Waterloo-reading Line

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  1. lucasfor49

    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    Rolling stock:
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    Class 458
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    class 455
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    The Waterloo-Reading line is operated by South Western Railway which connects London to Berkershire. This route has a total of 26 stations. There are two trains per hour on this route 1 of which will be a semi-fast service only stopping at major stops and the 2nd being an all stop service. Between Virginia Water and London Where you would see: Class 707's, Class 450's and Class 458's operating on the Chertsey Loop. Between Staines and London you would see Class 707's, Class 450's and Class 458's operating on the Staines-Windsor line. Between Twickenham and London you would see class 450's operating on the Kingston Loop line. Also between Twickenham and London you would see Class 450's, Class 458's and class 455's operating on the Hounslow Loop Line. Between Reading Wokingham you would see Class 165's, Class 166's, Class 450's and class 458's on the North Downs line. During Peak Hours four trains in the morning on the Shepperton Branch line between Twickenham and London where you would see Class 455's, Class 456's, Class 458's and Class 707's. The stations on this line are: London Waterloo, Vauxhall, Queenstown Rd, Clapham Jn, Wandsworth Town, Putney, Barnes, Mortlake, North Sheen, Richmond, St Margret, Twickenham, Whitton, Feltham, Ashford, Staines, Egham, Virginia Water, Longcross, Sunningdale, Ascot, Martins Heron, Bracknell, Wokingham, Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle, Earley and Reading.
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    This route would likely take place in the mid-late 2010's as that is when they implemented semi-fast and fast services.
    Thank you for reading, Whatever my tag on this website is.

    (p.s sorry for any Grammatical issues I kind of failed most of my SPAG tests in English.)
     
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  2. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    I would like to see this route, it hasn't featured in TS previously so would be somewhere completely new to explore. You could add the Windsor branch and maybe the Hounslow loop too, although the station count and mileage would then be getting a bit high. Making this would also allow for SWR/SWT AI services at Clapham Junction, and a Class 455 could be adapted into the Southern version for use on London Commuter/BML also.
     
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  3. anthony.norman2005

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    I really like the sound of this, it sounds more unique and means we end up having a new service
     
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  4. Br425

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    Yesss! The class 455 and 450 in South Western Railway/ South West Trains livery are my favourite English trains!
     
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  5. paintbrushguy

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    Yeah nah, we have enough third rail stuff
     
  6. lucasfor49

    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    Thank you for your opinions! Now I was thinking of adding the Windsor branch and Kingston loop line but as the London to Reading line already has 26 stations it could get a bit buggy if to many stops where added. Also reading this made me forget to Mention LBN services at Clapham Junction and GWE services at Reading.
     
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  7. lucasfor49

    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    Exactly what dose this mean? Most British trains are electrified and they are more easy to make then two rail so there probably will be way more third rail stuff in the future.
     
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  8. paintbrushguy

    paintbrushguy Well-Known Member

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    We have had ECW, SEHS, BKL, BML, and who knows what the next UK route will be. We then only have HS1 and CCL as overhead, and only GWE and sort of WCL as modern diesel
    Edit: add IOW to third rail
     
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  9. trainsimplayer

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    Isle of Wight as well, if we're counting 4th Rail.

    And I'd hardly even count HS1, it's not a conventional line (and also it's the shortest part of the route in terms of time spent, the rest being 3rd Rail) So we've pretty much only got Cathcart.

    And WCL would fit in the BR Diesel Bracket, being before the privatised era.
     
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  10. ARuscoe

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    We have enough passenger stuff, period. Even on routes where there's a decent amount of freight it gets left out

    I presume you'd be wanting some northern or western passenger diesel stuff, so why not suggest specifics?
     
  11. trainsimplayer

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    I mean, in the UK Passenger comes first virtually everywhere. And there is clearly more demand for passenger routes - otherwise the suggestion forums wouldn't be filled with passenger stuff.
     
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  12. ARuscoe

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    Exactly that, so from that, given we get a lot more "third rail stuff" or at least "South East stuff" suggested we should get more routes based on that (apparently)
     
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  13. andrewandjane66

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    One of my local routes so would love to see this, especially with the Windsor branch.
     
  14. seandouglas

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    Not going to lie, I think the Windsor Branch and Hounslow loop lines would be compulsory to make this route really worth it! :P So many different services and so many different trains! I'd start with the 458s and 450s, though if a 707 license can be achieved I'd rather those over the 450s as they were more frequently seen on this line. The 455s would make an excellent DLC add on, adding the Kingston loop services and also able to swap out for any train on the Windsor run or Hounslow loop!
     
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  15. paintbrushguy

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    Or just north modern anything, or literally anywhere else except the southern region and the Rhine valley…
     
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  16. seandouglas

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    I understand and I do agree with you. We've not had much in the North and what's Northern is in BR era. However we've not seen this route in TS and the rolling stock and service patterns are incredibly varied and interesting. It's a "we'd like to see it in the game even if it's a ways away" suggestion, and not necessarily the next UK route, which I think should be set somewhere that's not the South-East
     
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  17. trainhobbydude2022

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    I think this would be great! One of my local lines. I have been on this line countless times and would be brilliant to have in tsw2.
     
  18. opgames

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    I would more prefer it late 2000s or early 2010s to include the SWT class 458/0
     
  19. A Rail Fan From Wokingham

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    It would be the prefect route to tie in the GWE & BML & any future routes out of Victoria and/or Waterloo. You should also include the North Downs Line as part of the route. IMG_20211218_111037.jpg IMG_20211218_113305.jpg IMG_20211218_112130.jpg IMG_20211218_112154.jpg IMG_20211218_160526.jpg
     
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    DTG are based in the old Southern Region of BR.
     
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    Would it be set before or after the Feltham & Wokingham Resignalling Scheme?
     
  22. lucasfor49

    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    Ill admit that's a hard question. I believe both it being and not being in it could have a lot of positives and negatives for the route. I am not sure to be honest it would be DGT or whoever made the routes choice however.
     
  23. paintbrushguy

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    Any chance you could stop necroposting?
     
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  24. A Rail Fan From Wokingham

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    What is necroposting?
     
  25. ARuscoe

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    Going onto an old post and reviving it by commenting "when the post is essentially dead".
    Necro means dead
     
  26. lucasfor49

    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    Dose it exactly matter what other people do? Not like its effecting your life is it?
     
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    See the site rules...
     
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    lucasfor49 Well-Known Member

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    I always forget about that rule lol. I perfectly remember all of them expect for that one.
     
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  29. ethanafro#1375

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    this route would be awesome. the 707 also runs this route and adding the Windsor line would also be awesome as its only about 5 miles and 4 stations
     
  30. ARuscoe

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    Thought they'd all moved to Southeastern?
     
  31. AirbourneAlex

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    About half the fleet is still with SWR until the Class 701 fleet is fully up and running. Instead the Class 456 fleet is off-lease sooner.
     
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