Route Londonderry Line: Belfast To Londonderry

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  1. f__s_cw

    f__s_cw Well-Known Member

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    Today, I will be making a suggestion for a route I would like to see in tsw. This is, as the title suggests, Belfast to Londonderry. This mostly single-track, unelectrified route covers roughly 95 miles, due to the tracks following the coast for a large portion of the journey. This route would be only the 5th British route in tsw outside of England, adding much needed variety. The reason for suggesting this route is that it links two major cities over beautiful scenery, via Northern Ireland’s longest railway line.

    Stations:
    Belfast Grand Central
    City hospital
    Botanic
    Belfast laynon place
    York Street
    Mossley West
    Antrim
    Ballymena
    Cullybackey
    Ballymoney
    Coleraine
    Castlerock
    Bellarena
    Londonderry
    The maximum operational speed between Antrim and Londonderry is 70mph.

    There would be 2 locos, both 3 car sets included in the route. These are:

    Class 3000 DMU

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    Class 4000 DMU- 7 of these examples come in 6 car sets
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    Both these locos are operated by NI railways and have a maximum speed of 90mph/145kmh

    To conclude, I would like to see this route in tsw because of the new rolling stock, scenery and driving experience it would bring
     
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  2. trainfan#6965

    trainfan#6965 Well-Known Member

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    Yes please, I'm in I would love to see this route in TSW5 along with it's rolling Stock maybe probably it would be a great idea if enterprise class 9000s were probably AI serviced or driveable in the route because it does operate on the route in real life.
     
  3. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    There is a Video 125 cab ride of the route which is very good, at the time of filming there was still lots of jointed track. Nice scenic run particularly along the coastal section, though coming out of Belfast above the city is quite good. For a bonus include the Portrrush Branch with a Class 80 DEMU!
     
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