Eastleigh Area (SWML)

Eastleigh Area (SWML)
Description	The South West Main Line from Michledever to Northam Junction, and the West Coastway Line to Fareham
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2023
Train Operating Company	South Western Railway, CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Southern
Simulation difficulty
Author	SL_Transport2
Website	Eastleigh Area (SWML)
Rolling Stock	Class 158 Class 165 Class 166 Class 220 Class 221 Class 377 Class 444 Class 450
Route map South West Main Line Popham No 1 Tunnel Popham No 2 Tunnel Micheldever Oil Terminal Micheldever Wallers Ash Loops Wallers Ash Tunnel Winchester Baltic Siding Winchester St Cross Tunnel Shawford Eastleigh East Yard North End Romsey & Salisbury Eastleigh East Yard South End Eastleigh Eastleigh Aggregate Siding Southampton Airport Parkway Swaythling Eastleigh TRSMD Hedge End St Denys Botley Adelaide LC Tapnage Tunnel Bitterne Fareham No 1 Tunnel Woolston Fareham No 2 Tunnel Southampton Up Yard Sholing Netley Mount Pleasant LC Hamble Bursledon Northam Depot Hamble Viaduct Swanwick Southampton East Docks Southampton Central Fareham West Coastway Line

This simulation covers the South West Mainline from Micheldever to Northam Junction (just outside of Southampton Central ) as well as the West Coastway line to Fareham and the Eastleigh to Fareham line. There is a good mix of passenger trains (express and commuter) as well as a decent amount of freight trains heading to the Southampton Docks and Eastleigh East Yard.

Timetable

The simulation includes two timetables.

Easter Engineering Works

This timetable represents a weekday during Easter, meaning the line north of Winchester is closed for engineering works. As such, through services from London Waterloo to Weymouth and from Didcot Parkway to Bournemouth are diverted via the West Coastway Line.

Eastleigh Area (SWML) Easter Engineering Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Southern	Southampton Central	Brighton	1
		London Bridge	1
South Western Railway		Portsmouth & Southsea	1
	Salisbury	Romsey	1
	London Waterloo	Weymouth	1
	Winchester		1
		Portsmouth Harbour	1
		Bournemouth	1
CrossCountry	Didcot Parkway		0.5

Various freight trains and engineering trains operate throughout the day.

Normal Weekday Timetable

This timetable represents a normal weekday timetable, with a few special trains added in.

Eastleigh Area (SWML) Weekday Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Southern	Southampton Central	Brighton	1
		London Victoria	1
South Western Railway		Portsmouth & Southsea	1
	Salisbury	Romsey	1
	Winchester	Poole	1
	London Waterloo	Weymouth	2
		rowspan="2" Portsmouth Harbour	1
Great Western Railway	Cardiff Central	1
CrossCountry	Manchester Piccadilly	Bournemouth	0.5

Operational Tips

• Don't run the simulation too fast - things quickly get out of hand.
• This was a temporary timetable and was by no means perfect - trains often get stuck behind each other. So long as they are signalled in the correct order, they should arrive on time as they have plenty of padding.
• Make sure to check train times at junctions such as St Denys and Fareham so that they are routed in the right order.
• Platform numbers are included whenever possible to add realism, but it is not necessary to follow them.
• Check the points before setting routes to ensure they'll set the desired way.
• There are a few odd parliamentary trains in the timetable - make sure to check where these are going.
• Move trains from their entrances as soon as possible, as they enter very frequently sometimes.
• Lower level crossings by setting routes in advance so that trains don't have to wait.
• A session file is included with the automatic routes preset, although in a few cases these may need to be cancelled.

Notes

Not everything is completely realistic, for example, the entrances of Eastleigh East Yard have been made into a one-way system for ease of operation.