R005

R005
A Class 357 #357344 bound for Stepford Airport Central, stopping at City Hospital.
Length	8.87 miles (14.3 kilometres)
Stops	12
Route Information
Route Type	Stepford Local
Minimum Price	Free
Rolling Stock	All Stepford Connect trains except the Class 68 and Class 444
Start Station	Stepford Victoria
End Station	Stepford Airport Central
Operator Code	1Vxx / 1Axx
Depots and Sidings	Beechley Sidings Stepford Depot (C2) Coxly Station Siding Coxly Bypass Siding Benton TMD Farleigh TMD (Road 11)
Route Map
Stepford Victoria Financial Quarter Beechley Sidings City Hospital Stepford Central Stepford Depot Stepford East St Helens Bridge Bodin Coxly Station Siding Coxly Coxly Bypass Siding Benton Benton TMD Benton Bridge Stepford Airport Parkway Stepford Airport Central Farleigh TMD

R005 is a Stepford Connect route that runs from Stepford Victoria to Stepford Airport Central. The route is 8.87 miles (14.3 kilometres) long, and takes approximately 21 minutes to complete.

This route is one of two routes that are automatically unlocked for free when a player first joins SCR, along with R045.

Stepford Victoria <> Stepford Airport Central (R005)
Stations	Connections	Travel Time ↓	Travel Time ↑
Stepford Victoria	Stepford Connect Willowfield Beechley	Starting Point	22 minutes (Terminus)
Financial Quarter	Stepford Connect Willowfield Beechley	1 minute	19 minutes
City Hospital		3 minutes	18 minutes
Stepford Central	Stepford Express Westwyvern	4 minutes	17 minutes
Stepford East	Stepford Connect Stepford United Football Club Whitefield	6 minutes	15 minutes
St Helens Bridge	Stepford Connect Berrily Morganstown	8 minutes	13 minutes
Bodin		11 minutes	10 minutes
Coxly		13 minutes	8 minutes
Benton	Stepford Connect Port Benton Waterline Newry Harbour Newry Connolly Airport Terminal 2 Farleigh Esterfield Morganstown Greenslade Stepford Express Newry Harbour Newry Leighton City Llyn-by-the-Sea	15 minutes	6 minutes
Benton Bridge	Stepford Connect Leighton City Leighton West Edgemead Westwyvern Llyn-by-the-Sea	17 minutes	4 minutes
Stepford Airport Parkway	AirLink Leighton Stepford Road Waterline (via Airport West) Airport Terminal 2 Farleigh Esterfield Benton Newry Newry Harbour	18 minutes	2 minutes
Stepford Airport Central	Stepford Connect Airport Terminal 2 AirLink Airport Terminal 2 Airport Terminal 3	21 minutes (Terminus)	Starting Point

Trivia

• As this is a free route it is often considered as one of the two "noob routes", along with R045 (Stepford Victoria <> Leighton City), due to these two routes being mostly driven by new players.
  • Between V1.1 and V1.7.2, R005 was the only free route in the game.
  • Since the above two routes are free, the free train (Class 357) and the two cheapest trains (Class 707 and Class 717) can often be seen driving on them.
• Prior to V1.8, this route used the 9XXX headcode, which indicates fast services (semi-fast services before V1.4.1), despite only skipping one station, Angel Pass.
• This route is seen as 'better' for new players as it has a higher points per minute (PPM) ratio than R045.
• This route also has priority over trains from the aforementioned route, as this route utilises a 1 headcode, while R045 utilises a 2 headcode. However, priorities only apply when there is a Dispatcher or Signaller on duty.
• R046 is almost identical this route, with the only two differences being that R046 additionally extends to Airport Terminal 2, and that it uses a 2 headcode instead of a 1 headcode.