Hey, I'm back again. Today I want to have a short look on what is possible on the Rhein Ruhr Osten DLC for Service Mode. Regional Traffic: Ingame: S8 (Mönchengladbach-Düsseldorf)-Wuppertal-Hagen using BR 1440 in real life. Ingame using a BR 422 (2 units) instead. The BR 422 was used there a while ago in real life (Sadly some services are missing ingame, it is a train every 20/40 mins) S9 (Haltern am See-Essen)-Wuppertal using a Abellio Rail FLIRT trains in real life. Just like S8 it is a BR 422 ingame (the longer route to Hagen for some trains was added after the DLC released) RE 7 (Krefeld-Köln)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Hamm-Münster-Rheine) using National Express Talent 2 trains in real life. Ingame a BR 143 and Dostos (RSN) is used, maybe a substitute to a BR 112 (Hambürg_Lübeck) could be done after its release, since DB used a BR 112 with Dostos until 2015 (one train every hour) RE 4 (Aachen-Düsseldorf)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Dortmund) using BR 111+Dosto trains in real life. Ingame a BR 146+Dosto train is used (probably best choice right now) (one train every hour) RB 48: (Bonn-Mehlem-Köln)-Wuppertal-Wuppertal Oberbarmen using a National Express Talent 2 train in real life. Ingame a BR 422 is used. More fitting could be a BR 425 since DB used that train until 2015 on that line (every 2nd train ended in Köln Hbf then which would explain the destination board ingame showing Köln Hbf instead of Bonn) One train every hour No more regional traffic could be added with the ingame stock we have right now or upcoming Fernverkehr: No Fernverkehr ingame Possible Additions (since the "low" number of possible additions, I will name the trains and not the lines) : ICE 101 (Dortmund)-Hagen-Wuppertal-(Köln-Mannheim-Basel) ICE 3 (BR 403 (HMA), 2 units) ICE 813 (Dortmund)-Hagen-Wuppertal-(Köln-Frankfurt) ICE 3 (BR 403 (HMA), 2 units) ICE 103 (Dortmund)-Hagen-Wuppertal-(Köln-Mannheim-Basel) ICE 3 (BR 403 (HMA), 2 units) IC 2220 (Frankfurt-Koblenz-Köln)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Dortmund-Bremen-Hamburg-Lübeck) BR 101+IC cars (BR 101 DLC) IC 2024 (Passau-Nürnberg-Frankfurt-Köln)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Bremen-Hamburg) BR 101+IC cars (BR 101 DLC) IC 2027 (Hamburg-Bremen)-Hagen-Wuppertal-(Köln-Frankfurt-Nürnberg-Passau) BR 101+IC cars (BR 101 DLC) ICE 828 (Frankfurt-Köln Deutz)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Hamm) ICE 3 (BR 403(HMA) 1 unit) ICE 102 (Basel-Mannheim-Köln)-Wuppertal-Hagen-(Dortmund-Hannover) ICE 3 (BR 403 (HMA), 1unit (weekdays 2 units until Köln)) These are all additions I could find using rolling stock from ingame or the roadmap.
I mean one can dream right. HRR could get more busy with IC and ICE lines in the future as well. Just hope that the preservation crew finds the time to add new trains to older German routes, it would really make the routes feel even more alive.
