With the GWR Remaster on the horizon, I’m somewhat disappointed that the Class 802 won’t feature more on the route. I understand the original timetable is set in 2018 and Liam wants to keep to the original as much as possible. I know Liam has some 802 test runs included in the service list, but a brand new timetable featuring the 802 would be better. More timetables the better, right? It would work in conjunction with future routes, if say DTG or a third party decided to do another GWR route, continuing from Reading, either linking up with Exeter St David’s or Oxford for example. As well as a new timetable we could get a Class 57, also known as the night riviera. I’m pretty sure players wouldn’t mind taking her for spin on the riviera line I don’t want to count my chickens too soon, but a Reading to Exeter St David’s could work really well if the night riviera came into fruition. We’d have three connected GWR routes for two kinds of traction.
I was just thinking about that this afternoon ! I was wondering if, and when, we'll get a night train in TSW... Sure thing, first, we need a certain number of routes where they run on. We're making progress on that. Perhaps a stretch of the WHL would include the Class 156 and a 73/9 with the Mk5 coaches as an extra DLC, for example. But elsewhere it seems hazardous because there aren't many services, even with the ECS moves. This may be of interest only to people who have all the relevant routes (not just Paddington - Reading, for example, in case of the Night Riviera). And then there's the problem of night driving, which is currently way too dark in TSW, and that hasn't been resolved. Unfortunately, I think we'll have to wait many more years...
It would definitely be nice to see a 2025 timetable for this route with GWR and unbranded/branded HX 387s plus lizzy line?! And, of course 802 and 800s running majority of services.
Difficulty is the route won’t have OHLE past the junction to Heathrow. And it’s already confirmed that scenery and ohle won’t be updated to reflect 2025. So stuff like the 387 won’t be able to run past Hayes and harlington.
