Out Now Gwr Hst Farewell Pack - Out Now!

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  1. DTG Harry

    DTG Harry Community Manager Staff Member

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    Experience a full set of iconic HST power car designs, ready to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the history of modern railways, with the GWR HST Farewell Pack Add-on!

    Train Sim World 6: GWR HST Farewell Pack is available now for Xbox One, Series X|S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and coming later today for the Steam and Epic Games Store platforms for £12.99/€15.99/$16.99.

    The GWR HST Farewell Pack
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    As a tribute to the HST’s final years in service with GWR, as well as a celebration of 200 years of modern railways, the HST Farewell Tour Add-on will feature new timetable services, thrilling scenarios, and include seven iconic HST power car designs that were worn by the GWR HST’s, along with two Mk1 HST Barrier Coach designs.

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    Here's a full summary of the power car designs within the pack:
    • Class 43 power car 43002 ‘Sir Kenneth Grange’ (BR Blue and Yellow with nameplate)
    • Class 43 power car 43093 ‘Old Oak Common’ (GWR Green with OOC vinyl & nameplate)
    • Class 43 power car 43185 ‘Great Western’ (InterCity Swallow with nameplate)
    • Class 43 power car 43187 & 43188 ‘Welshman’ (GWR Green with white dragon vinyl)
    • Class 43 power car 43188 ‘Welshman’ (GWR Green with yellow dragon vinyl)
    • Class 43 power cars (GWR Green with vinyl ‘GWR’ logo)
    • Class 43 power cars (GWR Green unbranded)
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    In addition to the designs above, the Mk1 HST Barrier Coach will also be available in both blue and green liveries, featuring buckeye and hook coupler types, allowing players to perform stock moves between the HST’s and a wide range of stock in TSW. You will also be able to hand place end of train lamps on the Class 43s, Mk3 coaches and the barrier coaches.

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    Scenarios & Services
    The pack will contain six scenarios, all inspired by real-world events, ranging from depot open days to helping crowds of passengers from Dawlish get to the air show while keeping your cool on a hot and busy day. Keep an eye to the skies!

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    From the first passenger run of ‘43002’ in BR Blue, to the unveiling of ‘43093’ at the Old Oak Common depot open day, and of course the final HST runs out of Paddington. These scenarios have been made as authentically as possible, even on the smaller details, such as creating dynamic weather patterns based on the real-world weather of the day the scenario is based on, timings that match the train's schedule that day, and even exact unit numbers where possible.

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    Taking a close look at the timetable, as a general note, all of the seven power cars will substitute into any existing GWR HST service across Train Sim World 6, both for player-driven and AI. Extra unique services are also included for both the Great Western Express Remaster and Riviera Line routes, that make additional use of the power cars and the Mk1 HST Barrier Coaches, giving players the opportunity to drive empty stock moves using the new stock.

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    Train Sim World 6: GWR HST Farewell Pack is available now for Xbox One, Series X|S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and coming later today for the Steam and Epic Games Store platforms for £12.99/€15.99/$16.99.

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    Train Sim World 6 Update – April 16th 2026
    Alongside the release of the HST Farewell Tour from Grump Dog Games, we also have a range of supporting improvements for a few UK-based add-ons, primarily for the Great Western Express Remastered, and including the Riviera Line, East Coastway Remastered and Diesel Legends of the Great Western Add-ons. See our full list of changes below.

    Please allow up to 24 hours for the patch to arrive on your system. Some systems may update in standby mode without your notice.

    Full Changelog
    Great Western Express Remastered
    • Prevented rail‑singing from triggering when the player is standing next to the consist. 
    • Ensures consistent behaviour across all rail vehicles that use rail‑singing 
    • Fixed an issue causing passengers to walk across the tracks between Paddington platforms 9 & 10 
    • Fixed passenger navigation on bridges at Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway
    • Adjusted speed of aggregate unloaders, allowing the ‘Aggregate Industries’ scenario to be completed
    • Corrected incorrect speed signs at the entrance to North Pole Depot
    • Fixed areas of snow incorrectly appearing at West Drayton
    • Various optimisations to distant lighting
    Services & Scenarios
    • Fixes to ensure services 1P26 and 1P41 are now drivable
    • Fixes to ensure ‘Drag Line’ and the Class 66 Introductions now function correctly. 
    • Fixes to Class 66 scenarios where headlight instructions displayed incorrectly, and brakes failed to auto cut-in
    • Fixed pathing issues causing SPADs, affecting multiple services, including preventing freight services
    • Fixed a passenger sitting in front of the player in the ‘Down the Line’ scenario
    • Fixed various issues with the substitution for the Class 166
    • Minor changes to reduce memory usage
    GWR HST
    • Added lighting to the AWS sunflower
    • Fixed guard panel visibility at night
    • Fixed custom liveries appearing fully white in snowy conditions
    • Fixed custom liveries appearing transparent at times
    • Improved suspension stability, especially on Xbox One / PS4
    • Tweaked internal running noise, for greater difference between minimum and maximum bleed‑in
    • Increased external sound bleed when doors are open
    • Increased audibility of MK3 coach low‑speed squeaks
    • Implemented rail‑singing optimisation to prevent duplicate sound spawning
    • Fixed missing AWS isolation fuse click
    • Fixed missing VHID audio references so all cab sounds play correctly
    GWR Class 166
    • Corrected wiper direction
    • Added lighting to the AWS sunflower
    • Updated Passenger Door Interlock indicator logic - Light now illuminates when doors are interlocked, not when unlocked
    • Fixed cab emissive lighting not updating when changing headlights in one cab
    DBS Class 66   
    • Added missing AWS isolation fuse click audio
    • Implemented rail‑singing optimisation to prevent duplicate sound spawning
    • Corrected overly bright cab emissive materials
    • Fixed mismatched numbering on the DBS livery
    East Coastway Remastered
    Class 313
    • Removed incorrect or unused entries appearing in the Formation Spawn menu. 
    ECW Class 171
    • Various localisation improvements
    Riviera Line 
    • Corrected Action Point scoring in the ‘From Beaches to Banks’ scenario.
    Diesel Legends of the Great Western
    • Optimised rail‑singing audio across the BR Class 101 and BR Mk2 coaches 
    Watch back our GWR HST Farewell Pack Preview!
    Join Community Manager Harry and Grumpdog Games developer Liam for a showcase of the GWR HST Farewell Pack on both the official Train Sim World YouTube and Twitch channels!


    And don't forget to explore all-new creator videos and content covering the pack across YouTube, Twitch and social media! To discover new videos when they release, join our official Dovetail Games Discord!
    Find out more about Train Sim World 6 by following @trainsimworld on Twitter/X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok.
     
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  2. henry#7365

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    Is the db 147 out now supposed to be there. Probably should be a hst farewell pack out now video. Just curious.
     
  3. DTG Harry

    DTG Harry Community Manager Staff Member

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    Yeah, had it in as a placeholder and then didn't get it removed from the final article. A true sign of zero sleep!
     
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  4. concretegrey

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    No feedback thread (yet) so popping in here.

    The Mark 1 barrier coaches - just like the WCML Shap Mark 1s - are unusable in Formation Designer: they are tagged as incompatible with all other rolling stock - including themselves.
     
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    DTG Harry Community Manager Staff Member

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    You're right - I need to get on that, too!
     
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    I'm assuming the system lock ups in GWE Remastered timetable loading a save game hasn't been fixed in the patch?
     
  7. Dinger75

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    Would like to have this DLC as really appreciate Liam's work on GWE.

    However, will be waiting on reports from others, like I do with all TSW content, to see if blurred textures are a thing with this product

    If its clear, it's full steam ahead. If the textures fall out of the ugly tree, it will be a hard pass.

    What a position to be in but your move DTG
     
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  8. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Im on xbox series x and got a little blurry into Paddington.
     
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  9. Dinger75

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    And that's that.

    Appreciate the heads up.

    Thank you
     
  10. FifeFlyer75

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    Nothing blurry (yet) on Series X, but instant disappointment from driving the very last HST out of Paddington and every single coach on the train being empty.

    Sure we know the passenger system in the game is broken beyond belief, but that was a real immersion drainer for me.

    Should have known better to hold on but I am a sucker for all things HST.
     
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  11. Puddington Bear

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    And the update broke passenger announcements on the 165/166...honestly, who does QA for these updates?
     
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    Yeah, usually I’d stray away from such a pack at this price point, but like another commenter the other day, it’s an excellent item to treat as a tip jar for Liam and the excellent work he’s done over several projects.

    What I’m not going to do though, is financially motivate more content releases given the several major issues the last 2 months has presented - not to mention the major issues that already exist and have done for years now.
     
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  13. rpb1966

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    So I have just installed the GWR Farewell pack on my PS5 Pro, started at Paddington in my BR blue 125, drove a few miles past Royal Oak, and when into photo mode, tried to come out of it, and the game froze completely, maybe someone needs to look at this please.
     
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  14. MarkCovz4761

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    I will give it a miss sounds like theres issues again with a released dlc why does this keep happening
     
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  15. DTG Alex

    DTG Alex Senior Community Manager Staff Member

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    Hi folks,

    Just noting that the GWR HST Farewell Pack is taking longer than usual to appear on our Epic Games store pages, and we're currently working to get this to appear as expected with the platform partners, apologies for the delay.
    Our PC release on Steam platforms should continue as expected in the next ~10 minutes at 17:00pm BST, and we'll aim to update once we have more news regarding Epic Games
     

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