The Tsw World Cup: Season Three

I think it would survive most groups

 

Halfway for the EU/US votes, 3/4 of the way for the UK!

Both of the previous EU ties are currently broken; Bremen - Oldenburg edges ahead of Tharandter Rampe (which now is set for the playoffs) and Mittenwaldbahn takes a step ahead of Frankfurt - Fulda.

Ruhr Sieg Nord is mounting a late comeback, and is only one point behind Tharandter Rampe and two behind Bremen - Oldenburg! EU Group B (North) is by far the tightest we have, well said it was spoken about!

Riviera Line is hot on the tail of Brighton Mainline in UK-A and the tie between GWE and WCML Birmingham - Crewe has been broken; GWE ahead by one!

North America has seen it's only tie (Oakville/Sherman) broken with Sherman taking a two-vote lead.

It's a product of the four-vote option for America but Morristown is having a fantastic run.

WCML Over Shap is the first route to break 50 - although nowhere close to the all-time record of Blackpool Branches (111 in 2023 then 97 in 2024) or it's own total of 68 last year.
Although, that's coming out of 77 total voters (thank you everyone) so I suppose 50 is quite a strong performance. Maybe the draw was just more interesting this year, or there's genuinely more good routes in the game?

In fact, come to think of it, assuming there's 77 votes in each thread (I haven't checked), that would mean that only three routes (see below) have got more than 50%, which is really interesting to see.



Links to the voting threads are on Page 6 if you haven't voted already.

 

That brings up a question: Just out of curiosity, do you know how many voters there were in the previous two Cups?

 

Sand Patch Grade doing so well again speaks volumes compared to all other US freight routes. DTG and its partners just couldn't maintain the overall quality.

It marks its 9th birthday this coming Tuesday and is still top of the heap.

 

Using Blackpool as a reference because it was the highest both times (and the UK seems most popular anyway),
2023: 111 votes was 70.7%, so around 157 in total.
2024: 97 votes was 74%, so about 131.

UK vote is sitting at 78 for this year, which is a little bit disappointing given that's it actually been the most interesting one yet.

I should note as well that the voting goes up and down between rounds. The finals tend to do quite well in terms of numbers.
Edit: 205 (wow) in 2023, 120 in 2024.