Water Newton is a through station served by Stepford Connect services to Willowfield, Stepford Victoria, Stepford Central, St Helens Bridge, Benton, Leighton City, Leighton West, Edgemead, Westwyvern and Llyn-by-the-Sea. It is just outside of the Leighton Zone. This station received a major upgrade in Version 1.7.
Track & Platform Layout
<< >> Passing Service Direction
| Platforms/Tracks | Services/Use |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stepford Connect services to Leighton City, Leighton West, Edgemead, Westwyvern and Llyn-by-the-Sea |
| >> | |
| << | Stepford Connect services to Willowfield, Stepford Central, St Helens Bridge and Benton |
| 2 | |
| Not in use | |
| >> | Track for passing AirLink services to Leighton Stepford Road Track for passing Stepford Express services to Leighton City, Westwyvern and Llyn-by-the-Sea |
| << | Track for passing AirLink services to Stepford Airport Central and Airport Terminal 3 Track for passing Stepford Express services to Stepford Central, Newry Harbour, Newry and Benton |
| Not in use |
Services
| Platform(s) | Previous station | Route | Next station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Staploe |  R003 R039 R045 |
Rocket Parade |
| Hampton Hargate | R004 |
Leighton Stepford Road | |
| R009 |
Rocket Parade | ||
| R024 | |||
| Upper Staploe | R025 | ||
| Hampton Hargate | R026 R036 |
Leighton Stepford Road | |
| R035 | |||
| Upper Staploe | R044 |
Rocket Parade | |
| 2 | Rocket Parade | R003 |
Upper Staploe |
| Leighton Stepford Road | R004 |
Hampton Hargate | |
| Rocket Parade | R009 | ||
| R024 | |||
| R025 |
Upper Staploe | ||
| R045 | |||
| Leighton Stepford Road | R026 |
Hampton Hargate | |
| R035 R036 | |||
| Rocket Parade | R039 R044 |
Upper Staploe |
Announcements of Water Newton
Platform
Stepford Connect
There are no Water Newton announcements for Waterline
There are no Water Newton announcements for AirLink & Stepford Express
Trivia
- Prior to The Big Update, this station had no entrance and was very under-detailed. Despite considerable investment in enhancing it, the station still remains uninterested in by passengers and drivers alike.
- In The Big Update, one of the two island platforms was demolished, with the singular remaining one still being used.
- Despite this station being called "Water Newton", there are no bodies of water near this station.
- A section of track near this station has a terminating junction. There was also one at Leighton City prior to its upgrade in V1.4.1 (only used between The Big Update and V1.1) and there's one currently in use west of James Street.
- After the V1.7 update, the station and the platform layout had changed and is now based off of Pitsea. The station has two tracks turning right and two tracks continuing straight ahead. Essentially, Water Newton is one of 10 stations that got an upgrade in the update.[1]
- After the V1.7 upgrade, platforms were added for the Stepford Express/AirLink passing tracks. However, they are not in use and no platform numbers are given to them.
- Among them, only the eastbound passing platform can be accessed from the eastern end of Platform 2, while there is no footbridge to the westbound one. There is however a building with an entrance on the westbound platform but it is not accesible to the public and the door remains closed.
- In V1.8, train announcements to Water Newton was changed to pronounce "Water New'n" instead of "Water Newton".
- As of V1.9, this is one of the two Stepford Connect stations that still does not have wheelchair access to platforms. The other is Stepford Airport Parkway.
- At the end of Platform 1, when walking left and into the bushes, there is an AWS ramp bizzarely placed there.
The AWS ramp in question
Gallery
Pre-V1.7 entrance
Pre-V1.7 platform view
References
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