Port Benton is a terminus and through station in the Benton Zone. It is served by Stepford Connect services to Willowfield, Stepford Victoria, Stepford Central and St Helens Bridge; and Waterline services to Newry, Benton, Morganstown and Greenslade.
Track & Platform Layout[]
-] Terminus
<< >> Passing Service Direction
| Platforms/Tracks | Services/Use |
|---|---|
| 1 | Waterline services to Morganstown and Greenslade |
| >> | |
| << | Waterline services to Newry and Benton |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Terminating, Stepford Connect services to Willowfield, Stepford Victoria, Stepford Central and St Helens Bridge |
| -] / >> |
-] Terminus
<< >> Passing Service Direction
| Platforms/Tracks | Services/Use |
|---|---|
| 1 | Passing Stepford Express services to Leighton City and Llyn-by-the-Sea |
| >> | |
| << | Passing Stepford Express services to Newry Harbour, Newry and Benton |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| -] / >> |
Services[]
| Platform(s) | Previous station | Route | Next station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benton |  R010 R013 |
Morganstown Docks |
| R015 | |||
| 2 | Morganstown Docks | R010 |
Benton |
| R013 R015 | |||
| 3 | Benton |  R002 |
Terminus (Benton via loop) |
| R006 | |||
| R032 | |||
| R047 |
Station Announcements[]
Platform
Stepford Connect
Waterline
AirLink & Stepford Express
Trivia[]
- With a gap of 0.17 miles or 274 metres, Port Benton and Morganstown Docks are the two closest stations across all Waterline routes and across the whole SCR network.
- Because of the short distance between this station and Morganstown Docks, there isn't enough time to play "The next station is" announcement between these stations.
- Before Waterline services started calling here, Port Benton only had one Platform that was isolated from the rest of the line. This made it the smallest station in the game until the Waterline services opened. Currently, the smallest stations are Leighton West and Airport Terminal 1.
- Port Benton, Airport Terminal 2 and Morganstown are the only stations where dispatchers can dispatch Stepford Connect and Waterline services at the same time.
- This is one of six interchanges between Waterline and Stepford Connect. The other four are Benton, Airport West/Stepford Airport Parkway, Beaulieu Park/Whitney Green, Morganstown and Airport Terminal 2.
- If the players want to, they can walk from Port Benton to Morganstown Docks via road. Before V1.7 was released, players could also walk to Benton, Benton Bridge and Cambridge Street Parkway by road. When V1.7 was released, it saw the redevelopment of the surrounding Benton area, which included Port Benton being cut off from said stations.
- It is possible to get off a Waterline train from this station, run to Morganstown Docks and catch the same train due to the short distance.
- This station is the only Waterline station that is operated by Stepford Connect.[note 1]
- Before V1.5, Waterline was a subfranchise of Stepford Connect, and all signs were dark blue with the Connect logo. However, this station had white signs, which suggested that this station is "more Stepford Connect (Connect) than Waterline". When spawned as a Dispatcher, the player would wear the Connect uniform.
- Before V1.8, the loop line from Port Benton to Benton used by Stepford Connect trains was overgrown. It was removed in V1.8 as Port Benton received a revamp.
- Tramlink was also overgrown in Whitney Green, but it is not driveable.
- Both stations also have old speed limit signs that seem to date back to the days of British Rail.
- These signs were removed in V1.9 as they received a new model.
- Tramlink was also overgrown in Whitney Green, but it is not driveable.
- This station used to be a step-free access station but only either between the station entrance to Platform 1, or interchange between Platform 2 and 3 only, as stair access was required for the footbridge connecting Platform 1 (and the station entrance as well) with the other two platforms.
- After the overhaul in V1.8, the footbridge is now equipped with lifts, which means this station now has full step-free access.
- Before V1.7, Port Benton was not near any port. After the aforementioned update, Port Benton serves a major port with many container ships on the River Ben.
- Charlie_RBX previewed this station rebuilt on the 17th October 2021, evident of the surroundings. The Waterline variant of the NGv3 Class 730 was also revealed.
- Before the overhaul in V1.8, this station did not have a concourse. The main entrance was only a doorway to Platform 1.
- After the V1.8 update, Platforms 2 and 3 swapped purpose and direction. Previously, Platform 2 was the Stepford Connect terminating platform, and Platform 3 was for Waterline westbound services.
- There is actually a small section of track after Platform 2 that branches on to the Stepford Connect westbound platforms at Benton. With this in mind, it is possible for a Waterline train to go all the way from Greenslade or Morganstown to the Stepford City Zone via Benton. This also allows Stepford Connect trains to continue on that section of track to Morganstown. The former will most likely never be materialised but the former has a chance to be, evident from the tracks to Stepford Connect platforms from the Morganstown Flyover at Morganstown.
- This station is the only station to be part of a loop.
- This station is the only terminal station to not have trains swap ends after continuing the same route[note 2], Airport Terminal 2 also formerly had this feature, but was removed along with the airport loop.
- Upon the release of V1.10, there was a bug where drivers who terminated at Port Benton were not able to continue schedule, as the passengers loading notice box was stuck at loading complete.
- This was fixed in V1.10.3.
- This station shares the headcode "P" with Stepford Airport Parkway.
Notes[]
- ↑ Benton and Morganstown are operated by Transport For Stepford and Airport Terminal 2 is operated by AirLink.
- ↑ Leighton City and Edgemead does not count as it requires changing routes.
Gallery[]
A legacy Class 357 terminating at Platform 2
Old Entrance View (with the old Connect signage)
Old Platform View 1 (with the old Connect signage)
Old Platform View 2 (with the old Connect signage)
Old Platform View 3 (with the old Connect signage)
Old Platform View 4 (with the old Connect signage)
Old Overpass View 1 (with the old Connect signage)
Old Overpass View 2 (with the old Connect signage)
Port Benton (Port)
Port Benton (Port)
Old Entrance View (with the new Stepford Connect signage)
Old Platform View 1 (with the new Stepford Connect signage)
Old Platform View 2 (with the new Stepford Connect signage)
Sneak peek of the overhauled station, revealed on 17 October 2021
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