This is a section of the Cross Country route from Birmingham New Street to London Stansted Airport in Essex, only operated the full route by XC class 170s. the would be cut short to start at Leicester accompanied by an EMT layer shortened to 77 miles (approx. 125km) long, instead of the full 100 miles (161km), also including RIDC Melton where EMUs with AC are tested, that comes just off the line just west of Melton Mowbray were the class 37 would come in handy shunting dragging trains. ROUTE MAP: Trains: Cross Country Trains class 170 in 3 car formations GBRF & Freightliner class 66 Rail Operations group class 37. The Flying Scotsman, had a few rail tours on part of this route in real life. Layers EMT class 43 HST (Leicester, Syston, Melton Mowbray, Oakham non stop service) EMT class 158 (Leicester, Peterborough, Ely, March, Whittlesea & Syston) LNER class 801 (Peterborough) Unbranded class 387 (Cambridge, Ely & Peterborough) class 710 reskin as Unbranded GA class 720 (Cambridge, Stansted Airport) Other Stations (Non-Stop) Syston Manea Waterbeach Cambridge North Shelford Whittlesford Parkway Great Chesterford Newport Elsenham Route Features: Conductor mode Route hopping (for Midland Mainline & East Coast mainline) busier timetable & route congestion, even though theres a lack of trains an hour somehow. Busier NPC passengers (airport commuters etc) Same plane models from Manchester Airport Commuter near Stansted. Fully functional PIS with announcements.
