Expansion Scotrail Connections

Is it possible to connect the three existing Scotrail routes into one big route? Yes I know it may never happen but is it plausible?

 

Cathcart couldn’t be connected because that’s Glasgow Central, Edinburgh to Glasgow utilises Queen Street. There would have to be additional work to connect those lines (if such a thing exists in the real world - I’m not familiar with Scotland)

As for Edinburgh to Glasgow and Fife Circle, it would be nice to connect them, however I don’t think it’s likely to happen

The issue with connecting routes if I recall is the signalling, the timetable, the track markers and waypoints. It would require a massive rebuild. In theory it is plausible but I think it would be more efficient to just build the two routes together as one in initial development?

I’m sure some devs at DTG or elsewhere will correct any mistakes I may have made, but that’s my understanding

 

There's no reason to.

None of those 3 routes intersect with each other.

Cathcart and EDN don't share tracks as far as I know so pointless.

EDN and Fife only share track to Haymarket, so again pointless.

 

If you connect Edinburgh and Fife you will now have the timetable Edn-Queen St

 

But you don't need the routes to connect to each other for that.

Layers exist for a reason.

 

That will be coming soon for pc only

 

Oh cause it's fun to do a 10 minute route from Edinburgh to Haymarket

 

If you want to go from Edinburgh to Glasgow, there's a route for that already.