Wembley Main Line V1.0

Wembley Main Line V1.0
Description	This is a simulation area covering the West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Watford Junction (excl.)
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2023
Train Operating Company	Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, London Overground, Southern, Caledonian Sleeper
Simulation difficulty
Author	Csaba
Website	Wembley Main Line V1.0
Rolling Stock	Class 221 Class 350 Class 377 Class 378 Class 390 Class 710 Class 92 + 16*Mk5
Route map West Coast Main Line Harrow & Wealdstone North Wembley Junction Wembley Central Wembley Loco Sidings Wembley Receptions Wembley Yard South Junction Wembley 'C' Sidings (LOROL) Wembley South Sidings Wembley Carriage Shed Willesden Royal Mail Terminal Wembley 'F' Sidings Willesden Diveunder RMT Throat Brent Sidings Richmond North London Line Richmond Willesden Euroterminal Mitre Bridge Junction Mitre Bridge Level Crossing Willesden TMD Willesden Junction Clapham Junction Kensal Green Tunnels Queen's Park Kilburn Loop Watford DC Lines Primrose Hill Tunnels Camden Flyover Primrose Hill Camden Carriage Sidings Camden Road Camden South Junction Park Street Tunnels Euston Diveunder Euston Up Sidings Euston Throat London Euston

This is a simulation area featuring the West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Watford Jn (excl.) with a few miles of some branch lines.

The layout, signal numbers, distances and line speeds were taken from the maps of https://www.opentraintimes.com/, as well as from Network Rail’s National Sectional Appendices.

Timetable

A full 24-hour timetable is included based on a Monday in November 2023, capturing all passenger, ECS, departmental and freight services, as well as light engine movements.

The off peak service frequency is as below.

Wembley Main Line V1.0 Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Southern	East Croydon	Watford Junction	1
London Overground	London Euston		4
London Northwestern Railway		Tring	2
		Milton Keynes Central	2
		Crewe	1
		Birmingham New Street	2
Avanti West Coast			1
		Liverpool Lime Street	1
		Manchester Piccadilly	3
		Glasgow Central	1.5
		Edinburgh Waverley	0.5
		Blackpool North	3tpd
		Holyhead	Irregular

The timetable is relatively quiet in the first few hours, which enables the user to familiarize themselves with the layout. Later in the morning, it gets very serious; train movements are frequent with a lot of conflicting routes. It is advised to turn down the simulation speed to cope.