Hi. I think a good new route would be the Southeastern mainline to Tonbridge. I think this would bring a good mix of dense city and countryside with a mix of regional services and commuter services. 1.Charing Cross / Cannon Street to Sevenoaks and Orpington. This would be a good length route at 1 hour from CHX to SEV and 35 mins from CST to ORP. These routes are also a good mix of stopping and with section of speed. These routes can use class 465/2 376 and class 707 as well. This is a great variety of rolling stock which would be fun to drive. 2.Grove Park to Bromley North. This is a very short and sweet route from Bromley north to grove park on the SEML. This is a very short route to drive if you don't have much time to play using class 465 or 466s. 3.Charing Cross / Cannon Street to Tonbridge. This is a very nice route to add with the existing stopping services as it would be a nice drive form the dense city centre to the countryside of Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. Some would stop at Orpington and the peak time trains from Cannon street can stop at Chelsfield as well. This would use class 375, 465/9 and 377 and would add a nice amount of speed with a limit of 70 and up to 90 in some places. 4.Short Additional Routes As well as freight and empty stock movements, CHX to Hither Green for Dartford or Thameslink Diverts from Orpington to Sevenoaks would add for some amazing content to the game and would be first almost fully complete route! Inconclusion, I think the SEML would bring much fun and variety to TSW3 and would be an amazing route to add containing freight, stock movements, Commuter and regional Services!
I think this would just be another dull 3rd rail, Electrostar commuter route which would become very boring very quickly.
I would be happy if they made this in the 90s with slam door stock being the principal new assets, and then maybe did a DLOGW in reverse, with the new stock having a timetable on that route. If it's just more networkers / electrostars then this doesn't bring any new gameplay to the game (Kent is pretty boring that way as it hasn't had much going in the way of freight for ages)
I think that Tonbridge should come as part of a North Downs Line route as in the past, services would run from Reading via Guildford and Redhill to Tonbridge and later on would be extended to Gatwick Airport. Although part of the largely 3rd rail electric area, the North Downs Line only has limited sections of electrification necessitating the use of diesel traction.
Would be attractive, but eith many southern routes being modern era, it would have to be set inn80's/90's to make it worthwhile.
I too would prefer it set in the days of the slam door EMU's, however if it gave a complete run for the excellent class 465 I wouldn't complain.
As unpopular as the Southeastern Line and the Electrostar seems to be for some, I still want to see more added to it in the future. Given what I have been suggesting in the past (London Underground in the early 1900s, Golden Arrow in the 1930s), I think it would be nice to see these routes below set between the 1960s - 1990s. Maybe even set it when the phasing of steam was taking place in favour of diesel so both types of train feature. - Hastings - London Charing Cross (the complete line and not stopping at Tonbridge) - Ashford - Dover Priory, Sandwich, Margate, Ramsgate, Canterbury West, and the Marsh Link in one DLC
