Route Devon Commuter - Exeter To Barnstaple/okehampton

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  1. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    This is my first visual suggestion. ;)
     
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  2. razmatus#2517

    razmatus#2517 Well-Known Member

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    does it also have some intercity traffic? like HST or sth :) looks good tho, and I like the length and curvature :)

    maybe it wouldnt hurt if you also provided some pics of scenery so ppl like me who arent locals know how it looks like :)
     
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  3. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    Couple of photos of the line.




    Couple of things about this route;




    The style of it is very branch line like, similar to Niddertalbahn, It is very rural, and features only stopping DMUs, not intercity.

    there’s a unqiue section (I think at eggesford) where the driver has to activate the level crossing before going into the station.

    the okehampton line was shut for 60 or so years, before it got reopened recently in 2022.

    a lot of the stations on this line are request stops, so it could be a perfect opportunity to add a request stops feature to the game.
     
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  4. razmatus#2517

    razmatus#2517 Well-Known Member

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    sounds good :) in one of my suggestions I proposed sth like split line consists... like a double traction EMU which travels coupled together for a portion of the route, then makes a longer stop at one of major stations/junctions, and one half goes one way and the other diverges onto different line (e.g. REX6 direction Vienna... starts at Bratislava - Petržalka and travels as 2x to Wien Hbf, there it makes extended stop, continues via Pottendorfer Line and at Wulkaprodersdorf it splits, with one unit going to Eisenstadt and the other to Deutschkreutz)
     
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    Well the Okehampton Line would probably be shut every time it rains... :)
     

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