Train Simulator Classic | Class 450 | Portsmouth Direct v1.4 | Alton Branch To Woking

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Hello and welcome to Train Simulator Classic!
We're back on the fabulous Portsmouth Direct Line v1.4 today where we're going to be taking a drive on a section of the route which was brand new in the v1.4 update. The Alton Branch is going to add approximately 40 minutes of driving onto the Portsmouth Direct line and adds stations such as Alton (obviously), Aldershot and Farnham.
It's a really well done section of line and I have to say, it's an absolute pleasure to drive. It features relatively fast sections of track, as well as some hellfire single line working. The stations are nicely modelled and for a free addon, it's fantastic!
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  • @YBZGTrainSim
    @YBZGTrainSim Жыл бұрын

    Hiya Joe, another great video showcasing my route! Much appreciated. I'll now take the time to comment on some of the things said in the video, and answer some of your questions. - Firstly, between Alton and Bentley, you went passed some sidings just after the section with the very close trees. These sidings are the now disused Holybourne Oil Terminal. The oil works were closed in 2016. There are some great videos online of EWS Class 66s hauling TEA wagons to/from Fawley Esso in Southampton (also now disused.). These 66s would travel via the Portsmouth Direct Line, branch of at Guildford onto the North Downs Line (included in this route) before joining onto the Alton line. The 66 would perform a run-around manoeuvre at Alton and reverse the wagons into Holybourne. This makes for very interesting scenario potential in the route. - Between Farnham and Aldershot you drove around that sharp bend at 30mph. The railway was not always built this way. Originally, the line would've carried straight on and merged into the North Downs Line between Ash and Wanborough. I believe there was also a branch on this line to get to some now demolished industry in Aldershot's industrial zone. As a result, the big sharp left turn towards Aldershot station was originally a branch off of the line previously mentioned, hence is slow speed. This line is now the mainline but the curve remains the same as it has been since construction. Also, that funny signal you saw just after Farnham, is indeed like that in real life. - Just after that, you spoke about having heard about Aldershot before. This may have been because Aldershot used to be a major military town. In fact, it still holds a lot of it's military presence. Last week, SWR operated a special train service with the headcode 1Z33 that was used to transport troops from Aldershot to London to rehearse for the Coronation. There are some good videos/pictures on Twitter of just how packed the platform is: twitter.com/BenABrittain/status/1653667574452715520 - You'd be very correct about Aldershot (which is indeed my local) being a terminus for some services. A good example of this is the Aldershot-Ascot service, which pulled into Aldershot platform 3 during your stop there in the scenario. This service runs every 30 minutes and curves off just after Ash Vale towards Ascot via Frimley. Additionally, in peak times, SWR run some Waterloo-Aldershot services. One of which goes via the South Western Mainline through Woking, terminates at Aldershot and then goes into Farnham C.S.D for the evening. There is actually a great scenario on ATS for this service: alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/cb-2a95-1802-london-waterloo-aldershot/. The other of which goes via Ascot and is formed of two Class 458s. This service would join onto the Alton line at Ash Vale. These 458s also then go into Farnham C.S.D for the evening and form a service to Waterloo in the morning, also via Ascot. - The Aventras that South Western Railway have ordered are Class 701s. The Class 701s have been nothing short of an embarrassment. They were originally due to enter service in 2019, but this was delayed due to COVID. The first unit wasn't delivered to South Western Railway until 2020. Ever since then, SWR have received many more deliveries, of both the /0 and /5 variants (the /5s are only 5 carriages, unlike that /0s that are 10). The Class 701 has since been plagued with issues such as the drivers door not working, the windscreen wiper being obstructing and having to be moved, they've also had software issues. Oh, and to top it all of, some of them have major electrical issues. For example, a couple months ago, while a specific 701 unit was on test (not sure which one), the earth wire wasn't done properly and a passenger table had 750v running through it - a fault that would've been fatal had it been in passenger service. SWR now have all their depots (Bournemouth, Eastleigh, Farnham, Wimbledon, Clapham Junction, and others) full up. Even some sidings such as Wokingham (the 701 there was heavily graffitied) and Portsmouth & Southsea have had 701s in them at times. As a result, SWR are sending some 701s up to Long Marston for storage, as they simply don't have enough space to store them all. Bare in mind that not all of them have even been delivered yet. - Finally, between Ash Vale and Brookwood you go over Pirbright Junction. This is the junction that connects the Alton line to the South Western Mainline, which goes to places like Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Bournemouth, Weymouth etc. Farnborough isn't a major stop on the line but still gets the Waterloo-Basingstoke service every 30 minutes and the Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke service every 60 minutes. Anyways, if you've made it this far through the comment then fair play, I don't like reading long comments myself haha. Thanks again for making another great video showcasing my route. Take care now. Zain. Oh and one more thing, this scenario doesn't come with the route. The scenario can be found here: alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/2a68-1915-alton-to-london-waterloo/

  • @airspeed_alive

    @airspeed_alive

    Жыл бұрын

  • @emmastickland9301

    @emmastickland9301

    Жыл бұрын

    hi YBZG i am from fleet and was wondering if fleet station was in this add on because thats on the main route from waterloo to basingstoke

  • @damianc.0.681

    @damianc.0.681

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emmastickland9301 I think that is SWML not PDL so I don’t think so

  • @YBZGTrainSim

    @YBZGTrainSim

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emmastickland9301 Not currently in the route but might be included in future extensions.

  • @airspeed_alive
    @airspeed_alive Жыл бұрын

    Great vid, great route! Agree on RWE I cant play without it!

  • @sweatybandit0
    @sweatybandit0 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Those signal 'sticks' on an arm are quite common down this way. You should definitely give the South a visit and roam the rails down here.

  • @ad_transport
    @ad_transport Жыл бұрын

    The line is looking very nice indeed, bit of a shame that there was no detail on the mid-hants railway platforms or sidings at Alton but still a good route. Great video as always!

  • @32446
    @32446 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, Joe

  • @little3656
    @little3656 Жыл бұрын

    Loving the TS content!

  • @adamshaw2932
    @adamshaw2932 Жыл бұрын

    You might have heard of Aldershot from the bus side of things, there was a fairly large bus company called Aldershot & District, which went on to become Alder Valley under the NBC and its not at all direct descendant is Stagecoach Hants & Surrey!

  • @TheWolfPack101
    @TheWolfPack101 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure if you noticed. But you missed a Whistle Borad entering Bentley. For reference it's the white circle board on the side that has a W in the middle of it. Also. I've seen on the SWML a 12 car 450 with all three variants of livery. South West Trains, South West Trains(With SWR logos) and South Western Railway. Another point I'd like to see at alton would be maybe AI traffic coming into platform 3 from The Watercress Railway.

  • @funnygallie7863
    @funnygallie7863Ай бұрын

    As as route dev I will see what I can do with Calder valley!

  • @JRblx-tv6yd
    @JRblx-tv6yd Жыл бұрын

    Aldershot is a terminus from London waterloo

  • @haripeterson1063
    @haripeterson1063 Жыл бұрын

    Would love to know how to download this, have tried and didn't work. Any ideas, maybe a video explaining this particular download?

  • @donovankloster1072
    @donovankloster1072 Жыл бұрын

    I would love if DTG made Portsmouth direct line London Waterloo-Portsmouth harbor and Alton in TSW-3?.🤔🌟😸😎

  • @rhyssssssss
    @rhyssssssss Жыл бұрын

    I am a local on this line they run 12 cars in rush hour but without rush hour its 8

  • @bradleysinfield1261
    @bradleysinfield12618 ай бұрын

    hi might be a stupid question but how do you download it, i have had troubles doing it

  • @Robert-tp1gw
    @Robert-tp1gw2 ай бұрын

    I bought the class 450 btu I’m not sure how to download it.

  • @TheTrueMint
    @TheTrueMint Жыл бұрын

    How do you make the graphics better and have better fps?

  • @Artomotive
    @Artomotive Жыл бұрын

    How do you make your game look so good?

  • @fernandomonramos1129
    @fernandomonramos11299 ай бұрын

    You like train classic more then world

  • @bb-3653
    @bb-3653 Жыл бұрын

    Joe how do you get your graphics to look like that, on my pc ybe stats are maxed with regard to train sims graphics . At least it seems that way

  • @damianc.0.681

    @damianc.0.681

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it is RWE

  • @damianc.0.681

    @damianc.0.681

    Жыл бұрын

    Also it might be in your train sim classic settings, make sure your resolution is more than 560P

  • @bb-3653

    @bb-3653

    Жыл бұрын

    @@damianc.0.681 it's the highesg atm. But mine still isn't as crisp as his, and also enlighten me, what Is RWE

  • @emergency_999_response
    @emergency_999_response Жыл бұрын

    I’m from basingstoke Can you do a basingstoke route?

  • @emergency_999_response

    @emergency_999_response

    Жыл бұрын

    With the 444 to London Waterloo or Southampton central

  • @smartyflxsh4087
    @smartyflxsh4087 Жыл бұрын

    What graphics settings do you use

  • @AbdulTazimChowdhury
    @AbdulTazimChowdhury2 ай бұрын

    Available for Train Simulator 2024?

  • @Speedy23322
    @Speedy233229 күн бұрын

    I think the reason SWT turned into SWR is because of the fact that it may be copying EMR

  • @ecr216
    @ecr216 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone recommend RW Enhancer 2?

  • @YBZGTrainSim

    @YBZGTrainSim

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes definitely. It takes a while to get the settings to how you'd like them but I use a preset I like a lot.

  • @ecr216

    @ecr216

    Жыл бұрын

    @@YBZGTrainSim where do you find pre sets?

  • @yourlocaltrainenthusiast
    @yourlocaltrainenthusiast Жыл бұрын

    i live down with the 450s and I Prefer the old swt livery all day long

  • @annorton5825
    @annorton5825 Жыл бұрын

    Pedro Pony meant to be two packs for bus simulator 2021 you got a school bus one and definitely I do know you can pick up kids and another packet have free buses in I can't remember but now got a school one with you can pick up school passengers and isn't back for it

  • @kptvfilmsofficial
    @kptvfilmsofficial Жыл бұрын

    Please tell me how you get such good FPS I have a 30 series surely I can get over 30 fps pls help

  • @militarybandsOP

    @militarybandsOP

    Жыл бұрын

    If you have a Gpu, windows might not be using it for train sim and will instead use your cpu. I’ve had issues with fps and when I changed it so Ts will use my Gpu, it improved it by a lot.

  • @militarybandsOP

    @militarybandsOP

    Жыл бұрын

    Just realised I haven’t told you how to do so go to settings system>Display>Graphics then find railworks64 and change it to high performance

  • @kptvfilmsofficial

    @kptvfilmsofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    @@militarybandsOP it uses like a small amount of my gpu when i play instead of the full thing

  • @militarybandsOP

    @militarybandsOP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kptvfilmsofficial what’s your Gpu?

  • @kptvfilmsofficial

    @kptvfilmsofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    @@militarybandsOP RX6600 XT 12GB

  • @jonny-simulation-gamer
    @jonny-simulation-gamer Жыл бұрын

    im EMT/SWT that EMR/SWR

  • @danielward7935
    @danielward7935 Жыл бұрын

    Southwest trains all the way they are better than swr in every way.

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