I love the scenario planner and it’s normally the only mode I play on. I can add lots of trains and really make a route feel alive. Unfortunately it has many flaws and is not user friendly. I like seeing lots of trains, being held up for other trains and even running parallel when there are four tracks. Thus it’s important I know what trains will be where at a particular time. To this end I have timed an approximate journey between every station on every DLC I use. These timings ARE APPROXIMATE so they are not going to be correct for every train. Freights and stoppers may take longer and a fast express may do it in a shorter amount of time. Despite this I’ve found the times work quite well and use them to create interesting situations along with a steady, regular stream of trains. If your train is stopping at a particular station I suggest you add a minute or two to account for loading passengers. Therefore I thought I’d share them in case anyone else would gain use out of them too. Timings: Great Western Express: (Slow line) Reading 5 mins Twyford 6 mins Maidenhead 2 mins Taplow 2 mins Burnham 2.5 mins Slough 2.5 mins Langley 2 mins Iver 2 mins West Drayton 2 mins Hayes & Harlington 2 mins Southall 1.5 mins Hanwell 1 min West Ealing 1.5 min Ealing Broadway 1 min Pass Acton Yard 1 min Acton Mainline 6 mins Paddington (Fast Line) Reading 4 mins Pass Twyford 1.5 mins Pass Maidenhead 1 min Pass Taplow 1 min Pass Burnham 2 mins Slough 1.5 mins Pass Langley 1 min Pass Iver 2 mins Pass West Drayton 1 min Pass Hayes & Harlington 1 min Pass Southall 1 min Pass Hanwell 0.5 min Pass West Ealing 0.5 min Pass Ealing Broadway 0.5 min Pass Acton Yard 0.5 min Pass Acton Mainline 5 mins Paddington East Coastway: Brighton 3 mins London Road 2 mins Mouslcoomb 2 mins Falmer 6 mins Lewes 4 mins Glynde 3 mins Berwick 4 mins Polgate 3 mins Hampden Park 3 mins Eastbourne (Branchline) Lewes 5 mins Southease 2 mins Pass Aggregate Yard 1 mins Newhaven Town 1 min Newhaven Harbour 2 mins Bishopstone 2 mins Seaford Northern Trans-pennine: Leeds 9 mins Morley 4 mins Batley 2 mins Dewsbury 2 mins Ravensthorpe 2 mins Mirfield 3.5 mins Deighton 4.5 mins Huddersfield 7 mins Slaithwaite 3 mins Marsden 7 mins Greenfield 3 mins Mossley 5 mins Stalybridge 3 mins Ashton-Under-Lyne 5 mins Park 2 mins Miles Platting 5 mins Manchester Victoria Tees-Valley Line: Darlington 6 mins Dinsdale 3 mins Teeside Airport 6 mins Allen’s West 2 mins Eaglescliffe 4 mins Thornaby 5 mins Middlesbrough 2 mins Cargo Fleet 2 mins South Bank 2 mins Grangetown 2 mins Pass Ore Siding exit 1 min Redcar British Steel 2.5 mins Redcar Central 1.5 mins Redcar East 2 mins Longbeck 1 min Marske 4 mins Saltburn Schnellfahrstrecke Köln (Highspeed) Köln 4 mins Pass Köln Ehrenfeld 4 mins Pass Horrem 5 mins Pass Düren 4 mins Pass Langerwehe 3 mins Pass Eschweiler Hbf 2 mins Pass Stolberg (Rheinland) Hbf 3 mins Pass Eilendorf 2 mins Pass Aachen Rothe Erde 2 mins Aachen (Regional ~ 160kph max trains) Köln 4 mins Köln Ehrenfeld 7 mins Horrem 9 mins Düren 5 mins Langerwehe 5 mins Eschweiler Hbf 3 mins Stolberg (Rheinland) Hbf 3 mins Eilendorf 2 mins Aachen Rothe Erde 2 mins Aachen (S-Bahn) Köln 1 min Köln Hansaring 2.5 mins Köln Ehrenfeld 1.5 min Köln Müngersdorf/Tech Park 2.5 min Köln-Lövenich 1 min Köln-Weiden West 2 mins Frechen-Köningsdorf 2.5 mins Horrem 3 mins Sindorf 4 mins Buir 2.5 mins Merzenich 3 mins Düren Rhein-Ruhr Osten: (Mainline) Hagen 7 mins Ennepetal 4 mins Schwelm 4 mins Wuppertal Oberbarmen 2 mins Wuppertal Barmen 3 mins Wuppertal Hbf (S-Bahn) Wuppertal Steinbeck 1 mins Wuppertal Hbf 2 mins Wuppertal Unterbarmen 2 mins Wuppertal Barmen 2 mins Wuppertal Oberbarmen 1.5 mins Wuppertal Langerfeld 1.5 mins Schwelm West 1 min Schwelm 4 mins Gevelsberg West 1 min Gevelsberg - Kipp 1 min Gevelsberg Hbf 2 mins Gevelsberg Knapp 2 mins Hagen Westerbauer 2 mins Hagen Heubing 2 mins Hagen Wehringhausen 2 mins Hagen Rapid Transit Dessau Hbf 3 mins Dessau Süd 4 mins Marke 2 mins Raguhn 2 mins Jeßnitz 2 mins Wolfen 2 mins Greppin 2 mins Bitterfeld 3 mins Petersroda 3mins Delitzsch 3 mins Zschortau 3 mins Rackwitz 3 mins Leipzig Messe 3 mins Leipzig Nord 2 mins Leipzig Hbf (Tief) 1 min Leipzig Markt 1 min Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz 1 min Leipzig Bayerischer 1 min Leipzig-MDR 2 mins Leipzig Connewitz 1 min Markkleeberg Nord 1 min Markkleeberg 2 min Markkleeberg Großstädteln 2 mins Markkleeberg Gaschwitz Arosa Line: Arosa 5 mins Pass Haspelgrube Loops 4 mins Litzirüti 5 mins Langwies 6 mins Piest 3 mins St Peter - Molinis 8 mins Lüen-Castiel 1.5 mins Pass Workers Platform 4 mins Pass Untersax Loops 10.5 mins Chur Altstadt 2.5 mins Chur
That’s good info. I haven’t made good use of SP yet, having found its limitations and bugs standing in the way of making anything useful. Having made one scenario on GWE a few days ago I was going to time a train between each station to see if I could improve on what I have and work out something that I could be happy with. You’ve saved my a job! Cheers!
Just added Arosa line if you want to create some interesting meets at the passing points. Be aware the signaller in scenario planner does not use the Untersax or Haspelgrube passing loops unfortunately. Additionally you cannot pass trains at Litzirüti as for some reason they’ve only programmed in one platform. Otherwise it works well but make sure to create the Ai Trains before your own train otherwise you might not be held anywhere as you’ll have priority.
It is a nice addition to the spreadsheets I created. Some them also contain this information, but they are more about the various paths. Thanks for sharing this!
