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*This operator gives you 3 routes ([[Routes/R052|R052]], [[Routes/R053|R053]] and [[Routes/R054|R054]]) when you first purchase a train. |
*This operator gives you 3 routes ([[Routes/R052|R052]], [[Routes/R053|R053]] and [[Routes/R054|R054]]) when you first purchase a train. |
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*This operator has the only train with the top speed of 125mph that is not a [[Stepford Express]] train; Class 802. |
*This operator has the only train with the top speed of 125mph that is not a [[Stepford Express]] train; Class 802. |
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− | *Even though [[Morganstown Siding]] is on tracks used by AirLink, no AirLink service can spawn there, likely because [[Stepford Airport Parkway Depot]] is just a bit further away and can spawn trains to [[Leighton Stepford Road]]. The |
+ | *Even though [[Morganstown Siding]] is on tracks used by AirLink, no AirLink service can spawn there, likely because [[Stepford Airport Parkway Depot]] is just a bit further away and can spawn trains to [[Leighton Stepford Road]]. The siding is also too short for most Airlink trains to use it. Currently, only [[Waterline]] [[Routes/R015|shuttle]] services can use it. |
*AirLink has had the most logo changes at three. It is also the only operator with a phase 3 livery. |
*AirLink has had the most logo changes at three. It is also the only operator with a phase 3 livery. |
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*This is the first operator with a train that was remade in Blender; the [[Class 802]]. |
*This is the first operator with a train that was remade in Blender; the [[Class 802]]. |
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Overview
AirLink operates rail services from Stepford Central and Leighton to Stepford Airport, linking Berrily and Morganstown along the way. A full journey on the mainline, which runs from Stepford Central to Stepford Airport Central, takes about eight minutes non-stop.
The route is classified as semi-high-speed rail, but it is also considered (and is) an airport rail link. The trains on this route reach an average maximum speed of 100 miles per hour, with the exception of the Class 802, which can achieve 125 miles per hour and the Class 387, which can achieve 110 miles per hour. Trains commonly run at top speed on the journey between the airport and the city.
2017
- In November 2017, plans were announced to open a new route named AirExpress linking Stepford City and Stepford Airport.
- On 13th December, for the first time, a Class 345 unit was used for a public test run of the route under the name AirLink.
2018
- Throughout December 2018, plans for the opening of the route were revealed, with Class 185 and Class 802 units as the rolling stock.
- Services commenced on 31st December with various routes running between Stepford Central and Stepford Airport Central, with the extension to the airport terminals being confirmed as well.
2019
- In February, Airport Terminals 1, 2, and 3 opened for service.
- In May, AirLink received its first Next Generation fleet upgrade with the Class 185's.
- The Class 387's were then moved to AirLink from Waterline, having been upgraded similarly to the Class 185.
- AirLink soon received a new logo and a new colour scheme, from yellow to orange.
- In July, Class 360's received the Next Generation upgrade.
- In September, the Class 755's were introduced and services extended to Leighton Stepford Road to commemorate SCR hitting 5 million visits. Toward the end of September, the Class 802's were upgraded to Next Generation.
- AirLink celebrated its first anniversary on 31 December 2019, the day Version 1.1 was released a year prior. Since then, the line has not received any further upgrades, and the entire AirLink network seemed like it was completed and no further line extensions were anticipated.
2020
- In V1.4.3, Next Generation Class 332 was released, which as a result made the whole AirLink fleet become Next Generation. On March 18, Stepford Central received its second upgrade of the year, the first being in V1.4.1, which gave it a more modern appearance. This upgrade added an uncompleted lounge near the AirLink platforms, supposedly for first class passengers.
- On the 11th of August, a second rebrand of AirLink was sneak peeked, with a completely remodelled Class 802 in a new livery, with an orange and white livery.
- On the 21st of August, the rebranded AirLink Class 802 was released to the public with its brother units Class 801 is yet to be finished being upgraded.
- On the 14th of September, a remodelled Class 387 was sneak peeked with the same upgraded livery as the Class 802 with a NGv3 rebuild. The Class 377 was also shown in the sneak peek.
- On the 29th of October, the remodelled Class 387 was released into the game alongside its brother unit, the Class 377. The Class 802's speed was upgraded from 110 mph to 125 mph in SCR Version 1.7.0
2021
- On the 1st of January, the Class 185 and Class 360 received their new AirLink livery, Stepford Airport Parkway TMD has been updated, Class 332 has a new door opening sound and the Class 387 has their new horn.
Rolling Stock
The following list represents the current, past, and future fleet of AirLink.
Current
Class Number | Image | Top Speed
(mph) |
Price
(Points) |
Carriages | Manufacturer | Train Family | Date Put Into Service | Date converted to NG | Routes Operated On |
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Class 185 | 100 | 1500 |
3 (Single) 6 (Double) |
Siemens | Desiro | December 31, 2018 | May 24, 2019 | ||
Class 332 | 1500 | 4 (/0)
5 (/1) |
Siemens and CAF | N/A | January 25, 2019 | March 11, 2020 | |||
Class 360 | 4 (/1)
5 (/2) |
Siemens | Desiro | February 1st 2019 | July 20, 2019 | ||||
Class 387 | 110 | 3000 | 4 | Bombardier | Electrostar | 8th June 2019 | |||
Class 755 | 100 | 2250 | 3 (/3)
4 (/4) |
Stadler | FLIRT | September 16, 2019 | |||
Class 802 | 125 | 3000 | 5 | Hitachi | A-Train | December 31, 2018 | September 30, 2019 | ||
Future
- None at the moment.
Former
Class Number | Image | Top Speed
(mph) |
Price | Carriages | Manufacturer | Train Family | Date Put into SCR | Date Withdrawn From SCR | Routes Operated on |
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Class 345 | 90 | N/A | 7 | Bombardier | Aventra | 13th December 2017 | Unknown | Stepford Town (Stepford Central) <> Airport Terminals | |
Depots
Current
Future
- No future AirLink depot has been revealed yet.
Former
- No AirLink depot has been closed yet.
Sidings
Current
Future
- No new AirLink siding has been revealed yet.
Former
- No AirLink siding has been closed yet.
Stations
Current
- Stepford Central (♿︎)
- Stepford East (♿︎)
- St Helens Bridge (♿︎)
- Elsemere Junction (♿︎)
- Berrily (Eastbound journeys only)
- Morganstown (♿︎)
- Stepford Airport Parkway
- Stepford Airport Central (♿︎)
- Airport Terminal 1 (♿︎, journeys to Terminal 2 only)
- Airport Terminal 2 (♿︎)
- Airport Terminal 3 (♿︎)
- Leighton Stepford Road (♿︎)
Future
- There are no announced stations on AirLink yet.
Former
- There are no former stations on AirLink.
Routes
Trivia
- The second logo and livery are based off Gatwick Express. The first livery on the Class 185 was also commonly mistaken with the Stepford Connect Class 185.
- Between V1.1 and V1.4, AirLink was the only franchise of the two in the game (Connect and Waterline were both part of the Connect franchise prior to V1.5) that had express and stopper routes. However, Stepford Express now shares this trait after its addition in the 1.4 update.
- The scheduled timetable on routes R051 and R052 says that express trains from Stepford Central don't stop until Airport Central, which is around 7.16 miles. This was once the greatest distance between two scheduled stations, until V1.7 when Express route R081 was launched, which has an 11.37 miles distance between Leighton Stepford Road and Llyn-by-the-Sea.
- AirLink was the first operator to have all paper/legacy trains converted to Next Generation. Stepford Express doesn’t count because its trains were already Next Generation from the start.
- AirLink ties the record of the longest train in the game, the double Class 185, having 6 coaches. The other train is the Class 43 on Stepford Express if you count the locomotives. AirLink also holds the record of the longest train ever in the game (including testing and unreleased trains), the unreleased Class 345, which had 7 coaches.
- AirLink does not use the 2xxx headcode, as there are no stopping routes on the line.
- AirLink and Connect are the second 2 operators to share tracks, as of the 16th of September 2019 because of the extension to Leighton Stepford Road.
- AirLink also uses the Stepford Express tracks to Leighton Stepford Road for trains to Leighton Stepford Road and terminate at the same platforms as Stepford Express and Stepford Connect at Leighton Stepford Road (only when Platform 1 has a train on it).
- This operator and Stepford Connect have many stations in common, except for the airport terminals.
- Every AirLink route passes at least one station’s platforms that are in use.
- On AirLink's old map, St Helens Bridge was written as St Helen's Bridge. This was fixed when AirLink got a new map with Version 1.7.
- If you zoom out at T1, T2 or T3, you can see an actual airport.
- It is believed that during 2017, AirLink used to be called "AirExpress", evident from old announcements in the Discord server.
- Ironically, AirLink's HQ can be found at their least used station, which is Berrily.
- This is the first operator to feature First Class sections in trains, followed by Stepford Express.
- Strangely, Leighton Stepford Road was not shown in the selection of spawn locations of AirLink for passengers. They would have to choose either Connect or Express to spawn there. This was fixed in Version 1.7.
- Stepford Airport Central, Stepford Airport Parkway, Airport Terminal 1, Airport Terminal 2, Airport Terminal 3 and Elsemere Junction are operated by AirLink.
- Berrily is the only station on the whole of AirLink that is not step-free accessible.
- Before SCR Version 1.7, AirLink trains used to have nonstop platforms at East Berrily and Beaulieu Park with signs that said TRAINS DO NOT STOP HERE. These platforms no longer exist when these stations were upgraded.
- The most plausible reason why AirLink does not serve the route from Stepford Central to Leighton Stepford Road even though there are tracks at Morganstown for this purpose, is because if this happened, this route will not serve the Airport Zone and it defeats the purpose of AirLink as a whole.
- However, Stepford Express and Stepford Connect run this service regularly, using the route via Benton instead of Morganstown.
- Stepford Express uses these tracks since it was extended to Morganstown, which made this station the fourth interchange between AirLink and Stepford Express.
- This operator gives you 3 routes (R052, R053 and R054) when you first purchase a train.
- This operator has the only train with the top speed of 125mph that is not a Stepford Express train; Class 802.
- Even though Morganstown Siding is on tracks used by AirLink, no AirLink service can spawn there, likely because Stepford Airport Parkway Depot is just a bit further away and can spawn trains to Leighton Stepford Road. The siding is also too short for most Airlink trains to use it. Currently, only Waterline shuttle services can use it.
- AirLink has had the most logo changes at three. It is also the only operator with a phase 3 livery.
- This is the first operator with a train that was remade in Blender; the Class 802.
- All AirLink routes go in the Airport Zone.
- AirLink has the most routes in which all the stations are step-free (R051, R052, R053, R056, R057). Currently, AirLink and Stepford Express are the only operators which have routes with only step-free stops.
- The new AirLink logo is based off of the Academy Logo from Train Simulator.
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