Waterline

Waterline
NGv1 Class 195 and Class 166 in Greenslade in May 2020
Operator Information
Operation Start	20 December 2017
Operator Code	WL
Minimum Price	1,000 Points
Maximum Price	2,250 Points
Operations
Trains	9 current trains 2 former trains
Stations Called At	16
Routes	6
Depots	2 depots 3 sidings
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Waterline, stylized as , operates rail services to various districts around Stepford County, such as Newry Harbour, Newry, Benton, Connolly, James Street, Morganstown and Greenslade. A full journey on the main line, which runs from Newry to Benton, takes about 5 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 only be reached between Newry and Eden Quay (only southbound services), while the average operational speed is 90 MPH.

Prior to 1 May 2020, this route was a sub-franchise of Connect, branded as WaterLine and bearing a  navy blue  colour scheme. As of now, it operates as its own separate franchise and bears a  greyish blue  colour scheme.

History

2017

• In 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.
• On 20 December, services to Newry and Newry Harbour commenced and ex-Connect Class 387 units were introduced.

2018

• On 21 April, Class 171, Class 319 and Class 701 units were introduced and services to Connolly commenced.
• On 18th August, Class 730 units were introduced.
• On 4th April, the Class 323 was announced on Discord with "coming soon" in the announcement, however the train has never been released.
• Throughout 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.
• All of these changes went into effect on 31st December, including the silent removal of all Class 701 units from services.

2019

• On 14th May, Class 508 units entered service, being the first with Next Generation doors and interiors on the route.
• On 8th June, all Class 387 units were transferred to AirLink, being replaced by Class 379 units also with Next Generation tech.
• On 31st August, all Class 171 units were upgraded with the same tech from the recently introduced units.

2020

• On 22nd February, all Class 319 units were upgraded, and Class 195 units were introduced, already equipped with Next Generation doors and interiors. The platforms at Benton and West Benton received new decorations.
• On 18th March, a fourth platform at Morganstown Docks station was constructed, but not put to use.
• On 1st May, the Connect franchise was 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 bare the new branding introduced with the franchise renewal. All Class 171, Class 195, and Class 379 units were also fitted with the new branding.
• On 2nd May, plans were revealed to retrofit all Class 508 units with the new branding.
• On 22nd June, plans were revealed for an extension to Morganstown via Morganstown Docks. Both of these changes went into effect that same day.
• On 29th October, the NGv3 Class 379 was introduced.

2021

• On 1st January, Whitney Green Depot and Greenslade were overhauled and the Class 379 received a new horn sound.
• On 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, 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 on the Class 165, 166 and 171.
• 18th December: New mesh Class 143 revealed and introduced later on the same day. 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. The sneak peek was highly speculated by the community to be an overhaul of Newry due to the familiar commercial buildings in the background.
• 15th May: Version 1.9 released, Newry Harbour, Newry, and Eden Quay stations upgraded, Newry Branch scenery redone. New Newry Siding and Faraday Road Depot renamed to "Faraday Road Train Maintenance Depot" and upgraded.
• 25th May: Version 1.9.1 released, West Benton and Ashlan Park stations and scenery upgraded, NGv3 model for the Class 195 units.
• 2nd June: Version 1.9.2 released, new NGv3 model for the Class 379 units, replacing the former model.

Rolling Stock

Current

Class Number	Image	Top Speed (MPH)	Price (Points)	Carriages	Manufacturer	Train Family	Date Put Into Service	Date converted to NG	Routes Operated On
Diesel multiple-units
Class 143		75	1,000	2 4 (Double)	Hunslet-Barclay and Walter Alexander	Pacer	18th December 2021		All routes (Double variant is unable to do R015)
Class 165/0		90	2,250	2 (/0) 4 (/1)	BREL	Networker	16th December 2017	1st May 2020	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	21st April 2018	31st August 2019	All routes
Class 195		100	1,500	2 (/0) 3 (/1)	CAF	Civity	22nd February 2020		All routes (195/1 is unable to do R015)
Electric multiple-units
Class 319		100	2250	4	BREL	Mark 3	21st April 2018	22nd February 2020	All routes except R015
Class 379					Bombardier	Electrostar	8th June 2019	29th October 2020
Class 508		75	2,000	3	BREL	PEP	15th May 2019
Class 730/0		90	1,000	3	Bombardier and Alstom	Aventra	18th August 2018	1st May 2020

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	21st April 2018	31st December 2018	All routes (at that time)	Unsuitability and replaced by Class 730
Class 387		110	2,250	4		Electrostar	21st December 2017	8th 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		90	3	Hunslet	Hyper Networker

Train Models

Train Models	NGv1	NGv2/CSG Model	NGv3/Mesh Model
Percentage	33% of fleet	22% of fleet	44% of fleet
Number	3 trains	2 trains	4 trains

*Main train and variants are considered one train.

Depots

Current

• Faraday Road TMD
• Whitney Green Depot

Future

• None at the current moment

Former

• None at the current moment

Sidings

Current

• Newry Siding
• Benton Siding
• Morganstown Siding

Future

• None at the current moment

Former

• None at the current moment

Stations

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Current

• Newry Harbour (♿︎)
• Newry (♿︎)
• Eden Quay (♿︎, northbound only)
• Faraday Road (♿︎)
• West Benton (♿︎)
• Benton (♿︎)
• Cambridge Street Parkway (♿︎)
• Ashlan Park (♿︎)
• Connolly (♿︎)
• Airport West (♿︎, inverse interchange only)
• James Street (♿︎)
• Port Benton (♿︎)
• Morganstown Docks (♿︎)
• Morganstown (♿︎)
• Whitney Green (♿︎)
• Greenslade (♿︎)

Future

• A single station past James Street

Former

• There are no closed stations on Waterline.

Routes

Waterline South
Route	Code	Calling at
Newry to Greenslade	R010	Eden Quay, Faraday Road, West Benton, Benton, Port Benton, Morganstown Docks and Whitney Green.
Waterline North
Route	Code	Calling at
Newry to Connolly	R011	Eden Quay, Faraday Road, West Benton, Benton, Cambridge Street Parkway and Ashlan Park.
Newry Harbour to Connolly	R012	Newry, Eden Quay, Faraday Road, West Benton, Benton, Cambridge Street Parkway and Ashlan Park.
Suburban
Route	Code	Calling at
Benton to Greenslade	R013	Port Benton, Morganstown Docks and Whitney Green.
Airport Line
Route	Code	Calling at
Newry to James Street	R014	Eden Quay, Faraday Road, West Benton, Benton, Cambridge Street Parkway and Airport West.
Morganstown Shuttle
Route	Code	Calling at
Benton to Morganstown	R015	Port Benton and Morganstown Docks.

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 agree that this operator is 'dead' due to major updates which seem to leave out Waterline, however this is changing recently, with more station overhauls and the anticipated James Street Extension in progress.
• This is the only operator that does not skip any stations.
• This was the only operator where some trains can 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.
• 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.
• Likewise, the only Waterline and AirLink interchange is at Morganstown.
• This operator used to be part of Connect, but it no longer is due to Waterline becoming a separate franchise.
• This operator has the least amount of depots and sidings, with only 5: Newry Siding, Faraday Road TMD, Benton Siding, Morganstown Siding and Whitney Green Depot. Before V1.7, every Waterline route except R010 had only one depot.
  • In V1.7, Benton Siding opened and now R010 is the only route with 3 places to spawn.
• 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.
  • Now Waterline is the last operator to have NGv2 (CSG Model) trains
• This is the only operator that does not serve Stepford City Zone or call at Stepford Central.
• Newry Harbour was also going to serve trains to James Street, but the developers wanted to keep the station as small as possible.
• James Street had no buffers before V1.6, but they were added in V1.6, most likely temporarily. Before V1.6, if a driver overshoots the platform, their train would be immediately 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. Innovations Director BanTech said on Discord that this was to prevent drivers from losing their experience for that route.
• James Street as of 14/05/2022 has no ticket machines, barriers or CIS Boards.
• 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 price.
• 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.
• Waterline has the least amount of routes as of V1.8 (only 6 routes).
  • Before V1.7, Stepford Express had the least amount of routes, exactly 5 routes. The update brought the operator 3 new routes, passing both Waterline and AirLink in the number of routes.
• Waterline is the only operator to own lettered platforms as of V1.8. Newry is only a Waterline station, having Platform 2A and 2B, while Platform 5A and 5B in Morganstown are only for Waterline trains.
  • In V1.9, due to the Newry upgrade, only Morganstown has lettered platforms now.
    • In fact, R013 is the only Waterline route to not be able to stop at a lettered platform. R010, R011 and R014 have the possibility to finish at Platform 2A in Newry, R012 stops westbound at Newry at Platform 2B and R015 finishes at Platform 5A or 5B in Morganstown.
      • This is now only true to R015, because Newry lost lettered platforms in V1.9.
• The first Waterline livery was based off the Great Western Railway livery.
• Waterline has the most double units than any other operator, 2. These comprise of the Class 143 and Class 165, both of which are 4-car trains.
• 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.