Commuter Trains To London | Transport Fever 2 | Race To The North | Episode 6

Hello and welcome Transport Fever 2 series!
It's time for our weekly visit to our "Race To The North" series and as always we've got a heck of a lot to do! We're starting out in Reading where we've been having some issues with the sheer amount of vehicles we've got travelling through the truck station.
We're also going to be having a look at getting the East Coast Mainline up and running, starting with a commuter service up towards Cambridge. Cambridge is a big city and surely there'll be plenty of people who will want to travel into London?
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[@barsboldia77]

Does the thumb nail display as train sim classic for anyone else 🥰

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Ahhhhh yeah I think I’ve messed that up haven’t I 🤣

[@RailwayswithCarly]

@@JoeDobsongaming Sponsored by DTG Lmao

[@jammiedodger7040]

Yes it says Train Sim.

[@jevans84]

Logo was train sim classic but the thumbnail most definitely had a Joe bridge

[@gregorybrett1142]

Hi Joe, there's some standalone bridge support assets in the workshop that you could place under any bridges with unrealistically long spans if it annoys you enough

[@gregorybrett1142]

Might be a good idea to build the part of Stansted Airport to Birmingham crosscountry route between Cambridge and Birmingham via Peterbrough. It would stop Cambridge to Birmingham passengers having to change in London. If you're feeling extra keen you could build a junction in the middle of nowhere where the Cambridge - Birmingham line crosses the Midland mainline and call it Leicester.

[@CGA111]

I strongly recommend the mod "Track design patterns". Among other patterns it has ready-built crossovers. Highly customizable as well.

[@MrBlacky1985]

So, basically, Cambridge gets a mini M24 before London does? Seems legitimate 😂

[@spectacles6936]

If you build multiple terminals in London could you build an underground to connect them all?

[@The_GT1]

An idea. What about a truck route that runs the entire map. Because irl there’s some really long truck routes that run quite along way up and down the country

[@glenjones6980]

My laptop just dies on this map which is a shame as I started at Edinburgh and nailed a real beauty of a goods station that connected to the two factories there plus a large dock (almost correct place for Leith dock but more fluke than judgement), and wangled it to have a turnaround too. I always come undone trying to get the steelworks at Stirling running well then shifting the steel and planks through the central belt to the factories.

[@AdamHinckley]

a good tip that i found from another channel is whatever the place is (e.g coal rate is at 100, then the lines need to be at 100), is to do balance it with the rate of what the place can do, it means that you won't need as many trucks

[@Zei-gamer]

Nice

[@32446]

Nice video Joe keep it up

[@iAaronCasey]

To add the wheat back in if you go to the paint tools the second to last tab is where you will find it, great video again :)

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Ahhhhh I’ll put the farmers wheat back in for them! Cheers for that 😁

[@The_Confused_Stoner]

Great video. 👍 keep it up

[@Tonydoore]

Stick a tree in the corn where you accidentally removed it

[@stationshunter]

Start constructing the commuter service to Reading.

[@CallingAllTP]

I think you should do The southern passenger services next

[@Expired05040]

Joe could you use a curved platform in this series

[@heritagetransport4242]

Change it to London Euston St Pancross Street!

[@roadandrailstudios5216]

You should do a service to Brighton via Hastings next.

[@JoeDobsongaming]

We'll get some South-London passenger services in soon! :D

[@RailwayswithCarly]

You should make Cambridge 8 Platforms, 4 East Bays For trains from London StPankEustCross, 2 Through tracks with tracks inbetween for freight to pass through and 2 Southern bays for trains from Peterborough

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Oh heck that'd be some right infrastructure! :D

[@RailwayswithCarly]

@JoeDobsongaming something to consider aswell it would help congestion in the future

[@levigaming-1]

Cambridge has more platforms for greater anglia thameslink great northern and XC services

[@levigaming-1]

About 8 in total

[@levigaming-1]

And Cambridge north has 3 platforms

[@jonny-simulation-gamer]

commuter services to peterborough

[@JoeDobsongaming]

Yep! That’ll go down well I think, though Peterborough looks a bit smaller than Cambridge