R003

R003
A Class 321 at Benton, bound for Stepford Central.
Route Information
Length	11.35 miles / 18.27 kilometres
Stops	14
Route Type	Regional Two
Minimum Price	300 Points + 90 Experience
Rolling Stock	All Stepford Connect trains
Start Station	Stepford Central
End Station	Leighton City
Operator Code	2Sxx / 2Txx
Depots and Sidings	Stepford Depot (C1) Coxly Station Siding Coxly Bypass Siding Benton TMD Hampton Hargate Siding Leighton Depot

R003 is a Stepford Connect route that runs from Stepford Central to Leighton City. This route runs for 11.35 miles (18.27 kilometres) and takes approximately 23 minutes to complete.

Stepford Central - Leighton City (R003)
Stations	Connections
Stepford Central	Stepford Connect Willowfield Beechley Stepford Victoria
Stepford East	Stepford Connect Stepford UFC Whitefield AirLink Airport Terminal 2 Airport Terminal 3
St Helens Bridge	Stepford Connect Berrily Morganstown AirLink Stepford Airport Central
Angel Pass
Bodin
Coxly
Benton	Stepford Connect Port Benton Waterline Newry Harbour Newry Connolly James Street Morganstown Greenslade Stepford Express Newry Harbour Newry
Benton Bridge	Stepford Connect Stepford Airport Central
Hampton Hargate
Upper Staploe
Water Newton
Rocket Parade
Leighton Stepford Road	AirLink Stepford Airport Central Airport Terminal 3
Leighton City	Stepford Connect Leighton West Edgemead Westwyvern Llyn-by-the-Sea Stepford Express Westwyvern Llyn-by-the-Sea

Trivia

• Before Leighton Stepford Road opened, Stepford Connect trains used to go to Winstree, which was demolished in V1.0.
• This route is featured on the in-game advertisements, with a legacy Class 720 and the text "Stepford to Leighton in under 30 minutes, choose Connect." This route also shared this trait with R024 and R026 added in V1.4. However, the Stepford Express route, R076 (Stepford Central <> Leighton City via Benton), beats this route, at 11 minutes.
• In V1.6, this route no longer terminated on Platform 1 at Leighton Stepford Road, and instead terminated on Platform 2, or Platform 3 if Platform 2 is already occupied. This is likely because of the addition of R037 and R038 in that update, so players can continue their journey to Llyn-by-the-Sea or Westwyvern if they wish.
• This route is one of the few routes that require experience to unlock.
• Prior to V1.8, this route terminated at Leighton Stepford Road and did not call at Upper Staploe.
• It is possible to drive from Stepford Central to Westwyvern if a player owns this route and R038 (Leighton City <> Westwyvern).
• After V1.8.2, this route was driven even less than before as R045 (Stepford Victoria <> Leighton City) was introduced, which is a free route and allows spawning at Beechley Sidings that allows trains to go eastbound without turning around at Stepford Central.
  • The aforementioned route also has 3 extra stops than this route, otherwise it is exactly the same.