When Geoff Marshall went to the DTG Offices to interview Matt Peddleston (Senior Producer) about the Bakerloo Line, Geoff asked if they were thinking about other tube lines to have in the game. Matt responded with a Yes and that they didn't want to make an ATO Route (Right Now at least). He said that they settled on the Bakerloo and Piccadilly Line. Information The Piccadilly Line is a London Underground Line that runs between Heathrow Aiport and Cockfosters, with a split in the line at Acton Town that heads to Uxbridge. This line is 46 Miles long and has 53 stations. This line runs mostly underground, with some parts of the route being at grade. Rolling Stock 1973 Stock (Similar to the 1972 Stock, Noticeable Differences) I don't think this route will be (too) difficult to recreate in the game since Dovetail already has the 1972 Stock (Very Similar), they have working Countdown Clocks, and most of the assets that would be needed. If this route is made, PLEASE DOVETAIL, MAKE IT TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE TRACK NOISE. Also, Automated Announcements would be great.
Highly unlikely. I would see them making the Metropolitan Line First, then the District, and finally the Hammersmith & City with the Circle. They definitely wouldn't put them all in one route, unless they figure out how to make the trains take up less memory.
The main differences on the 1973 Stock are: The front has a bit of Black/Gray in it It has side fans It only runs on the Piccadilly The side cab doors open It’s 6 Cars
Yes please! Picadilly line would be amazing, particularly if we get the Uxbridge branch as well as the Heathrow one. The 1973 stock would be very cool to have as well. This line takes over 1.5 hours of driving from Heathrow to Cockfosters so there would be a lot of fun to have. I have a special place in my heart for this line as when I lived in London for a couple of months 4 years ago Ealing Common and Ealing Broadway were my local stops, depending on where I had to go I either took the Central or Picadilly as they were more or less the same walking distance
The Piccadilly line would be a great addition to the game. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the Met or District being featured too. I’d love to see my line (Central) get featured but I think ATO ruins the chances of that!
Hmmm, I always thought that if DTG were to create another London Underground route it would be the Victoria line, seeing as it's a reasonable length and (while the 2009 stock would be preferred for the sake of variety) they could very easily copy paste the 1972 stock and claim it was the 1967 stock. However as I understand it trains are mostly automated on this route, and it's entirely underground apart from the depot so it would lack variety... The Piccadilly line would be great although it feels a like it would be too long, at least for me. The 1973 stock used on the line is also a little too similar to the stock used on the Bakerloo line for me to get excited about driving it. Personally, I think the Metropolitan line should be added. It definitely has the most historical significance of any line they could use. The sub surface tunnels and S Stock trains would be unique enough to set it apart from the Bakerloo line. It features sections both in tunnel and out in the open, and it also features express running in parts so the services would remain varied (as opposed to the Bakerloo line, which in my experience gets repetitive after a while seeing as you ALWAYS stop at EVERY station). I'm beginning to think I should create my own thread for this idea, so I'll leave it there for now.
I wouldn’t object, in any way, to this being a future DLC, but I’d like to see American metro first. Any of the Chicago lines or the New York ones would be amazing, especially the CTA brown/red/purple lines in Chicago, but I can’t say I’m not biased. This being said I don’t want to come across as not liking the idea of the Piccadilly line, I just think that America is a higher priority since there’s no American metro/heavy rail line (unless you count the LIRR).
I would prefer NYC Subway first as well. (the 1, 6 or 7 lines) For CTA, I think the Red/Purple/Blue lines would be the best. I’m just suggesting another LU Route right now since I’ve already posted lots of NYC Subway stuff.
I would say the red, purple and brown lines would work best for CTA since they have the longest amount of shared track between them. The blue line only transfers with other lines at one station I think. I’d definitely pay a large sum of money for those 3 lines. For MTA, that’s something I largely don’t know about. But I know a lot of people on here are requesting it, so I think at some point DTG might cave, since they have an MTA license already. To get back to the Underground, I do think this route should be next in terms of that system. It seems really nice from what I’ve heard, and DTG has expressed interest in making it.