TS: WCML Trent Valley

## Description

### Steam Store Description

From the celebrated studio of Thomson Interactive comes the new WCML Trent
Valley route for Train Simulator, part of the UK’s busiest rail route
connecting London and Scotland.

Completed in 1847, the Trent Valley Line now forms part of the West Coast Main
Line (WCML), which runs from London Euston to Glasgow. Central to the WCML is
its 399-mile (642 km)-long core section between London Euston and Glasgow
Central[1] with principal InterCity stations at Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan,
Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith and Carlisle. The length of the WCML’s
main core section is nominally quoted as being 401.25 miles (645.7 km). The
basis of this measurement is taken as being the distance between the midpoint
of Platform 18 of London Euston to that of Platform 1 of Glasgow Central, and
has historically been the distance used in official calculations during speed
record attempts.

The line was electrified during the 1960s and after subsequent upgrade
programmes, now features a mixture of Mk1 and UK1 catenary equipment. Much of
the line has a maximum speed of 125mph (201km/h) meaning Class 390 Pendolinos
and Class 221 ‘Super Voyagers’ can make the journey in a little over five
hours. It is also one of the busiest freight routes in Europe, carrying more
than 40% of all UK rail freight traffic.

The Trent Valley Line was opened in 1847 to give a more direct route from
London to the North West of England, bypassing the existing route via
Birmingham built by the Grand Junction Railway and the London and Birmingham
Railway a decade earlier.

Connecting the towns of Rugby, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Polesworth, Tamworth.
Lichfield Trent Valley, Rugeley Trent Valley and Stafford, the line follows
its namesake, the River Trent, and criss-crossing the Oxford, Coventry, and
Trent and Mersey Canals along the way.

The line was electrified in the 1960s and was primarily four-track along the
60 mile distance. However, prior to 2004, the line had an 11 mile (18 km)
section of track between Tamworth and Armitage that was only double track. A
programme of engineering works upgraded the full line to four tracks, allowing
more train capacity on this busy route.

The 60 mile (96km) WCML Trent Valley route from Thomson Interactive is set in
the present day with full overhead electrification, from Stafford to Daventry
International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT).

Also included is a Class 66 diesel locomotive in DRS livery, multimodal
freight wagons and a Class 350 Desiro EMU.

## Scenarios

10 scenarios for the route:

* Class 350: Down Limited

* Class 350: Down Polesworth

* Class 350: Down Stopping

* Class 350: Up Limited

* Class 350: Up Stopping

* Class 66: Every Second Counts

* Class 66: Stock Move 1

* Class 66: Stock Move 2

* Class 66: Strike a Chord

* Class 66: Wintermodal

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## Key Features

* 60 mile (96km) WCML Trent Valley route from Stafford to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal

* Class 66 diesel locomotive in DRS livery

* Class 350 Desiro EMU

* Multimodal freight wagons

* Extensive catenary system modelling with more than 200 new assets

* Large DIRFT rail freight terminal

* Diversionary track flyovers at Rugby and Nuneaton

* Platform LED train information signs and LED night lighting at junctions

* Functioning neutral sections in overhead catenary

* On-board train announcements

* Scenarios for the route

* Quick Drive compatible

* Download size: 1,341mb

TS: WCML Trent Valley