INTRODUCTION Today I'll be suggesting a route operated by South Western Railway this route would be 1 hour and 49 minutes long with 43 miles of track (69 km) and 32 stations in total. THE ROUTE -The route using the third rail. -The route 43 miles long. -The route has 32 stations in total. STATIONS -London Waterloo -Vauxhall -Queenstown Road -Clapham Junction -Wandsworth Town -Putney -Barnes -Mortlake -North Sheen -Richmond -St Margarets -Twickenham -Whitton -Feltham -Ashford -Staines -Wraysbury -Sunnymeads -Datchet -Windsor & Eton Riverside -Egham -Virginia Water -Longcross -Sunningdale -Ascot -Martins Heron -Bracknell -Wokingham -Winnersh -Winnersh Triangle -Earley -Reading ROLLING STOCK 450/0 & 450/1 The Class 450 manufactured by Siemens Transportation System as part of the Desiro family built in Krefeld Germany from 2002-2006 one hundred and twenty seven of these four car trains have a capacity of 285 seats in total and have a maximum speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. 701/0 & 701/5 The class 701 manufactured by Bombardier Transportation Alstom as part of the Aventra family built at Derby Litchurch Lane Works from 2019-present as of now seventy one units have been built with nineteen under construction the maximum speed on this train is100 mph (160 km/h and the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. Differences between the /0 & /5. -The /0 has ten coaches and has 556 seats plus 746 standees (there are 60 /0s in total) -The /5 has five coaches and has 274 seats plus 361 standees (there are 30 /5s in total 455/7 & 455/8 The class 455 manufactured by British Rail Engineering Limited as part of the BR Second Generation family built at Holgate Road carriage works from 1982-1985 one hundred and thirty seven four car trains were built with eighty two remaining the capacity on this train is 244 seats and have a maximum speed of 75 mph (121 km/h and the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. DLC 458/4 & 458/5 SERVICES London waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside journery: 58 minutes calling at 20 stations London waterloo to Reading journery: 1 hour and 33 minutes calling at 28 stations AI TRAINS At Clapham Junction there would be Southern and Gatwick Express AI There would be Gwr AI at Reading. DEPOTS -Feltham Depot CONCLUSION Thank you for reading this suggestion I hope you like it.
Good suggestion, however it might be difficult as two parts of the route might make the route complex. Love to see Windor and Eton Riverside as it is a really nice station. I tend to walk passed it a lot and its really is an iconic station. One issue with the class 701 from Windsor is that currently they are doing 2 trains a day from Windsor. So there wouldn't be a lot in terms of the train, however I can see a class 450 on the route. The 458 might be useful for a route such as Waterloo to Bracknell. And the 455 might be be useful for either a Weybridge / Woking or Basingstoke route as they are popular on the route. And about the AI GWR, Windors & Eton central is an entirely different station to Windors & Eton Riverside so it wouldn't be possible.
I also prefer the Windsor and eton riverside to waterloo than the reading part because its got better scenery, it also has better stations. And for people who are time-restricted, it might be the better choice rather than reading. Depending on time, I think that Reading might be a bad idea.
This would be better with the line to Guildford and Basingstoke as well as the branches to Epsom and Chessington South.
Adding the Reading line along with the Windsor Riverside branch would give us an excuse to finally add the Class 166 to another route as AI on its North Downs services at the Reading end.
My personal favourite route. I think this is a good suggestion overall as it has a lot of freight and passenger variety. Not much I can say, but yeah good suggestion.
Great suggestion! I am hoping that this route will feature in the upcoming roadmap as I understand that there is no upcoming TFL route.
