Chiltern Mainline North: Princes Risborough-birmingham Snow Hill/new St + Bicester Village

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  1. tardisgaming07

    tardisgaming07 Well-Known Member

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    Following the teaser of a 90 mile route for whatever update there is tomorrow, I've decided to get a bit more ambitious with my route proposals, with this route coming in at a length of approximately 88 miles. This line would cover the majority of the Chiltern Mainline, which runs between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill as well as the line from Small Heath to Birmingham New Street as well as the Stratford-Upon-Avon branch. The rest of the route is only 37 miles long, which could easily be done as another route between London and Oxford alongside the branches to West Ealing, Aylesbury & the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, which is 4 miles long and has it's own platform at Princes Risborough. As is to be expected, the majority of the services over this route would be operated by Chiltern Railways, with CrossCountry operating services between Banbury & Leamington Spa, where most of them diverge to Coventry to join the West Coast Main Line. 4 of these services continue up the Chiltern Line to Small Heath Junction where they diverge and head into Birmingham New Street (hence the station's inclusion with this route). These services are 1V85 & 1V87 from Newcastle to Banbury (1133 & 1333 from Birmingham New Street), with 1E40 heading back to Newcastle (1228 from Banbury) whereas 1E48 terminates at Birmingham New Street (1430 from Banbury).

    Proposed Rolling Stock
    • Class 165 in Chiltern Railways By Arriva livery.[​IMG]
    Available in both 2 and 3 car formations, the Class 165's have worked the Chiltern routes ever since their introduction in the early 90's. No replacement is currently lined up for them. Currently, these units do the Marylebone to Banbury services, all Chiltern services on the Stratford-Upon-Avon branch, all services to Aylesbury as well as the majority of services to Oxford/Bicester Village, although there are about half a dozen Oxford diagrams which are allocated to other members of the Chiltern fleet, with 3 or 4 being 168 diagrams as well as a Class 68 diagram (future DLC)
    • Class 168/0,168/1 & 168/3 in Chiltern Railways By Arriva 'Mainline' livery[​IMG][​IMG]
    Whilst identical on the outside, the 168/3's are converted Class 170's and there are some minor differences from the 168/1's. The 168/0's are the original Clubman/Turbostar unit, and therefore have a differing front to the other 3 168 subclasses. In total, 17 /1 and /3 units exist, with 5 units belonging to the 168/0 subclass, making a total of 22 units.
    • Class 220/221 in Cross Country by Arriva livery[​IMG]
    78 of these painful experiences were built, 34 Class 220's and 44 Class 221's. Currently, 2 members of the Class 221 class are stored after their lease was ended by Avanti West Coast and will likely end up with Cross Country at some point. Whilst the majority of the Class 221 fleet are 5 car sets, 221's no 136, 140, 141 & 144 have retained their 4 car status. The Class 220's are 4 coaches long throughout.
    • Class 70 in Colas Rail livery[​IMG]
    Colas ordered 10 of these locos in 2014, with a further 7 being ordered in 2017. Currently, there are 4 services operated by Colas that use sections of this line, with all of these being operated by Class 70's.
     
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  2. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Isn't this a train simulator classic Just Trains route section? Doing so they can use their UE4 team to make it for TSW2.
     
  3. tardisgaming07

    tardisgaming07 Well-Known Member

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    It is a portion of the JT route, but they didn’t include the line to Stratford or Birmingham New Street
     

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