Which Expansion Pack Has Crewe Station

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  1. stuart.dodd1

    stuart.dodd1 New Member

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    Hi

    got TS 2020 . but just want to know rather than buying loads . which pack has crewe station in
     
  2. AlexTheMole

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    North Wales Coastal: Crewe-Llandudno/Holyhead is the only one as far as I know, but it's not currently available due to licensing issues.
     
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  3. ARuscoe

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    Isn't it kinda pointless posting a link to this considering NWC is a requirement for the WCML Phase 2 :D


    @ stuart.dodd1 search on Google for genuine steam key sellers (not hacks, keygen or pirated versions), then on their sites search for Train Simulator 2018, there aren't many that still have it in stock though (probably a run on them when DTG withdrew the NWC route, I know that's what motivated me to find one).
    If you find and buy a legit key then add it to steam you will get the bundled DLC that came with TS2018 (your version will still remain as 2020 though) that way you'll have the North Wales Corridor (NWC) and on that route will be Crewe.
     
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  5. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    Not when NWC is available in an available bundle (just not through DTG)
    Which you then went onto explain ;)
     
  6. Reef

    Reef Well-Known Member

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    And could you not have mentioned that in your other post or does your isp charge you per letter typed? ;):cool::D
     
  7. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    The requirements is listed in the post I linked, people can do their own research...
     
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    Reef Well-Known Member

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    I think that's what I like most about this forum, such a cheery bunch.
     
  9. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    Nothing to do with "being cheery" or not. The information is already out there by the people who made the thing in the first place, no need for me to rewrite it
     
  10. Pookeyhead

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    North Wales Coastal. Withdrawn from Steam due to Virgin licensing issues, but still available to buy elsewhere. Just buy it... get your game code... add it to steam and voilá! You have North Wales Coastal for £7
    https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/2326-buy-key-steam-train-simulator-2018/
     
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    Unfortunately you can't get the NW or SW extensions from anywhere though, I have the SW expansion but really wish I could find the NW as that's all that's missing in my home country routes now.
     
  14. Pookeyhead

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    Nothing freeware?
     
  15. Cyclone

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    While you are technically correct, a 2018 key can be activated if purchased through a reseller and this will give the first segment, but the path to Holyhead remains unavailable. I started two months after it was pulled, and that is one route I really want to have.

    South Wales Coastal can be similarly unlocked with a 2017 key, from Bristol to Cardiff. However, the path from Cardiff to Swansea is unavailable. Ironically, Western Mainlines has its northern terminus at Cardiff and goes to Bristol, but continues south to Exeter (meeting the South Devon Line and another extension after that, ending at Penzance) and Oxford to the west (meeting one of two extensions to Bicester). Oh, and it even goes west of that line into London. So the fact that this route is currently $30 USD in the Just Trains store is virtually a steal because you're getting parts of three or four other routes (South Devon in fact originates at Exeter like the Riviera in the 50s line, but diverts west to Penzance with the Cornish extension, but is a modern-day variant and counts); what you don't get is any of the trains, and a lot of scenarios require the 153 and Voyager Advanced at a minimum across the five DLC network. The 153 can be picked up with Totham for $20 right now, so grab it quickly. Voyager has been on sale, and serves as a good replacement for the few cases you might find a 220, which is no longer sold on Steam. DTG's Falmouth Branch starts at Truro along the Western Mainlines path and quickly diverts and takes a different path, to the route namesake of Falmouth.

    This shows you how big Western Mainlines is and, in a sense, you could say South Wales Coastal is made obsolete; getting it with the Swansea extension was a good move by DTG. North Wales Coastal is way more important and isolated, though, so I dearly hope it returns. We could also do with a Crewe to Shrewsbury route to extend it when the line is re-released, and it would be a good chance for DTG to include the track network with the original North Wales Coastal route without the trains as a bundle, adding other trains and scenarios for the entire network that originate from Shrewsbury. That link would also provide the full route from Swansea to Holyhead if South Wales Coastal were to return, or from Newport if not.
     
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    Reef...

    Someone on here has posted that NWC is still available by buying TS2018... Let me see if I can find the link...

    Eric
     
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    Reef...

    It was Pookyhead... take a look at the link... Best of luck m8... Hoping they have some codes left...!!!

    Eric

    Edit: As of the time I posted this they still have TS2018 available for £6.98... GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN!!!
     
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    I think they want the extensions, so Holyhead and Swansea. The base bundles (2016 &2018) included the non-extended versions of the routes.
     
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    Sorry...

    Misread it... Reef clearly wants the NWC extension as do I....

    Eric
     
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    That remains off limits unless DTG release it again with unbranded stock like they did with Welsh Marches... which they should, because there's clearly a demand for it.
     
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    Only way to get the SWC and NWC extensions would be through...less than legal means, which, this being an official forum, I'll avoid detailing.
     
  22. Cyclone

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    And this is why I suggested a route from Crewe to Shrewsbury. Add the track network and re-release it as one supersized route. Those who bought it before? You got the Arriva trains, we didn't. I am hopeful edited versions of the official scenarios can be done and released with the new track, in addition to ones on the new track, but maybe I'm hoping for too much.

    Also, if Crewe to Shrewsbury is not an option, maybe go to Stafford instead to meet WCML Trent Valley, another DTG add-on. This would also give a great merged route option if the starting points are the same. Perhaps Bossman Games will want to create the Crewe extension themselves.
     
  23. Pookeyhead

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    In answer to the OP... There's also an excellent North Wales Coastal route set in the late 70s early 80s that has a period Crewe station if you're into a bit of BR Blue. https://www.wotawallysbits.co.uk/nwc-brblue

    It's pretty good. Not completely accurate, as nothing in TS can be, but its more than good enough for period scenarios.
     
  24. Cyclone

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    Uh...

    PayWare dependencies/Add-ons required –
    - DTG/North Wales Coastal
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    How are you supposed to play that without the original route? :)
     
  25. Pookeyhead

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    I know, but the original post just wanted to know what includes Crewe station. He didn't mention NWC. I'm just letting him know as it's not a widely known route.
     
  26. Cyclone

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    Gotcha. And given no one else has visited Crewe from a development standpoint and the only trip there is not for sale (PLEASE, DTG, get this full route to Holyhead back up there with another train and extend it to Shrewsbury or Trent Valley!), it would be a hard find if you don't know.
     

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