OVERVIEW: Sunday engineering work between Woking and Winchester has seen the usual South Western route unavailable, forcing all services on a diversion via the Portsmouth Direct Line and West Coastway. This afternoon, you join CrossCountry’s 1O16 on the outskirts of Farnborough, working the 11:24 Manchester Piccadilly – Bournemouth service, with a rare call at Guildford. It’s a beautiful spring day today, so a perfect opportunity to take in the uncharted South Downs scenery along the way. (Date: 26/04/2026).

DIFFICULTY & DURATION: 65 mins | Medium

TRACTION: 221107

ROUTE: YBZG’s Portsmouth Direct Line (Updated)

TRACK COVERED: North Camp – Cosham

INSTALLATION:
Extract the download folder, and copy over the ‘Content’ folder into your Railworks directory.

NOTES:

~ You only need to TAB one signal in this scenario, at Platform 4 as you depart Guildford. Obey all other signals.

REQUIREMENTS:

(PAYWARE)

ATS:

~ Class 165/166 DMU

ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE:

~ Class 220/221 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 375/377 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 377/379/387 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 444/450 Enhancement Pack

JUST TRAINS:

~ Voyager Advanced 2019

STEAM:

~ Chatham Main Line (any version)

~ Portsmouth Direct Line: London Waterloo – Portsmouth

(FREEWARE)

ATS:

~ Class 377 GTR Southern Refurb

SEMAPHORE SIMULATION:
~ SWR 444-450 Reskin Pack

TRAIN SIM COMMUNITY:
~ Class 220/221 Voyager Visual Patch

~ Class 377/379/387 ‘The GTR Robbery’

This scenario has also been designed and tested with the AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0, Cloud Enhancement Pack and ChiefJack’s AP Sky Accurate Time of Day patch in-mind. Whilst not essential, having all these installed will provide the most accurate weather and lighting conditions as of the date/time the scenario is set.