I thought it would be nice to have the class 170 for the Leicester-Nottingham-Darby route as like in real life. The specs and info are: The British Rail Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train built by Adtranz and later Bombardier Transportation at Derby Litchurch Lane Works. Introduced after privatisation, these trains operate regional as well as long-distance services, and to a lesser extent suburban services. A total of 139 units were built, but some were later converted to Class 168 and Class 171 units. These trains are currently in use with CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Transport for Wales Rail, ScotRail and Northern Trains. The class is a development of the design used in the British Rail Class 165 and 166 DMUs known as the Networker Turbos and built by British Rail Engineering Limited and later ABB Transportation before that company became part of Bombardier. Notable features shared are the aluminium alloy frame and Voith transmission as well as the general body shape (the cab ends are similar to those of the Class 168, but not Class 165/166), interior design and door fittings. The final drive is sourced from ZF instead of Gmeinder and the diesel-engine supplier is MTU. The engine and transmission are located under the body. One bogie per coach is powered. All coaches in the set are powered when in use (there are no unpowered trailers). The units can work in multiple with trains in the 15X series, i.e. Sprinters and 14X Pacers (the latter empty only), and with other units of the same class. They are unable to operate in multiple with units in the 16X series due to different wiring arrangements. Seating arrangements are of both 2+1 (first class) and 2+2 (standard class) formation, and give a seated passenger capacity of between ~100 and ~200 per three-car set (depending on the specifications of the operator). Two-car sets are also operated. East Midlands Railway operates the largest fleet of 170s, currently consisting of 40 two-car and three-car sets, soon to be joined by a further four three-car sets from Transport for Wales and Southern. From 23 March 2020, East Midlands Railway received its first two Class 170 units in the form of three-car 170416 and 170417, when they moved from Abellio ScotRail. The former was seen in EMR livery on 30 April 2020. Unit 170417, named The Key Worker, was the first unit to enter service, doing so on 2 November 2020 on the Robin Hood line, as part of EMR’s soft launch of the class. Alongside units 170418–170420 (also from ScotRail), EMR planned to become the largest operator of the Class 170, a further 23 units arrived from West Midlands Trains as well as 12 from Transport for Wales Rail. The 170s have replaced units of classes 153, 156 and 158. In September 2022, three Class 171s, having been reformed to three-car formations and renumbered to 170422–170424, transferred from Southern to East Midlands Railway. They were then renumbered to 170/9s before entering service in order to emphasise the difference between them and the rest of the fleet as they had Dellner couplers rather than BSI couplers so they were not compatible with the rest of the fleet.They regained their identities as 170/4s when BSI were fitted in May 2023 and they can now work with the rest of the fleet instead of being on self contained diagrams. Midland Mainline (MML) was the first operator to order Turbostars, the first being delivered in November 1998 and entering service in May 1999.The Class 170/1 units were built immediately after the Class 168/0 units were built for Chiltern Railways. MML ordered a fleet of 17 two-car Class 170 units, although the first ten were subsequently made up of three cars each instead. These were numbered 170101–117. The units were introduced on stopping services from London St Pancras to Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. They were also used on summer Saturday services from London to York, which later became a year-round service with summer extension to Scarborough. Class 170s were also used on direct services between London St Pancras and Matlock, these services ended upon the replacement of the Class 170s with new Class 222 Meridian units due to weight restrictions on the Derwent Valley line to Matlock. In 2004, Midland Mainline introduced new Class 222 Meridian units, which started to replace the Turbostars. As a result, the fleet was transferred to sister company Central Trains. Ten units (170101–170110) are three-car units, and the remaining seven units (170111–170117) are two-car units. As with the three spot-hire units from Porterbrook, these 17 units had first-class accommodation, which was declassified. Full Specs: In service 30 May 1999 – present Manufacturer Adtranz Bombardier Transportation Built at Derby Litchurch Lane Works Family name Turbostar Replaced Class 142 Class 143 Class 144 Class 150 Class 153 Class 156 Class 158 Class 205 Class 207 Class 310 Constructed 1998–2005 Number built 139 Number in service 119 (9 converted to Class 168, 11 converted to Class 171) Formation 2 or 3 cars per unit Owner(s) Eversholt Rail Group Porterbrook Operator(s) CrossCountry East Midlands Railway Northern Trains ScotRail Transport for Wales Rail Specifications Car body construction Welded aluminium, with steel body ends. Car length DM vehs.: 23.62 m (77 ft 6 in) MS vehs.: 23.61 m (77 ft 6 in) Width 2.69 m (8 ft 10 in) Height 3.77 m (12 ft 4 in) Doors Double-leaf sliding plug (2 per side per car) Maximum speed 100 mph (160 km/h) Prime mover(s) 2 or 3 × MTU 6R 183 TD 13H (one per car) Engine type Inline-6 4-stroke turbo-diesel Power output 315 kW (422 hp) per engine Transmission Voith T 211 rzze hydrokinetic (one per vehicle) Acceleration max. 0.5 m/s2 (1.6 ft/s2) Bogies Adtranz/Bombardier Powered: P3-23 Unpowered: T3-23 Braking system(s) Electro-pneumatic (disc) Safety system(s) AWS TPWS Coupling system BSI[5] Multiple working Within class, plus Classes 14x and 15x Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wouldn't really work with when the route is set - MML is set in EMT era while this is an EMR unit. An emr modernised pack featuring 222, 170 and 158 all in EMR livery however would be a good shout.
If there was a 170 in game, I'd like it to be done properly (AP sounds if possible) as it is one of my local trains and it would be great to be represented in game
With the MML route set in the EMT era, if the XC license is usable again. We could see an XC Class 170 for MML on additional services between Derby and Nottingham
