Top 5 UK routes

[gcookscotland]

Decided a while ago that I prefer UK routes and prefer the passengers scenarios. Curious what people’s top 5 passengers UK routes would be.

[kevin1957]

i like bedford midland mainline,london-brighton,south london,portsmouth,west coast over shap.

[CrazyGecko]

Western Lines of Scotland, Portsmouth, London to Brighton, weardale and teesdale network and west coast mainline.

[Rudolf Jan]

WLOS, Weardale and Teesdale, Woodhead

[Growler]

Anything by Keith M Ross, especially WLOS & WCML-o-S

[Randalehörnchen]

1. Weardale & Teesdale
2. Western Lines of Scotland
3. West Coast Mainline over Shap
4. West Highland Line Extension
5. London to Brighton

[IC125]

The W&T is huge. I've had it a few months now and am only half-way through exploring all the lines and possibilities. There's also a tonne of workshop content for the 08, 25 and 101 that are very good indeed. Definiteky reccomend it for UK content, it will keep you occupied for hours :)

[Broomwagon]

gcook, it does depend quite a bit on what you like - someone who likes running their own steam era branch line freeroams may not be that impressed with a modern mainline and vice-versa.

That said Weardale is good value, lots of scenarios and plenty of interest. Falmouth is a nice little branchline if you want to experiment building your own steam era freeroams. WLOS again very good value. Modern & fast, lots of passenger working - GEML and maybe Wherry lines for no compromise realistic running and attention to detail. Wycombe Joint line or Temsby Port to show just how good lines that cost no money can be too and as others have said West Coast Shap is very good.

[Randalehörnchen]

Originally posted by broomwagon:

Wycombe Joint line or Temsby Port

Both looking great.
Some DLCs missing on my side unfortunately.

[jimoates014]

Enjoying JT's ex GWR network at the moment.

[Broomwagon]

Just posted a couple of screenshots of the Wycombe Joint - which I'm running at the moment. Paradise escaping from modern Northern snowy Britain into GWR nostalgia where it's always summer - cricket bats, warm beer......and all that stuff.

[gcookscotland]

Great info guys, looks like the route that got mentioned the most that I don’t have is WCML over shap.

[JJTimothy]

I have a grand total of six UK routes (seven if you include Hedborough North which is free in the Workshop and worth having if you like pushing wagons around) so it would be a bit daft to pick five. Some thoughts though- the first being wait for a sale.

Far and away my favourite is The Weardale and Teesdale in the '60s perhaps because I live in the area, perhaps because it was my introduction to TS, perhaps because it has the Class 101 which I drove on the Wensleydale Railway. It's not just me though- as you've noticed there are plenty of others who recommend it.

WCML (North) offers fast main line electrics and a few branches and yards to add some variety. It's not great if you like collecting points and gold stars since the Career scenarios are all flawed in some way but it's usually £5 in the sales and worth every penny.

Settle Carlisle is quite old and pretty much an end to end run but it has a good selection of stock including a couple of kettles and (like the W&T) the stark beauty of the landscape is well captured. A good one for just jumping in the cab of something and watching the scenery roll by.

Riviera in the '50s is good if you're into GW steam which I'm not particularly but now I have the Western Hydraulics pack I find it growing on me. I've not had The Woodhead Line long but it looks very promising. ECML North is downright crude by today's standards but I still wouldn't call it a dud and, if you don't already have the European UK Loco's and Assets and/or the US Loco's and Assets it's probably the cheapest way of getting them. I picked it up for £1.79 last year!

Hope this is useful.

[mappy24]

Based on your username you might want to check these out:

Suburban Glasgow[www.suburban-glasgow.org.uk]
Just Trains Scottish East Coast Main Line[www.justtrains.net]
Edinburgh-Glasgow

Also

Chatham Main Line
Isle of Wight

[Bill Paradise]

South London Network.
London to Brighton.
Chatham Mainline.
North London Line.
ECML.

[Chicken Balti]

Hello, don't forget one of the best huge and detailed UK routes ever made for TS and its free, plus updated now and then as the producer adds more detail on sections not yet finished.
Hours of driving time over many sub-routes included.
Best.
http://www.lincs-train-sim.co.uk/index.html