Hello everyone. Today I will be requesting the high-speed line as an Add-On to Train Sim World 3©️ This route has been requested many times but obviously it isn’t as high in demand as another english route but anyways here we go. Introduction: The Barcelona -> Zaragoza Highspeed line is part of the 621km (386 mile) Line all the way to Madrid but even as a highspeed dedicated rail lover and enthusiast like me I think that is quite long, nevertheless I still would accept the full length with open arms. But I am getting off target here, anyways this Line was opened on the 20th February of 2008 and was designed for speeds up to 350km/h (217mph) but is usually ran at 300km/h (186mph) or sometimes at 310km/h (190mph). This specific line runs for 257km (160 miles) which I think is perfect length and before anyone says “that’s too long even for a HSL” most of this route is in Tunnels, on Viaducts and in Sandy-Like areas in between So a lot of this route could be autogenerated apart from Barcelona Sants arrival and Zaragoza Arrival. Overhead pickup currency on the HSL is 25kV 50HZ AC, 3000V DC and Safety systems used are ETCS Level 1/ETRMS and ASFA. Trains and Operators: 1. Renfe Ave S-112 “Pato” (Duck) Built in 2005 by Talgo and Bombardier, This train has a max speed of 350km/h (217mph) The Pantograph current is 25kV 50HZ AC and the safety systems used are LZB, ASFA 200 and ETRMS/ETCS Level 1 2. IRYO ETR1000 “Frecciarossa” Built in 2013 by Hitachi, this train has a max speed of 400km/h (250mph) but a current operational speed of 300km/h (186mph). Has a pantograph pickup of 25kV 50HZ AC, 15kV 16(2/3)HZ AC and 1,500V DC. Safety Systems for this train are: LZB, TVM-430, KVB, ETRMS, ETCS Level 1, ASAF 200 and SCMT. SCENARIOS: Introduction: Spawn in at Barcelona Sants and get on a train headed anywhere (difficulty-1)(duration-7 mins) Heading Out: Take an ETR1000 towards Madrid but only as far as Zaragoza, expect no delays or problems and everything should go to plan (difficulty-2)(duration-1hr43mins) Spains Sunniest Seaside: Take an Ave 102 (S-112) from Zaragoza to Barcelona stopping at Lleida only, expect a Delay coming into Barcelona Due to congestion on the Highspeed platforms (difficulty-3)(duration-2hrs) Easters Earthquakes (pt1) Take ETR1000 from Zaragoza to Barcelona; all was going to plan until a small earthquake took place near Barcelona causing every highspeed train to terminate in Tarragona (difficulty-4) muhhhhhhh (duration-1hr20mins) Easters Earthquakes (pt2) After arriving into Tarragona you need to turn around for your service back to Madrid after terminating 3/4 of the way over (difficulty-4)(duration-1hr30mins) Snowy Situations Take an Ave 102 (S-112) from Barcelona to Lleida on the Perpignan to Lleida service but Due to very heavy snow on the highspeed platforms of Lleida the station has been closed and all services have been diverted to Zaragoza and the speeds on the High Speed lines have been slowed down to 170km/h (105mph) so time will take longer (difficulty-5)(duration-2hrs31mins) Will add Stations, Services and ETC in next slide
Since this is Highspeed route this will be dedicated to highspeed stations only so there will only be about 4 stations on the line. 1. Barcelona Sants This is the start of the line is the Eastern Terminus, I really love this station just because of the location and because it’s underground and the ambient lighting is beautiful. If this were to happen and this station gets modeled please don’t make it look like London Victoria in TSW2 2. Camp de Tarragona This is the second station on the line and is only served by High speed services while the station in the middle of the city is served by more trains. This station is also only used the some Renfe Ave services, Iryo skips through the middle tracks 3. Lledia Pririneus This is the 3rd station on this line and this is also only used by Renfe Ave and Regional services, Iryo skips on backtracks that I think should be modeled as Iryo doesn’t go near the Actual city of Lleida 4. Zaragoza Delicias This is the last station on the line (obviously it continues to Calatayud then over to Madrid on the real line). This is a massive and beautiful station and is one of my favourite stations but anyways this and Barcelona will be kind of dead just due to this Suggestion being restricted to Highspeed only but it is what it is Layers (If these were the right trains) 1. DB BR403 “ICE 3” Renfe Ave 103 This would be running the same services as the Ave 102 from Madrid to Barcelona and back + Barcelona to Sevilla and back + Barcelona to Valencia and back + Barcelona to Zaragoza an back Obviously there are huge differences in the trains and it Can’t run here due to Incorrect gauges, Wrong safety systems etc. 2. TGV 200 series “Duplex” TGV EuroDuplex Multisystem This would be amazing to use on this if this had the right safety systems to ride in different countries but obviously it doesn’t and it would need a gauge change (I’m pretty I’m wrong about these gauge problems as the highspeed line uses the regular gauges) but this would be doing Paris Gare de Lyon -> Barcelona services, Marseille -> Madrid services and Barcelona to Madrid services. Services: 1. Renfe Ave: A.) Barcelona Sants -> Madrid Atocha B.) Madrid Atocha -> Barcelona Sants C.) Perpignan-> Lleida Pririneus D.) Lleida Pririneus -> Perpignan E.) Barcelona Sants -> Sevilla F.) Sevilla -> Barcelona Sants G.) Barcelona Sants -> Valencia H.) Valencia -> Barcelona Sants I.) Barcelona Sants -> Zaragoza Delicias J.) Zaragoza Delicias -> Barcelona Sants 2. Iryo Espãna A.) Barcelona Sants -> Madrid Atocha B.) Madrid Atocha -> Barcelona Sants C.) Zaragoza Delicias -> Barcelona Sants D.) Barcelona Sants -> Zaragoza Delicias I hope you guys enjoyed reading this please tell me your thought down below and hey. If you’re going to read this please interact and comment or like if you enjoyed this. Anyways please correct me with anything and have a great day!! New suggestion coming Tomorrow!!.
You need to add Renfe S100 because it does Madrid Atocha-Barcelona Sants Marseille St, Charles, both ways via Perpignan. If I were you the Spanish High-Speed route should be international that's why I would have done LGV CLR Catalonia Languedoc Rousslion Barcelona-Perpignan that way you have Freight in the form of S252 in 1.435m gauges. LGV CLR is 180 km 110 mi making it the 2nd longest in the game after SFS Hannover Wurzburg Kassel Wurzburg section
I was going to but I didn’t want too many trains on one route especially a highspeed one so I just limited it to 2
