East London Line

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by First capital connect, Oct 31, 2021.

  1. First capital connect

    First capital connect Well-Known Member

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    The east London line is from west croydon/crystal palace to Highbury and Islington
    And Clapham Junction to Dalston Junction
    Joining up with other lines such as the Brighton mainline, PDL, SWML, North London line,

    The West croydon to highbury and Islington route is just over 12 miles long
    Crystal Palace to Highbury and Islington is 9 miles long
    Clapham junction to Dalston junction is 7 miles long
    Dalston Junction to New cross is 5 miles long
    All services have 4tph meaning 16tph on each route
    With all of them joining up at one point of the route it should make the route look somewhat busy
    There are 23 stations
    If you would like to know more about the service
    Click below
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Overground
    the route features one operator and train that actually runs the route
    Being London overground which uses the class 378 capitalstar which is one of 2 metro electrostars
    This will introduce the 4th electrostar for the game
    Class 378 'capitalstar' electrostar
    Class_378_number_226_at_Stratford.jpg
    378135_at_Wandsworth_Road_21-09-18.jpg
    220px-London_Overground_Train_Interior.jpeg
    These trains feature in 2 liverys
    Which are on both the /1s and /2s
    And include 2 variants which are identical apart from the /1s being third rail only and the /2s being double voltage meaning we would see pantograph on /2s whether the work or not is up to DTG
    There would be ai 378s at Highbury and Islingtons other platform where service to stratford would be

    Potential layers
    Class 377s are seen from west croydon to New cross
    Crystal palace where they would branch off
    And class 377 and 378s would be seen at Clapham Junction
     
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  2. johnmcglade30

    johnmcglade30 Active Member

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    I would like this route to come to train sim world 2 because it goes near one my local station and I travel on this route quite a lot in real life and also in the future maybe we can add the branch from Euston to Watford junction as it joins up with the bakerloo line
     
  3. seandouglas

    seandouglas Active Member

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    This would be great! I'd also include Battersea Park for the parliamentary trains that run there occasionally. There's a fair bit of freight traffic on the South London line as well from Peckham Rye to Clapham for those that love hauling freight.
    Another potential layer would be the Southeastern services that go down towards Lewisham and the Catford Loop
     
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    paintbrushguy Well-Known Member

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    It could add some much needed excitement to Clapham and the Bakerloo line!
     
  5. First capital connect

    First capital connect Well-Known Member

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    Hopefully if this was made the 378s would get a layer on Brighton mainline
    It would be quite cool to see it on Bakerloo
     
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    First capital connect Well-Known Member

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    Oh nice
    This route runs kinda near my local
    For the watford dc line I think they would make that a separate route and layer the needed trains onto bakerloo and the dc line
     

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