The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England. First opened on 31 August 1987, the DLR has been extended multiple times, giving a total route length of 38 km. The DLR trains have a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), but the fastest possible speed reached is 80 km/h (50 mph) through the tunnel under the River Thames between Woolwich Arsenal station and King George V. There are different types of DLR trains And they are called B07 stock,B2K stock and B90 stock. These trains are automated. But there is a locked driver panel at the front inside them. It can be unlocked with a special key that only DLR staff workers can have. Next to the passenger doors there is a PSA panel it has door buttons and can be activated with a master key. The DLR has a door in front of the Driver panel that can be opened but is locked from the inside. It would be good to have the DLR in TSW 2 because even tho it is automated you can also use the key to open the driver panel in TSW 2. Have a good day everyone!
What's the point of a route with full ATO? None that I can see. As we have been discussing elsewhere about the Suggestions forum generally, what makes you think this would be a commercially viable project for DTG?
It’s because it has a locked driver panel and if this route ever came out in the game you could use a special key that’s used my DLR staff
You can drive it manually irl but the panel is competitively rarely used in normal operation. Normally only used in extreme congestion where wrong-line running is required or for route learning
Personally I don't think it would be the greatest of additions to tsw and it would get very tedious very quickly.
Honestly, the only reason I would get a DLR route is if it was on significant sale and it added AI services to another route. I'm pretty uninterested in actually driving the DLR.
If it ever came out in TSW 2 it would have all DLR branches and would have AI services and even Manual operations for players.
Isn’t driver operation in degraded mode, i.e. very low speed basically to get to a point where the train can be taken out of service? As I said earlier and others have added, as appealing as the route might be for its unique appearance, anything that is ATO operated does not really have much chance of success in a game where the primary function is to actually drive the train. It’s bad enough on those routes like Arosa (and similar Swiss routes in TSC) where the throttle simply acts as a speed setter leaving the driver very little to do.
The biggest challenge building the entire DLR network would likely be the sheer amount of custom assets needed. You would need to model 45 unique stations, many different types of embankment and railway bridges, dozens of unmissable landmarks and a completely new signalling system with functioning ATO for authenticity (manual driving still permitted). It's a bit too ambitious IMO, though would likely still be quite fun and a bit quirky. Luckily because you can sit up front in real life, you can at least pretend you're driving the train in reality
The whole point of train sim world is to be able to fully drive a train DLR in real life is not driver operated
Before anyone laughs at this suggestion, remember it has a special key. Not a normal key but a special one.
DLR is automated, the staff on the train don't even have to open the doors unless they really want to. The override would be slow speed only so it's not like you'd take over and drive it as the computers would mainly because there are no visible signals, and I don't remember there being any indication of signalling in the control box in the front other than "doors open" It has been a while though so maybe they've added that
So manual driving on the DLR is a thing. At Walking pace and to the next station or until ATO signal is restored - whichever comes first
Also what has been the reaction to the Glasgow Subway, that's a recent TS Classic ATO route? I know the Maglev which is also ATO got a very negative reception as all the player did is press start with no further interaction