Suggestion For The Next Major Project

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  1. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Although we have only just begun to see the Rush Hour content with the release of Boston-Providence and all of the issues associated with this and the Core Update, I would like to suggest the following as the next major project, possibly for next year.
    My suggestion is the idea of figuring out how to extend and connect routes for extra playability.
    A few suggestions for extensions/connections to release are...
    1. Chatham Mainline from London Victoria to Strood plus Sheerness branch.
    2. North Downs Line from Reading to Reigate/Gatwick Airport.
    3. Branch Lines off of Brighton Mainline to...
    East Grinstead, Uckfield and Oxted
    Caterham and Tattenham Corner
    Tonbridge
    Littlehampton
    Ardingly
    Lewes
    Hove
    4. Branch Lines off of GWE to...
    Greenford
    Brentford
    Colnbrook
    Windsor
    Bourne End/Marlow
    Henley on Thames
    Basingstoke

    I am sure that there are several other options for joining up/extending current routes both in the UK and other featured countries.
     
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    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Those suggestions would be nice. Out of all of them I would want the Gwe branches to come first as they add so much gameplay and we have had a lot of southern content recently
     
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  4. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    This has to be one of my favourite routes. The recently introduced Class 769 tri mode units are interesting and were rebuilt from Thameslink Class 319 dual voltage emus dating back to 1987. A few interesting things to spot along the line are...
    Guildford cathedral
    Boxhill
    Jessies seat memorial topiary
     
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    The GWE feels a little bare without these branches.
     
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    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I agree
     
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    4. Branch Lines off of GWE to...
    Greenford - 2½ mile shuttle, 4 stations from West Ealing
    Brentford - No passenger service between paddington and this station
    Colnbrook - freight only
    Windsor - 2¾ miles, one station shuttle from Slough
    Bourne End/Marlow - 7 miles, 4 stations from Maidenhead
    Henley on Thames - 4½ miles, 3 stations from Twyford
    Basingstoke - 15.33 miles, 5 stations from Reading

    So for the 5 active passenger shuttles - 32 miles, 17 stations, all served by 2 car 166s, all end to end.
    Would people be willing to pay £25 for that?
     
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    smugstarlord#4202 Well-Known Member

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    I live on the GWE line, would love it to be more "meaty"
     
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    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    I too live next to the GWE hence my knowledge for this suggestion.
     
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    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Hence my suggestion to include the freight branches to Brentford and Colnbrook and perhaps the Class 60 locomotive to add something more for freight work and the Class 165/1 units as well as there are a few differences between them and Class 166 units. Brentford has only the Waste Terminal today as the passenger stops have long ceased to be used and the line now proceeds no further than the A4 trunk road in much the same way as the Colnbrook branch no longer serves Staines West (or Uxbridge in the other direction).
     
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    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    The Colnbrook line seems to only run trains as far as Acton on this route.
    I can't find any scheduled services which run from Brentford via the GWML (using RTT for the last week)
     
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    Brentford only gets a couple of bin liner trains a week heading towards Reading and Colnbrook gets oil trains for Heathrow. By including both branches, it might be possible to lay the groundwork for a pair of vintage routes with Brentford once reaching the Dock just beyond the town and the Colnbrook line once reaching Staines West to the South and Uxbridge Vine Street to the North. These vintage routes could include the line beyond Bourne End to High Wycombe and the former large stations at Windsor Central, Marlow and Henley on Thames but these classic lines are for another thread.
     
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    That they are.
    These smaller branches are either going to be strictly AI or if ever DTG do extensions (which they've said they wont) as a bridge between two packs (such as GWE to a West London pack)
     
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