Expansion Midland Mainline Extended

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  1. riverelite#7973

    riverelite#7973 Member

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    Route
    Matlock branch from Derby
    Mainline Extension up to Sheffield
    Extension through Syston Junction as far as Oakham calling at melton mowbray using class 170s with unbranded XC livery

    New Train
    Class 170/2 EMT or EMR livery
    VTEC EMR class 43 HST
    Layers
    Northern class 140 pacer (between Nottingham and Sheffield)
    Northern class 158 sprinter (between Nottingham and Sheffield)
    Northern class 150 sprinter (between Nottingham and Sheffield)
    Class 801 LNER at Grantham
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  2. jack#9468

    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    I think asking for the line to Grantham would be too much. Don't see why an extension to Sheffield and the Matlock branch can't be done though.
     
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  3. razmatus#2517

    razmatus#2517 Well-Known Member

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    MML is a nice enough line, more miles for HST especially would be nice
     
  4. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Sheffield would be great, St Pancras even better!
     
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  5. azzax333

    azzax333 Well-Known Member

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    If the route ran south to London St.Pancras this would be fantastic addition to the series and create a lot of ai traffic for the route!

    It would be great to a 170 for to represent cross country services
     
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  6. rhwinner#3952

    rhwinner#3952 Member

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    Extending the route to St Pancras would unfortunately be way too far for a tsw route. Sheffield is doable.

    If we wanted a MML route around St Pancras it would have to be a seperate route, and even then it would probably only be to Bedford again bc of the length. Most intercity services don’t stop between Bedford and London though. So the route would likely just be for the 360 and 700.
     
  7. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Oh I’m well aware of that but it doesn’t hurt to ask. Otherwise the problem with going south is that even Bedford, not every train calls there so we end up with a PFR or ECML situation where the player timetable is less than it should be.
     
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  8. rhwinner#3952

    rhwinner#3952 Member

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    I did mention that…
     
  9. thomas#9589

    thomas#9589 Active Member

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    Maybe DTG could take their time and start building bigger routes that the community want
     
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  10. razmatus#2517

    razmatus#2517 Well-Known Member

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    I mean, hell yeah from me, even if I had to lower down some settings (I'm on PC)... if I could spend more time on routes, fook yes :D
     
  11. mrneilyt

    mrneilyt Member

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    nice one! maybe DTG can actually use some of our ideas!
     

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