Main Spessart Extension To Wurzburg

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  1. simontreanor81

    simontreanor81 Well-Known Member

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    Main-Spessart-Bahn is an excellent route, but Wurzburg always felt like a more natural eastern end than Gemunden: it's busy with long distance traffic, almost all of which branches off just after Lohr to join the High-speed line for the last few miles into Wurzburg.

    This has now been largely rendered in Kassel - Wurzburg, and while I know a merger of the two routes isn't likely, having done it already would already give you a head start in terms of route learning, scenery creation etc.

    To illustrate, the red mark on this map is the junction on MSB, and the blue is the high-speed line.

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    The classic line continues north along the river, then follows it south to Wurzburg, amounting to to 37.8 km of track.

    This extension would:

    * Be of a similar scale to the SEHS extension
    * Add IC and ICE services to MSB
    * Add a mixed high-medium speed experience to the route, like with SEHS
    * Extend journeys for freight and regional trains
    * Continue along a scenic route.
     
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  2. kjeld.dejager

    kjeld.dejager Active Member

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    This is an excellent idea it would make the route also more realistic and bussier
     
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  3. kjeld.dejager

    kjeld.dejager Active Member

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    and or it could be merged with the Schnellfartstrecke Kassel-Wurzburg complety so the route(s) are even better.
     
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  4. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Excellent idea and furthermore you can actually play the sleeper trains all the way to Asschaffenburg Hbf via Lohr and Heigenbrücken Laufach from Würzburg 40-60 minutes in both directions. If you need to follow a Banker service
    The 1st one is 02:40 Würzburg 03:20 Asschaffenburg this is the Amsterdam via Duisburg and the Brussels Midi via Aachen which is the 06:58 Köln Hbf to 07:47 Aachen Hbf trip on Schnellfahrstrecke Köln Aachen. 2nd is 02:50 Würzburg to Asschaffenburg then Fulda Kassel the Hans Albers to Hamburg Altona. Key feature it's a motorail with Laaers 560s or Ddm 915s on the back. From Asschaffenburg the Amsterdam/Brussels Midi trip is the 02:01 or 01:51 Nightjet to Würzburg 02:41
     
  5. CrazyDash

    CrazyDash Well-Known Member

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    Definitely wouldn’t mind seeing this in the future, although I personally think there are other routes that need an extension more than MSB.
     
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  6. Mateiule

    Mateiule Active Member

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    Don't forget Hanau, that's where MSB starts
     
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  7. simontreanor81

    simontreanor81 Well-Known Member

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    True, but there's a limit to TSW routes, and extending it east makes more sense than going west.
     
  8. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    The way to extend Main Spessart Bahn West to Frankfurt Am Main and Wiesbaden is making Hauptrstrecke Wiesbaden Frankfurt Hanau Asschaffenburg
     
  9. Ferrovipathe67

    Ferrovipathe67 Well-Known Member

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    me I propose a pack for this route the BR 446 with the new heigenbrucken station on a new timetable mode for this route (in 2022) with the 446 and a old timetable mode the timetable we have now in the game on msb
     
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  10. Ferrovipathe67

    Ferrovipathe67 Well-Known Member

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    https://images.app.goo.gl/q2c511yUvZUAuTX49
     
  11. drnicktgm#1259

    drnicktgm#1259 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah I definitely agree, but MSB would be the easiest to extend, because we already have what they need to extend
     
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