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Overview

AirLink serves as the quick airport rail link between Stepford City or Leighton, and Stepford Airport, delivering passengers to Stepford Airport Central, Airport Terminal 2 and Airport Terminal 3 in 8 minutes. It currently has 7 routes, 2 direct, the 5 others with a flipped stopping pattern.

There's a chance that AirLink resembles the real life Gatwick Express since the livery of Gatwick Express is being used on the newer Next-Generation trains.

The AirLink Headquarters can be found at Berrily.

History of AirLink

2017

AirLink was first proposed back in November 2017, when Charlie_RBX, the Managing Director and founder of SCR, stated in the #announcements channel on Discord that a new line was coming. It was named AirportExpress in the old network plans, and the first train that was going to run on it was the Class 345 Aventra. Many people were excited for the new line. Then later, multiple Class 345 trains started testing on the AirLink mainline. This was a sign that AirLink would be coming soon. People waited until the end of the year, but the new line never came. Another image was posted in #announcements showing two Class 345s at the Stepford Airport Parkway Depot. (A video is available on YouTube of the Class 345's testing.)

Testtrain

A Class 345 test train at St. Helen's Bridge, before the station's renovation.

2018

On the 23rd of September of 2018, an image was posted to the #sneak-peeks channel by the Innovations Director, BanTech. It showed a picture of the new Stepford Central track layout for signal boards at the ROC. In the picture, it showed that platforms 12, 13, 14, and 15 were going to be used. This caused wild speculation among SCR players, stating that AirLink may be coming in V1.1.

Then in December, SCR released an advent calendar with each day as a sneak peek for Version 1.1. On Day 22, it finally happened. In a surprise announcement, they said that a new line, AirLink, was going to be released, with Classes 185 and 802s running on the line. It is unknown why the Class 345 was never released, but it is most likely due to the fact that seven coaches would be too laggy and the Class 345 is a city train and that AirLink only uses express trains.

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2019

Soon after the release of 1.1 on New Years' Eve, more trains were added to the fleet, such the Class 332 and Class 360. In February, the Airport Terminals Were added. In May, AirLink introduced its refurbished 185 with NG technology. The Class 387 was then moved to AirLink from WaterLine in June and also refurbished with NG technology. Not long ago, Airlink got a new logo and a new colour, from yellow to dark orange. Then in September, a new train was added to the fleet: the Class 755 and the line was extended to Leighton Stepford Road to commemorate SCR hitting 5 million visits. Toward the end of September, the Class 802 got a refurbishment to Next Generation technology.

Rolling Stock

The following list represents the current, past, and future fleet of AirLink.

Current

Class Number Maximum Speed Price Number of Coaches Routes Operated On Train Family Date Put Into Service
Class 185 (Next-Gen)
AirLink Class 185 -185292
100 MPH 1500 points 3 or 6 coaches All routes Desiro December

31, 2018

(Next Generation-May 24, 2019)

Class 332
AirLink Class 332
100 MPH 1500 Points 4 or 5 coaches All routes CAF January 25, 2019
Class 360

(Next-Gen)

NG Class 360
100 MPH 1500

Points

4 or 5 coaches All routes Desiro February 1, 2019 (Next Generation-July 20, 2019)
Class 387 (Next-Gen)
387 at Airport Parkway
110 MPH 3000

Points

4 coaches All routes Electrostar June 8, 2019
Class 755 (Next-Gen)
Class 755 5 million visits
100 MPH 2250 points 3 or 4 coaches All routes FLIRT September 16, 2019
Class 802 (Next-Gen)
Unknown-1-0
110 MPH 3000

Points

5 coaches All routes A-Train (Nova 1) December 31, 2018 (Next Generation-September 30, 2019)

Former

Class Number  Maximum Speed Price Number of Coaches Routes Operated on Train Family Date Put into SCR Date Withdrawn From SCR
Class 345 (Legacy-test -train) unknown unbuyable 7 coaches Stepford Town to Airport Loops Aventra unknown unknown

Future

  • No in this moment

Depots

Current

Future

  • No depot has been revealed yet.

Former

  • No depot has closed down yet.

Sidings

Current

Future

  • No New Sidings cormfirmed

Former

  • No siding has been closed yet.

Stations

Current

Future

  • There are no announced stations on AirLink yet.

Former

  • There are no former stations on AirLink.

Routes

You can see the list of all AirLink routes here.

Note

  • It is not suggested that you drive on AirLink if you're trying to earn points since most of the stations are far away from each other and the routes have very few stops.
  • The whereabouts of the Class 345 are unknown.

Trivia

  • The Logo is based off the Gatwick Express Logo as shown here.
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  • AirLink is the only operator that has Express and Stopper Routes.
  • Airlink is the only operator which offers first class onboard.
  • Airlink has the joint fastest speeds, with Connect on the network: 110mph
  • Airlink has the lowest amount of different rolling stock (double, or trains with one extra carriage), which is 5.
  • There are only 12 stops in total that Airlink serve, making it the least amount of stations served by an operator.
  • The scheduled timetable says that Express Trains from Stepford Central don't stop until Airport Central, making this the greatest distance between two scheduled stations.
  • With the exception of the Class 332, all Airlink fleets are Next Generation.
  • Airlink holds the record of the longest train in the game, the double Class 185, having 6 coaches. AirLink also held the record of the longest train ever in the game, the unreleased Class 345, which had 7 coaches.
  • AirLink and Connect are the second 2 operators to share tracks, as of the 16th September 2019 because of the extension to Leighton.
  • This operator and Stepford Connect have many stations in common, except for the airport terminals.
  • Every Airlink route plays the "The Train now approaching Platform x, does not stop here. Please stand back from the Platform edge." message while passing at least 1 station.
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