This has probably been posted already, but I would like to see the following routes in the future: Elizabeth Line in its entirety London Overground (Any Line) Thameslink (I know it is a long route, but one can only dream!) Long Island Rail Road (Ronkonkoma Branch or Oyster Bay) Amtrak/NJ Transit/SEPTA(Northeast Corridor NY Penn to Phil’s or Long Branch) Metro-North (New Haven Line)
Thameslink is many separate routes operated by one company so is there a slightly more specific route of Thameslink you'd like.
I know it's a long shot but Horsham to Peterborough would be a good route it's around 104 miles and 30 stations so could be possible
These 2 currently seem like they are the most likely candidates for the new US route, though the 1st one will most likely only go to Trenton and exclude SEPTA.
Interesting though what I would do is start at one of the core stations for example city Thameslink and do it with the ECML south to Peterborough so we get the ECML and Thameslink in game together killing two birds with one stone.
I still want Brightline/FEC, SP Donner Pass, SP Peninsula Corridor, WP Feather River Canyon, and BNSF (or ATSF) Seligman Sub for US routes. For UK, I want the ECML with Deltics or maybe steam locos (Flying Scotsman, Mallard, etc.)
Thameslink could be in 1 of 3 routes. 1. A DLC for london Commuter from brighton to east croydon 2. London Kings Cross to Cambridge Peterborough 3. Bedford to London Bridge
I think they would be better off including this as part of a Great Eastern Line from Liverpool Street to Essex rather than the central core (which is automated so you'd sit there with little to do) The Western section would be a revamp of GWE Euston to Harrow would be possible as an extension to the existing Bakerloo (they share track between Queens Park and Harrow anyway) Highbury to both Clapham and West Croydon / Crystal Palace would be good, and we already have 465, 375, 377 to flesh out AI on the route. Would only need a 700! I'd split this into five. North of the Core (to Bedford or Peterborough) Preston Park to Littlehampton Three Bridges to Bognor Regis The Wimbledon loop London Bridge / Blackfriars to East Croydon Any or all of the above are achievable. options 2 and 3 could work as a wider network for BML and include the West Coastway (more for the 313 to do) as well as Thameslink and Southern services using existing stock
The route bears off the BML at East Croydon and would be 29 stations including the core (automatic train operation), as well as the fourth busiest station in the UK in London Bridge Mileage 63
I would really like Rivet to do as they did with Island Line and release an updated WCL, though I might be alone in that one. Perhaps extend it to Plymouth? Also, do some stuff with Northern- we know they’re able to negotiate with DFT, so why not capitalise on that and finally do some modern stuff for the North of England?
An updated wcl would be nice but it's much bigger than iow. Iow is only 8 miles long. Wcl is even longer which would be a huge task for rivet cuz they would have to go in and update the scenery, and create the additional track, how ever much that would be and fix the 150 and other major upgrades. Nice to have but it might be a while or not happen at all
I think Rivet Games are amazing at upgrading routes and adding stock. But making extra track and scenary....let's just leave that to DTG, shall we?
I'd like to see some more South West routes so i think it would be nice to get Birmingham - Bristol with Class 170/220 + 323/166/66/HST/RHTT layers and Severn Beach Line (Severn Beach - Weston Super Mare) with the Class 165 and 158 with HST,66/RHTT layers
How about another Leeds City to Manchester Victoria route instead of the Standege Tunnel NTP Huddersfield Line it's now the Summit Tunnel Halifax and Bradford the Calder Valley Line
Ayshire Coast Line Ayr-Adrossan-Largs-Glasgow. Class 380 West Highland Line Oban-Fort William-Mallaig-Glasgow. Class 156, Class 153 Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High. Class 385, peak time Class 380
