[MJT] 1B25 17:18 London Paddington – Swansea

[MJT] 1B25 17:18 London Paddington – Swansea

2nd October 2025 4 By MattyJT

It’s a lovely September evening in London. With rush hour upon us, you join IET sets 011 and 026 to work 1B25 on the 17:18 Great Western Railway service from London Paddington to Swansea – calling at Reading, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Bristol Parkway, Newport, Cardiff Central, Bridgend, Port Talbot Parkway, Neath, and Swansea. We’re on the electrics through to Cardiff, where we then change to diesel for the remaining 34 miles. Once passengers have disembarked at Swansea, you will then need to take the train into Maliphant Depot for overnight stabling where you will be relieved for the evening.

 

Setting: September 2025

Difficulty & Duration: 195 mins | Medium

Traction: 800026 + 800004

Route: Western Mainlines Electrification Project v2.0 – Bristol & Chippenham (Part 1); ATS South Wales Mainline Modern (Part 2) 

 

INSTALLATION:

1) Extract and open the provided .zip file, where you will find a ‘Content’ folder and a supplementary ReadMe file.

2) Copy over the ‘Content’ folder into your Railworks directory folder.

3) Done. Enjoy!

 

REQUIREMENTS
(Substitutions have been made to represent some of the stock unavailable in TSC, and have been renumbered appropriately. 

 

AP Class 150/2 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack

+ MJW TfW Class 150/2

 

DTG Network SouthEast Class 159

AP Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack

 

DTG Class 170 ‘Turbostar’

AP Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack

+ VP Class 168 & 170 Airdam with XC and 16811 NHS Variants 

 

DTG South Wales Coastal: Bristol – Swansea

AP Class 175 Enhancement Pack 2.0

+ MJW Class 175 Revamp Pack

(Class 175 used as a stand-in for the Class 197)

 

DTG Chatham Main Line (any version)

AP Class 377/379/387 Enhancement Pack

+ Clowes’ Heathrow Express 387

 

DTG Portsmouth Direct Line: London Waterloo – Portsmouth

AP Class 444/450 Enhancement Pack

+ AzeezSim’s SWR 444-450 Reskin Pack

 

DTG EWS Class 66 V2.0

AP Class 66 Enhancement Pack 2.0 Vol. 1

 

DTG EWS Class 67

DTG InterCity Class 91

AP Class 67 Enhancement Pack

AP Class 91/Mk4 Enhancement Pack

+ MJW TfW Class 67/Mk4 Pack

 

DTG ECML London-Peterborough

AP Class 800-803 Enhancement Pack

+ BHReskins’ Class 800: GWR Pride

 

ATS Class 745 FLIRT

ATS Class 755 FLIRT

(Class 745/755 used as a stand-in for the Class 231 and Class 756)

 

AP JNA-T Wagon Pack

 

ARMods’ IOA/MWA Wagon Pack

+ SLTS’ MWA Wagon Branding Patch

 

DTG GEML: London – Ipswich

+ MJW Class 360 Heathrow Express

(TfL Class 360 used as a stand-in for the Class 345 Elizabeth Line stock)

 

DTG SWML: Southampton – Bournemouth

JT Wessex Mainline: Southampton – Salisbury Extension

+ JT Class 165/166 Sound Mod

 

JT Voyager Advanced 2019

+ Leander’s Class 220/221 (JT) – Updated Consists

+ LPSimulation’s Meridian/Voyager Advanced 2019 Overhaul

+ Emrai’s Class 221 Ex-Avanti (CrossCountry) Reskins

 

The following objects are static/unassigned, and won’t drastically affect gameplay without: 

AP BAA/BZA Wagon Pack

AP Class 66 Enhancement Pack 2.0 Vol. 2

AP JSA Wagon Pack

AP JXA/POA Wagon Pack

ARMods’ HYA-B Wagon Pack

TSRS HRA Wagon Pack (+ DB Cargo HRA Branding/Sound Patch)

TSRS IZA Hffirs Wagon Pack 01

 

Additionally, the AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0, along with ChiefJack’s AP Sky Accurate Time of Day patch are optional, but highly recommended if you would like to experience the intended weather and accurate lighting as of the date/time this scenario is set.