Experience the exciting and detailed highlands and mountains of Japan, with the some of the tallest stations above sea level in the world will you take on the gradients in Train Sim world 3: Koumi Line: Kobuchizawa - Komoro. Hello all! After somehow only (and I mean like half an hour ago) I found out a shocking fact, Union Workshop, Known for east Asian routes, is now in the TSW developer circle. This is AMAZING news for me at least as I am somewhat obsessed with Asian transport with some of the most unique journeys by rail and more in the world. The Koumi line runs for 78.9 km (49 miles) through Japenese highlands and mountains serving 31 stations. Operated by JR east this line is also unique in the sense of quiet a lot of it being single tracked. With enough of that its time to get to the station list and get 15 comments about people who would pronounce them!!!! Station list: Kobuchizawa Kai-Koizumi Kai-Oizumi Kiyosato Nobeyama Shinano-Kawakami Saku-Hirose Saku-Uminokuchi Umijiri Matsubarako Koumi Managashi Takaiwa Yachiho Kaize Haguroshita Aonuma Usuda Tatsukajo Otabe Nakagomi Namezu Kita-Nakagomi Iwamurada Sakudaira Nakasato Misato Mitsuko Otome Higashi-Komoro Komoro Right that should be it... sorry if I misspelt ANYTHING there. Onto the rolling stock: KiHa E200 in JR east hybrid livery KiHa 100 series in JR east livery. Map: Training: Koumi Line Introduction Train: KiHa 100 series Difficulty - 1 KiHa 100 series introduction: Train: KiHa 100 series Difficulty - 2 KiHa E200 introduction: Train: KiHa E200 Difficulty - 2 Scenarios: The Highlands: Take this train from Kobuchizawa - Komoro calling at all stations, The weather is all clear so there should be no delays. Train: KiHa 100 series Difficulty - 3 Izanami Wrath: Take this train from Komoro - Kobuchizawa being forced to drive a semi fast service due to the thunderstorm taking place Train: KiHa 100 series Difficulty: - 4 Hokuto hybrid: Take this irregular service Between Kobuchizawa and Kiyosato, a slightly rainy day so expect some minor delays but nothing major Train: KiHa E200 Difficulty: -2 Hybrid On the Highlands; Take this semi fast service between Kobuchizawa and Komoro, A windy day but other then that the weather is clear. Train: KiHa E200 Difficulty: - 3 Snow on the Highlands: Take this Special service that is non stop between Kobuchizawa and Komoro, Its a snowy day this January day so expect delays. Train: KiHa 100 series Difficulty: - 3 Finishing thoughts: Righto thanks for reading, a bit of an odd suggestion considering my mostly British based suggestion but hey, I like Japanese trains. In seriousness though a small yet detailed commuter railway such as this would be an AMAZING transition away from the big 3 and would overall help TSW3 to be even more unique. Thanks for reading everyone, see ya around!!! (Any feedback and any corrections are GREATLY appreciated, this is a thread that has been in the backlogs for a bit of time now but just got round to finishing it off, hence why I was able to post this decently quickly)
Nice to see Japanese route suggestions springing up again with the confirmation of UW joining TSW partner programme. Added this suggestion to the master list. Here's a 2021 cab ride between Kobuchizawa and Komoro on the E200 (begins at 5:00):
Right thank you and thanks for the route pov, I was actually looking for one but couldn't find one cheers mate!
Excellent Idea but the KiHa 100 & E200 Tutorials should be in the Training Centre just like all TSW 3 Base routes. This requires the tracks there to be dual gauge to support a 1.067m track Cape Gauge Japan since Current routes are 1.435m Standard Gauge.
Oh yeah ideally I should of stated the train introduction in the training centre. But yeah the gauge is a valid point
