Just a few ideas for a modern route in TSW2 which could appeal to both modern and nostalgic railway fans. It is a combination of regional line and tramway and due to its history, it is also extendable with many historical railcar DLCs. And it’s by far time for an Austrian route in TSW2 Route: The Traunseetram connects the capital Gmunden with the municipalities of Gschwandt, Kirchham and Vorchdorf and represents an important pillar in regional commuter, school and tourist traffic. The merge of the former Traunseebahn Regional Line and the Gmunden Tramway to form today's Traunseetram allows you to travel from Vorchdorf to Gmunden Main Station and from there to the rest of the world. Photos: Stern & Hafferl Verkehrgesellschaft m.b.H. Along the line you can experience a picturesque landscape including the uptown district, lake Traunsee, the beautiful Esplanade along lake Traunsee with the famous water castle Schloss Ort and the Traunstein mountain, the historic city-center of Gmunden as well as one of the “oldest train stations” on the European continent – Gmunden Engelhof. Photos: Hannesrb It is operated by the private Stern & Hafferl Verkehrgesellschaft m.b.H. and was first opened in 1836 as part of the horse-drawn k. & k. Imperial Royal Austrian State Railway Budweis-Linz-Gmunden. The line was electrified in 1894. Until the merge of the regional line with the tramway in 2018 it was the shortest tramway in Europe. Today the line consists of 27 stations, 2 depots and has a length of about 18 km with a track gauge of 1000 mm. The maximum speed is 60 km/h and with the line’s maximum gradient of 9.6 % (100 ‰) makes it one of the world's steepest surviving adhesion-only lines. Photos: R. Schrempf, Manuel Leitner, Wolfgang Spitzbart Current Multiple Units: The Vossloh TramLink V3 is a tram for inner-city traffic, supplemented by additional functionalities for safe regional train operation, because between Vorchdorf and Gmunden Seebahnhof the vehicle is a regional train, but between Gmunden Seebahnhof and Gmunden Main Station it is a tram. Vossloh has succeeded in combining the different requirements for a tram, which also runs in regional train operations, in one vehicle and thus being able to put Europe's most modern tram into operation. Photo: Stern & Hafferl Verkehrgesellschaft m.b.H. Historic Railcars occasionally in use: On summer weekends and other special days during the year, the operator uses some of their nostalgic railcars for tourist trips, these include the 1898 Grazer Waggonfabrik open summer wagon (GM 100) 1911 Grazer Waggonfabrik SSW art nouveau railcar (GM 5) 1921 Grazer Waggonfabrik narrow-gauge railcar (ET 23) 1952 Düwag/Kiepe open-plan railcar (GM 10) 1961 Lohner/Kiepe open-plan railcar (GM 8) Photos: Gilles Lenhard, Patrick Köck, Erwin Schidlofski, Stern & Hafferl Verkehrgesellschaft m.b.H. That’s all for now. Feel free to comment and let me know what you think about this route or having trams in TSW2 in general. Sources (German): https://www.stern-verkehr.at/portfolio/traunseetram/ https://www.stadtregiotram-gmunden.at/index.php/start.html https://www.gmundner-strassenbahn.at/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokalbahn_Gmunden–Vorchdorf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straßenbahn_Gmunden https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrzeuge_der_Stern_&_Hafferl_Verkehrsgesellschaft
I'd love to see this. Trams would be quite a refreshing addition to the game, but sadly I don't see DTG making them anytime soon. Also, Austria is lovely.
Thanks! That's why I chose this route. It is a tram for only about 3 to 4 km. From the city border it continues as a regional commuter train. Maybe with that fact the chances we will ever see it ingame are a slightly bit higher than with a pure tram