The Route and Trains This route would come included with a BR Class 334 and Class 320 (for Argyle line services) and would include all 49 stations between Edinburgh Waverley and Helensburgh Central/Balloch/Milngavie. It would host 5 scenarios listed below. Scenarios 1. Break Time! Take a Class 334 on a Short run from Edinburgh Waverley to Bathgate for your Break at Bathgate Depot. You will call at Haymarket, Edinburgh Park, Uphall, Livingston North and Bathgate before reversing into the Depot at Bathgate. Time taken 40 - 45 mins 2. Long Day (Part 1) Take a double Class 334 unit from Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley on a Semi-fast peak time service. Keep a keen eye though, some signals might not always be in your favour. Time Taken around 2hrs 30 mins Long Day (Part 2) Drive a Semi-fast return service to Helensburgh Central via Airdrie, althought due to a points failure at Westerton all services are being diverted via Garscadden. Time taken around 2hrs 30 mins. 3. To the (Bal)loch Take control of this Airdrie to Balloch service towards Loch Lomond in a BR Class 320. Service is busier than usual today due to the summer holidays currently so to day your train will be formed of 6 carriages. Time Taken 50 mins - 1hr 4. A Classic Scottish Day Due to Heavy Flooding, The Union Canal has burst it's banks and the clogged drainage has left the railway compromised. Take this Class 334 on a peak time service as far as Uphall from Milngavie where the train will be held overnight. Time taken 1hr 20mins - 1hr 30 mins 5. Bright and Early Drive a Peaceful early morning service between Edinburgh and Milngavie calling at all Stops. Time taken 1hr 50 mins to 2hrs. Cost The cost of the route would be £34.99 (minus any discount eg. Xbox Game Pass 10% off) for it's length as it significantly bigger than any current standard TSW route. Service Patterns This would include all service layers for the Class 334, including any 334 workings on the Argyle line portion of the route and all Class 320 workings on the Argyle Line and North Clyde line sections, this route would not include the 'complementary' class 66. My personal opinion and LAMPOIL I have a slightly biased opinion on this route as it is my local route (my locals are Uphall and Livingston North), however it a greatly varied route in terms of scenery, transferring from the lochsides of Loch Lomond and Loch Hillend (near Caldercruix), to the busy cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh where there's more of a, what's the word, suburban type scenery. The reason it stands out because of the longer network style, unlike Cardiff City Network, this route is extended to it's natural end points, i.e Edinburgh, Helensburgh, Milngavie and Springburn, the equivalent in the case of CCN being Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare, Rhymney and Treherbert.
This would be nice as it’s the route I currently live near. Don’t forget the class 318 aswell they also run on the line. Also it’s common to see a 320 coupled with a 318 often aswell so that’s a nice detail
