[poll] Tsw2 - Uk Mainlines

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by jamieess, Sep 12, 2020.

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  1. East Coast Mainline

    45.6%
  2. West Coast Mainline

    30.9%
  3. Great Eastern Mainline

    10.3%
  4. Great Western Mainline

    25.0%
  5. Midland Mainline

    17.6%
  6. Southwestern Mainline

    22.1%
  7. South Wales Mainline

    13.2%
  8. Cross Country

    4.4%
  9. High Speed One

    10.3%
  10. High Speed Two

    7.4%
  11. Brighton Mainline

    19.1%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. jamieess

    jamieess New Member

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    If DTG were to make another UK mainline route obviously with a size deduction, which would you choose and why?

    Below I will list information of the routes including the rolling stock that currently run on the route by linking the Wikipedia page

    East Coast Mainline: London - Leeds - York - Newcastle - Edinburgh
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line#Rolling_stock

    West Coast Mainline: London - Glasgow via Birmingham - Liverpool - Manchester - Holyhead - Edinburgh
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line#Rolling_stock

    Great Eastern Mainline: London - Ipswich - Norwich
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Eastern_Main_Line#Rolling_stock

    Great Western Mainline: London - Bristol - South Wales - Cornwall
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_main_line#Rolling_stock

    Midland Mainline: London - Leicester - Nottingham - Sheffield - Leeds
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway#Rolling_stock

    Southwestern Mainline: London - Southampton - Bournemouth - Weymouth
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_Trains#Rolling_stock

    South Wales Mainline: Bristol - Swansea via Cardiff
    Rolling Stock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail_Services#Current_fleet (Plus GWR High Speed Services)

    Cross Country - Aberdeen - York - Leeds - Sheffield - Birmingham - Bristol - Southampton - Penzance
    Rolling Stock: Class 220/221 and Class 43 with Electric Doors

    High Speed One - London - Ebbsfleet - Ashford - Europe
    Rolling Stock: Eurostar - Class 373 and Class 374 - South Eastern High Speed - Class 395

    High Speed Two - London - Birmingham - Manchester - Leeds - North
    Rolling Stock: TBD - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_2#Rolling_stock
     
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  2. Rail Runner

    Rail Runner Well-Known Member

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    Would have said Brighton Mainline, but it’s not on there.
    Cornwall would be incredible as I really would like a Class 57 for Sleepers and Railtours and the Branchlines mixed with the Mainline.
     
  3. jamieess

    jamieess New Member

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    Just added it now, but I agree the Cornish countryside would be incredible in a game like this whether it's in a high speed train or a sprinter :)
     
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  4. Rail Runner

    Rail Runner Well-Known Member

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    Yep. I agree. If I had to choose the starting Trains that comes with the route, I would suggest a Colas Class 70, GWR Class 150, and a Cross Country HST.
    DLC could be a Class 57, a Class 800 and a Class 59 or Class 66 (With an upgraded Horn!)
     
  5. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    I like both Brighton and South Western mainlines with variety of traffic on them. I couldn't place my third vote of the Chiltern Mainline via High Wycombe as it wasn't included.
     
  6. TSWx

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    Cornish Main Line must get included
     
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  7. dasmith1

    dasmith1 Active Member

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    HS1 Extension to Dover aswell as adding the Eurostar and EMR Class 222 and Class 43 to Corby,Sheffield and Nottingham plus the full route from Kings X to Edinburgh Waverley and CrossCountry Penzance to Glasgow Central cause why the hell not.
     
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    East Coast Mainline would be the best choice for me personally. I feel like York should be in the game for sure.
     
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  10. Tank621

    Tank621 Well-Known Member

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    GEML and WCML (with the rest of Manchester) as I grew up near the GEML and currently live in Manchester. Basically I just want to see more stuff I recognise.

    Also, anything with Toton could be fun.
     
  11. jamieess

    jamieess New Member

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    It would be nice to see a route such as York to Newcastle, which includes three large grand stations - York, Darlington, Newcastle plus more local stations - Thirsk, Northallerton, Durham, Chester-Le-Street. Would be an interesting route with quite a few operators.
     
  12. ghardman918

    ghardman918 New Member

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    East coast mainline is where it all began darlo ect stepenson ect,to pay homage is good
     
  13. Iskra

    Iskra Active Member

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    WCML any of it North of Preston in the early Privatised era with (eventually) class 86/87/90/47/HST plus all the freight and local stuff :)
     
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  14. stujoy

    stujoy Well-Known Member

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    West Coast Mainline, Crewe to Liverpool section. Perfect length for TSW2. Any era would do but modern is most likely with the Class 390 Pendolino. Obviously the Virgin era is out of the question. Prior to the Virgin days, Liverpool Lime Street had more character, post Virgin it’s a bit shinier, but always a fantastic terminus for any journey.
     
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  15. Tank621

    Tank621 Well-Known Member

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    I was at Lime Street only last week, a beautiful station for sure and lots of interesting trains to choose from

    Plus Tuebrook is just up the line so would be good for Freight operations too
     
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  16. jamieess

    jamieess New Member

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    I wouldn’t be surprised if they add part of the WCML that is included with Train Simulator 2020. I’m not an expert but surely this would mean that all they have to do is update the graphics etc
     
  17. stujoy

    stujoy Well-Known Member

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    They would have to build it from scratch as TSW and TS use completely different game engines and code. They can’t import from one to the other, it doesn’t work like that.
     
  18. ghardman918

    ghardman918 New Member

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    Well that just shut this thread down.oh all knowing one,can we just pretend dtg might do a scratch build for us?thank you all knowing one.
     
  19. stujoy

    stujoy Well-Known Member

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    I’m not saying they wouldn’t do it, because they have all the research etc. to build from, but that none of the TS route code could be used (as a reply to someone saying that maybe just the graphics need updating).

    The thread is very much still alive and also anyone who thought that TSW routes were a copy and paste of TS routes with nicer graphics is also more enlightened. I’m helpful like that. This is a very good thread, don’t spoil it.

    There is a good chance that over the next few years that everything on the list (a section of every UK mainline) will be made for TSW2 by DTG and third party route builders. It’s nice to see everyone’s preferences.
     
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  20. jamieess

    jamieess New Member

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    I'm not sure what I'd rather have, a complete mainline or every mainline but in sections, tough choice.
     
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  21. jedi247

    jedi247 Well-Known Member

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    I would like to see the East Coast Main Line in the 60s and 70s with a Class 55 Deltic and a few other diesels.
     
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  22. jamieess

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    70's/ 80's would make sense seeing as Darlington station is already modelled for this era
     
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