Waterline, stylised in all lowercase, operates rail services to various districts around Stepford County, such as Newry Harbour, Newry, Benton, Connolly, Farleigh, Esterfield, Morganstown, Airport Terminal 2 and Greenslade. A full journey on the main line, which runs from Newry to Benton, takes about 6 minutes.
The operator is classified as a regional commuter rail due to its short travel times and the stations it serves. Several trains on this route can go as fast as 100 MPH, that can be reached between Newry and Eden Quay (only southbound services) and on sections between Airport West and Esterfield, while the average operational speed is 90 MPH.
Prior to 1 May 2020, this operator was a sub-franchise of Connect, branded as WaterLine and bearing a navy blue (#002D5F) colour scheme. Currently, it operates as its own separate franchise and bears a greyish blue (#7F8FA6) colour scheme.
History[]
2017[]
- October 2017: Plans were announced to open a new route as part of Connect, following the mainline from Benton to Port Benton and continuing onto a new branch. Services commenced on 4 December, exclusively using Class 165 and Class 166 units and Morganstown Docks was constructed shortly after.
- 20th December: Services to Newry and Newry Harbour commenced and ex-Connect Class 387 units were introduced.
2018[]
- 21st April: Version 1.0 released, with Class 171, Class 319 and Class 701 units being introduced and services to Connolly commenced.
- 4th August: the Class 323 was announced on Discord with "coming soon" in the announcement, however the train has never been released.
- 18th August: One Million Update released, Class 730 units were introduced.
- December 2018: Plans for the future of the route were revealed, including the refurbishment of all Class 165, Class 166 and Class 387 units, the commencement of services to James Street and the overhaul of Faraday Road station.
- 31st December: The changes mentioned above took effect, including the silent removal of all Class 701 units from services.
2019[]
- 14th May: Version 1.3 released, with Class 508 units entering service, being the first with Next Generation doors and interiors on the route.
- 8th June: All Class 387 units were transferred to AirLink, being replaced by Class 379 units also with Next Generation tech.
- 31st August: All Class 171 units were upgraded with into Next Generation, similar to the recently introduced units.
2020[]
- 22nd February: Version 1.4.1 released, with all Class 319 units being upgraded to NGv1, and Class 195 units were introduced, already equipped with Next Generation doors and interiors. The platforms at Benton and West Benton received new decor.
- 18th March: A fourth platform at Morganstown Docks station was constructed, but not put to use yet.
- 1st May: Version 1.5 released, with the Connect franchise being renewed to no longer include the WaterLine route. All Class 165, Class 166, and Class 730 units were upgraded with Next Generation V2 doors and interiors, and became the first trains to bear the new branding introduced with the franchise renewal. All Class 171, Class 195, and Class 379 units were also fitted with the new branding.
- 2nd May: Plans were revealed to retrofit all Class 508 units with the new branding.
- 22nd June: Plans were revealed for an extension to Morganstown via Morganstown Docks. Both of these changes went into effect that same day.
- 29th October: Version 1.7 released, with the NGv3 upgrade for the Class 379 units being introduced.
2021[]
- 1st January: Whitney Green Depot and Greenslade were overhauled and the Class 379 received a new horn sound.
- 22nd January: Managing Director Charlie_RBX posted a poll on the SCR Discord "#voting" channel, either for a (completely new) Stepford Connect extension between Leighton Stepford Road and Llyn-by-the-Sea,[note 1] or the James Street extension, both being a one-stop extension.
- 4th July: Plans were revealed for the remodelling of the Class 171 units to the mesh models.
- 7th July: Class 171 units are upgraded to mesh models.
- 5th December: NGv3 Class 730 units are introduced, with an updated top speed of 90 MPH. Scenery at Connolly is overhauled, along with station overhauls of Cambridge Street Parkway, Port Benton and Morganstown Docks. Step free access introduced at Whitney Green, and new sounds were added on the Class 165, 166 and 171.
- 18th December: The Class 143 was revealed and released. Class 195 and 730 both receive sound overhauls of the doors and motors.
2022[]
- 17th April: A sneak peek of an unknown Waterline station was revealed by Managing Director Charlie_RBX. It was later revealed to be a rebuild of Eden Quay.
- 1st May: A sneak peek of another unknown Waterline station was published by Managing Director Charlie_RBX. It was later revealed to be a rebuild of Newry.
- 15th May: Version 1.9 released, with Newry Harbour, Newry, and Eden Quay receiving overhauls, along with the Newry Branch receiving an overhaul. Newry Siding was put into service and Faraday Road Depot was renamed to "Faraday Road Train Maintenance Depot" and upgraded.
- 25th May: Version 1.9.1 released, with West Benton and Ashlan Park stations receiving upgrades along with scenery, and the NGv3 model for the Class 195 units was released.
- 2nd June: Version 1.9.2 released, with the second NGv3 upgrade for the Class 379 units, replacing the former model added in Version 1.7.
- 12th June: A sneak peek of another unknown Waterline station and siding was revealed by former Managing Director Charlie_RBX. This was speculated to be either Airport West or James Street, due to its location underground. It was later revealed to be Airport West.
- 24th July: A sneak peek of an unknown Waterline station and depot was revealed by Community Director tjh44. This was speculated to be the James Street Extension, as the sneak peek shows a terminus station.
- 31st July: A sneak peek of another unknown Waterline station and siding was revealed by Community Director tjh44. This was speculated to be either Airport West or James Street, due to its location underground. It was later revealed to be James Street.
- 7th August: A sneak peek of a new Waterline station called "Farleigh" was revealed by Community Director tjh44.
- 27th August: Version 1.10 was released. Airport West and James Street saw overhaul, and services from James Street were extended to Esterfield with Farleigh and Rosedale Village stations being intermediate stops. Waterline services were also extended to Airport Terminal 2. R014 was extended to Esterfield, with the route skipping James Street and Rosedale Village, the first Waterline route to pass a station. R016, R017 and R018 were added.
2023[]
- 1st April: For April Fools Day, the Version 1.10.6 update enabled Waterline trains to be driven on all routes on Stepford Connect. (Waterline trains use Stepford Connect announcements while driving on Stepford Connect routes)
- 17th July: Morganstown Docks platforms were extended to fully fit Class 195/1 trains.
- 5th November: A sneak peek of a NGv3 upgrade to the Class 165 was revealed by Community Director tjh44.
- 10 November: Version 1.10.11 was released, with NGv3 upgrades for the Class 165 and Class 166.
Rolling Stock[]
Current[]
Class Number | Image | Top Speed
(MPH) |
Price
(Points) |
Carriages | Manufacturer | Train Family | Date Put Into Service | Date converted to NG | Date converted to NGv3 | Routes Operated On |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diesel multiple-units | ||||||||||
Class 143 | 75 | 1,000 | 2 4 (Double) |
Hunslet-Barclay and Walter Alexander | Pacer | 18 December 2021 | All routes (Double variant is unable to do R015) | |||
Class 165 | 90 | 2,250 | 2 (/0) 4 (/1) |
BREL | Networker Turbo | 16 December 2017 | 1 May 2020[note 2] | 10 November 2023 | All routes (165/1 is unable to do R015) | |
Class 166 | 90 | 2,250 | 3 | ABB | All routes except R015 | |||||
Class 171 | 100 | 2,250 | 2 | Bombardier | Turbostar | 21 April 2018 | 31 August 2019 | 8 July 2021 | All routes | |
Class 195 | 100 | 1,500 | 2 (/0) 3 (/1) |
CAF | Civity | 22 February 2020 | 25 May 2022 | All routes (195/1 is unable to do R015) | ||
Electric multiple-units | ||||||||||
Class 319 | 100 | 2250 | 4 | BREL | Mark 3 | 21 April 2018 | 22 February 2020 | Not Meshed | All routes except R015 | |
Class 379 | 100 | 2250 | 4 | Bombardier | Electrostar | 8 June 2019 | 29 October 2020 (2 June 2022 remeshed) | |||
Class 508 | 75 | 2,000 | 3 | BREL | PEP | 15 May 2019 | Not Meshed | |||
Class 730/0 | 90 | 1,000 | 3 | Bombardier and Alstom | Aventra | 18 August 2018 | 1 May 2020 | 5 December 2021 | ||
Former[]
Class Number | Image | Top Speed
(MPH) |
Price
(Points) |
Carriages | Manufacturer | Train Family | Date Put Into Service | Date Withdrawn From Service | Routes Operated On | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class 701 | 100 | 3,000 | 4 | Bombardier | Aventra | 21 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | All routes (at that time) | Unsuitability and replaced by Class 730 | |
Class 387 | 110 | 2,250 | 4 | Electrostar | 21 December 2017 | 8 June 2019 | Transferred to AirLink and replaced by Class 379 | |||
Future[]
None at the current moment.
Proposed[]
Class Number | Image | Top Speed
(MPH) |
Carriages | Manufacturer | Train Family |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Class 323 | TBA | 3 | Hunslet | Hyper Networker |
Train Models[]
Train Models | NGv1 | NGv2/CSG Model | NGv3/Mesh Model |
---|---|---|---|
Percentage | 22% of fleet | 0% of fleet | 77% of fleet |
Number | 2 trains | 0 trains | 7 trains |
*Main train and variants are considered one train.
Depots[]
Current[]
Future[]
- None at the moment.
Former[]
- None at the moment.
Sidings[]
Current[]
Future[]
- None at the moment.
Former[]
- None at the moment.
Stations[]
The map below is interactive: click the stations to see the pages.
Current[]
- Newry Harbour (βΏοΈ)
- Newry (βΏοΈ)
- Eden Quay (βΏοΈ, northbound only)
- Faraday Road (βΏοΈ)
- West Benton (βΏοΈ)
- Benton (βΏοΈ)
- Cambridge Street Parkway (βΏοΈ)
- Ashlan Park (βΏοΈ)
- Connolly (βΏοΈ)
- Airport West (βΏοΈ)
- Airport Terminal 2 (βΏοΈ)
- James Street (βΏοΈ)
- Farleigh (βΏοΈ)
- Rosedale Village (βΏοΈ)
- Esterfield (βΏοΈ)
- Port Benton (βΏοΈ)
- Morganstown Docks (βΏοΈ)
- Morganstown (βΏοΈ)
- Whitney Green (βΏοΈ)
- Greenslade (βΏοΈ)
Future[]
- None at the moment.
Former[]
- None at the moment.
Routes[]
Trivia[]
- Waterline is named after the water in the River Ben, which it runs along.
- Sometimes, Waterline gets crowded by players on purpose. This is called 'Waterline flooding'.
- Driving Waterline is the best way to earn/grind points, as most of the stations are significantly close to each other, and there are a number of routes.
- Many players agreed that this operator was 'dead' due to major updates which seem to leave out Waterline, however this is changing recently, with more station overhauls and the anticipated Waterline Extension released.
- Currently, Whitney Green is the only station to have no major change to it as of current.
- As of V1.10.10, this was the last operator to have NGv2 trains, those being the Class 165 and Class 166. They were upgraded to NGv3 in V1.10.11.
- Before V1.10, this was the only operator that did not skip any stations.
- Now, R014 skips James Street and Rosedale Village.
- Ironically, R014 was the route that terminated at James Street before the extension was complete, now, it skips James Street.
- Now, R014 skips James Street and Rosedale Village.
- This used to be the only operator where some trains could never hit their top speed at any point on the line without breaking the speed limits.
- This was changed in V1.9, when speed limits between Newry and Eden Quay (southbound only) were increased to 100 MPH.
- Later in V1.10, speed limits between Airport West and Airport Terminal 2, as well as between Farleigh and Esterfield have been set to 100 MPH.
- The only interchanges between Waterline and Stepford Express are Newry Harbour, Newry, Eden Quay, Benton and Morganstown.
- Before V1.7, Benton used to be the only Stepford Express interchange.
- Before V1.9, Benton and Morganstown used to be the only Waterline - Stepford Express interchanges.
- Before V1.7, Benton used to be the only Stepford Express interchange.
- Likewise, the only Waterline and AirLink interchanges are at Morganstown and Airport Terminal 2.
- This operator used to be part of Connect, but it is now a separate franchise.
- This operator used to have the least amount of depots and sidings prior to V1.9 with only 4, tied with AirLink. After V1.9, it beat AirLink as Newry Siding was added.
- Before V1.7, every Waterline route except R010 had only one spawn location.
- In V1.7, Benton Siding opened and R010 became the only route with 3 places to spawn.
- Later in V1.9, Newry Siding was added, making the aforementioned route the only route with 4 places to spawn.
- However in V1.10, Farleigh TMD and Esterfield TMD were added, making R014 the only route with 6 places to spawn. (if Esterfield TMD is split into the Station Depot and the Mainline Depot)
- This operator, along with Stepford Connect, are the last operators to see their trains upgraded to Next Generation. This operator also had the most Previous Generation trains prior to V1.5.
- This is the only operator that does not serve the Stepford City Zone or call at Stepford Central.
- Newry Harbour formerly did not have any trains going to James Street, as the developers wanted to keep the station as small as possible.
- Now, it is possible to travel between those two stations directly via R018 (Newry Harbour <> Farleigh) which has James Street as an intermediate stop.
- James Street had no buffers before V1.6.
- Before then, if a driver overshot the platform, their train would be despawned with the despawn message saying "Invalid track detected.", but this message is no longer able to be seen because of the buffer being added.
- Then-Innovations Director BanTech said on Discord that this was to prevent drivers from losing their experience for that route.
- Before then, if a driver overshot the platform, their train would be despawned with the despawn message saying "Invalid track detected.", but this message is no longer able to be seen because of the buffer being added.
- Prior to V1.10, James Street had no ticket machines, barriers or CIS Boards, making it feel like a very incomplete station.
- Before V1.6, R010 used every depot on Waterline, but because of the Morganstown Shuttle being added, a siding was added at Morganstown.
- The Class 143 and Class 730 are the most common trains to be seen on Waterline because of their cheap price of 1,000 points.
- The Class 195 was the first train on Waterline with coach variants, and the Class 165 was the first train on Waterline with a double configuration, and the second overall in SCR.
- The Class 701 was removed because it did not suit the line.
- As of V1.10, Waterline has the least amount of routes, with only 9 routes, with AirLink in second place having 10 routes.
- Before V1.7, Stepford Express had the least amount of routes, having 5 routes. The aforementioned update brought the operator 3 new routes, passing both Waterline and AirLink in the number of routes at that time.
- Waterline is the only operator to use lettered platforms as of V1.10. Esterfield is only a Waterline station, having Platforms 4A and 4B (Platform 4A is permanently occupied by an out-of-service Class 143), while Platforms 5A and 5B at Morganstown are only for Waterline trains.
- The first Waterline livery was based off the Great Western Railway livery.
- Along with Stepford Connect, this is one of two operators with more than one double unit on them, with Waterline operating double units of both the Class 143 and the Class 165.
- There used to be a bug which meant that players could not open the Waterline map at night, however this was fixed in V1.8.4.
- Until the introduction of the Points system in V1.0, Waterline was locked behind a gamepass. Those who owned the gamepass during the legacy period were given the Classes 165, 166 and 387 as compensation after V1.0 released.[1]
Notes[]
- β Refer to Leighton West.
- β 165/1 was added on this date as NG, before then there was only the 165/0.
References[]
- β WaterLine Driver - Roblox Roblox. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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