Chiltern Mainline

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  1. matthewupv#3726

    matthewupv#3726 Member

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    I would like to see the Chiltern Mainline in Train Sim world 2, from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill, a 112 mile route between the UK's biggest cities.
    Despite the route being a 112 miles long therefore being a lot of work, it is still a route which many will enjoy, you don't have to do the entire route every time, you can just do a short route like London Marylebone to Gerrard's Cross or a medium route from Marylebone to Leamington Spa (there are other shorter routes like that from Birmingham).
    There are a few different trains that could be used for this which shouldn't be too hard to make as we have already got the 166 for GWE and with the Chiltern Mainline there is the class 165,168 (which has 2 different bodies, 1 is more like the class 172 and the other is more like the class 168). There is also the class 172 and then the most unique is the class 68 which is either in Direct rail livery or Chiltern Railways livery with around 5 coaches with a class 82 (can be both at the front or at the rear).
    These trains are all currently in use with all of them being in the grey livery apart from the class 165 and 172 which has the old blue and white livery.
    If this route was going to be set in an older period like 2013. Then there would be some slight changes, all the DMU's would have the old blue and white livery and then the class 68's could be kept the same or be a class 67 in Chiltern, EWS or DB livery's.
    This line uses Freight, passenger, express passenger and sometimes rail tours along this route.
    Why this route?
    This route is a busy route with a lot going on and a nice variety of trains to see and drive. And with rush hour coming as well, this should be great with that feature. People loved the longer routes as it gave them more flexibility into what they want to do on the route.
    This doesn't need to be the full 112 miles but having at least 1 of the stations either in Birmingham or London would make things a lot better.
    There are also quite a few branch lines too (I have added a map to show this) and some other key stations include Leamington Spa, High Wycombe and Banbury.

    I am sure the community would love this route as I have heard many people say they would like to see this added to the game.
    I hope this gets added in the near future... route map.png Chiltern Railways class 165.jpg Chiltern Railways class 172.jpg High_Wycombe_-_Chiltern_168214-168003_Birmingham_Mainline_service.JPG 68012_Chiltern_Main_Line_Leamington_18-06-15_(18313850493).jpg
     
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