Route Hounslow Loop: London Waterloo To Windsor And Weybridge Via Staines

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  1. blibbles#5319

    blibbles#5319 Active Member

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    This route is like the Southern Region equivalent of the Cathcart Circle line.
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    This route runs for just 11 overall miles between London Waterloo and Hounslow, coming along the line via Kew Bridge and Brentford, the line loops back around just after Hounslow going back to London via the Waterloo-Reading line. Due to the loop aspect of this route, the total route coverage is 16 miles.

    Because 16 miles is quite short, though somehow there are shorter British routes in the game, there should be the branch lines from Hounslow to Windsor & Eton Riverside and to Weybridge via Virginia Water. Those branch lines both follow the Waterloo-Reading line until the Windsor branch diverges at Staines and the Weybridge branch diverges from Virginia Water. There could - could, not should - also be the spur from Twickenham to Strawberry Hill CSD. Those three extra lines would take the total route coverage to 32 miles beating Cathcart Circle and Cardiff City Network in mileage whilst not being anything too memory intensive (performance shouldn't be an issue).

    Motive Power
    I would prefer this route was set in 2024 so not too much motive power would need to be included to make a full rail scene, besides between Waterloo and Clapham Jn. Motive Power would have to be the SWR Class 450 and Class 458/4 with at least 2 variants of the SWR Class 455 made as an add-on.
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    End to end services:
    London Waterloo - London Waterloo via Hounslow clockwise
    London Waterloo - London Waterloo via Hounslow anti-clockwise
    London Waterloo - Weybridge via Staines and back
    London Waterloo - Windsor & Eton Riverside and Back
    ECS moves eastbound to/from Strawberry Hill CSD
    ECS moves to/from Staines EMU Sidings

    Other drivable services:
    SWML services between Waterloo and Clapham Jn
    Kingston Loop services between Waterloo and Strawberry Hill clockwise
    Kingston Loop services between Waterloo and Strawberry Hill anti-clockwise
    Hoo Jn to Eastleigh freight between Clapham Jn and Addlestone Jn
    Aggregate freight between Clapham and Kew East Jn

    Ai only services:
    SWML services not stopping at Clapham Jn
    BML services through Clapham Jn
    LO services at Clapham Jn and Richmond
    LU services at Richmond
    SWML services at Weybridge


    Stations:
    London Waterloo
    Vauxhall
    Queenstown Road
    Clapham Junction
    Wandsworth Town
    Putney
    Barnes
    Barnes Bridge
    Chiswick
    Kew Bridge
    Brentford
    Syon Lane
    Isleworth
    Hounslow
    Mortlake
    North Sheen
    Richmond
    St. Margaret's
    Twickenham
    Strawberry Hill
    Whitton
    Feltham
    Ashford (Surrey)
    Staines
    Wraysbury
    Sunnymeads
    Datchet
    Windsor & Eton Riverside
    Egham
    Virginia Water
    Chertsey
    Addlestone
    Weybridge

    33 stations on 32 miles of track.

    Notable points of interest:
    London Waterloo is the biggest station in the UK
    Clapham Jn is the busiest station in Europe (by train count)
    London Waterloo used to serve Eurostar services on platforms 20-24 with the original canopy unchanged
    Twickenham has the famous Twickenham Rugby stadium
    Heathrow Airport traffic is visible between London and Windsor
    Windsor has Windsor castle
     
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