R004

R004
A Class 380 at Edgemead, starting its service to St Helens Bridge.
Route Information
Length	11.1 miles / 17.8 kilometres
Stops	10
Route Type	Regional One
Minimum Price	450 Points + 90 Experience (after purchasing R003)
Rolling Stock	All Stepford Connect trains
Start Station	St Helens Bridge
End Station	Edgemead
Operator Code	1Ixx / 1Exx
Depots and Sidings	Coxly Station Siding Coxly Bypass Siding Benton Depot Hampton Hargate Siding Leighton Depot Faymere Green TMD (NB only)

R004 is a Stepford Connect route that runs from St Helens Bridge to Edgemead. This route can be obtained for 450 Points after purchasing R003 (Stepford Central <> Leighton City) and takes approximately 19 minutes to complete.

St Helens Bridge - Edgemead (R004)
Stations	Connections
St Helens Bridge	Stepford Connect Willowfield Beechley Stepford Victoria Stepford Central AirLink Stepford Central Stepford Airport Central Stepford Express Stepford Central
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
Water Newton
Leighton Stepford Road	AirLink Stepford Airport Central Airport Terminal 3
Leighton City	Stepford Connect Leighton West
Edgemead	Stepford Connect Westwyvern Llyn-by-the-Sea Stepford Express Westwyvern Llyn-by-the-Sea

History

• This route was added in The Big Update when Leighton City opened, and originally ran between there and St Helens Bridge, and called at Angel Pass. In V1.1, when Angel Pass got a new passing line and the Stepford Main Line was extended to Edgemead, this route started to skip Angel Pass and was extended to Edgemead.
• This route was not given to the Legacy Class 68, but when it was upgraded to Next Generation, it was able to use this route besides going all the way from Edgemead to Stepford Victoria.
• This is the first limited-stopping Stepford Connect route, as it has never stopped at Rocket Parade.
• In V1.7.2, Edgemead Siding on the route was replaced by Faymere Green Northbound Depot, heading north towards Edgemead to do the whole route immediately instead of entering Edgemead and turning around.

Trivia

• This route has Faymere Green Northbound Depot as a spawn point, where trains use the passing Stepford Express tracks to skip Faymere and arrive at Edgemead.
• Prior to V1.8.2, it was pretty rare to see anyone driving on this route, as R009 (Stepford Victoria <> Edgemead) was more popular and was free. However, R009 is now driven less frequently after being replaced by R045 (Stepford Victoria <> Leighton City) as a free route.
  • Though R009 is the only Stepford Connect route with a 9 headcode that can be driven by any train, which still makes it more popular than this route.
• This route is one of the most complicated routes to unlock, as it requires points, experience, and an already unlocked route (R003 in this case).
• This route is one of the two routes that terminate at St Helens Bridge, the other being R025 (To Westwyvern)
• Before V1.1, this route was St Helens Bridge <> Leighton City.
• This route can be used to avoid traffic from Stepford Victoria to Stepford East, as most Stepford Connect routes run there and newer players on the free routes may drive slowly and cause traffic on the Stepford Victoria Branch.

St Helens Bridge - Leighton City (R004)
Stations	Connections
St Helens Bridge	Connect Stepford Central
Angel Pass
Bodin
Coxly
Benton	Connect Port Benton Waterline Newry Harbour Newry Greenslade Connolly
Benton Bridge	Connect Stepford Airport Central
Hampton Hargate
Water Newton
Leighton Stepford Road
Leighton City