coastway. Wait to hear back from DTG or Matt before getting your hopes up, but they are at least looking into it, so fingers crossed.