Darlington and Middlesbrough

Darlington and Middlesbrough
Description	A simulation of the routes which encompass the birthplace of railways, the Darlington to Stockton line
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2020
Train Operating Company	Northern, Transpennine Express, London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry
Simulation difficulty
Author	Josco
Website	Darlington and Middlesbrough
Route map Saltburn Redcar Yard Redcar Central Redcar Terminal Wilton Terminal East Coast Main Line South Bank Bishop Auckland Tees Dock Shildon Yard Sunderland Shildon Whitby Newton Aycliffe Hartlepool Heighington Middlesbrough Hitachi Works Middlesborough Freight North Road Seaton Carew Darlington Up Sidings Billingham Darlington Workshop Tees New Yard Darlington Thornaby Darlington Down Sidings Stockton Stockton Workshops Tees Yard Darlington Down Loop Dinsdale Teesside Airport Eaglescliffe Allens West Yarm Low Gates Northallerton West Northallerton East Coast Main Line

The original thrust of this simulation was to create routes which covered the Darlington to Stockton line. This has led to the simulation covering:- – Darlington to Middlesbrough (and coastal stations) – East Coast line passing through Darlington and Northallerton stations – York to Redcar/Saltburn via Middlesbrough – Middlesbrough to Newcastle via Hartlepool

There is plenty of freight traffic particularly around the Middlesbrough area but also on the East Coast line.

Timetable

There are two timetables; one mimics a 0000 to 0800 nightshift which is a gentle introduction to the routes. The dayshift timetable covers 0800 to 1600 and is a far greater test of signalling skills. The timetables have been run with over 95% accuracy and they are based on 2020 schedules for the routes.

The timetables also have a number of repair trains sited at different locations throughout the map. This is to allow for a greater signalling challenge should you choose to use the failed trains setting.

All trains have platforming information contained in the train descriptions and again are taken from the real life schedules.

The standard off-peak service pattern is given below:

Darlington and Middlesbrough Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Northern	Saltburn	Darlington	1
		Bishop Auckland	1
	Hexham	Nunthorpe	1
	Middlesborough	Whitby	6tpd
Transpennine Express	Manchester Airport	Redcar Central	1
	Liverpool Lime Street	Edinburgh Waverley	1
London North Eastern Railway	London King's Cross		2
CrossCountry	Plymouth		1
	Reading	Newcastle	1