London to Aylesbury

This London-Aylesbury route runs between London Marylebone and Aylesbury Vale Parkway station in Buckinghamshire. The line is approximately 45 miles in length, with a total route mileage of around 85 miles. You can drive it via Amersham or via High Wycombe and Princes Risborough.

This version of the London-Aylesbury route is for Train Simulator users who do not have the Just Trains Chiltern Main Line London-Birmingham route installed!

41 stations are included, including two on the Princes Risborough-Aylesbury branch line, and numerous new custom assets. The route is Quick Drive enabled and comes with 15 Standard scenarios that allow you to drive Chiltern services on the same rails as the Metropolitan Line, to drive the now-retired Class 121 'Bubble Cars'* on the Aylesbury-Princes Risborough branch line and also to drive 5MT and V2 steam loco’s on the Metropolitan Line.

Route features:

• Route class: Modern
• Route length: ca. 45 miles, total route mileage around 85 miles
• Beautifully detailed and immersive scenery ranging from Marylebone in London out to the open country of the Aylesbury area
• Drive the branch line between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury
• Includes the London Underground Metropolitan line from West Hampstead to Amersham.
• Run on the exact same metals as the Metropolitan line for part of the route
• Includes accurate London Underground system signalling
• Includes a drivable AI (Artificial Intelligence) London Underground S8 tube train. (This is not a fully detailed/functional model and is supplied as a free bonus for your enjoyment.)
• Includes 15 standard scenarios
• Route is Quick Drive enabled
• Custom-built stations
• Many custom-built prominent buildings and objects

Stations:

• London Marylebone
• West Hampstead (London Underground)
• Kilburn (London Underground)
• Willesden Green (London Underground)
• Dollis Hill (London Underground)
• Neasden (London Underground)

The route splits here, with the southern line following the Chiltern Main Line up to Princes Risborough, where you take the branch line to the north, and the line to the north following the London-Aylesbury route. Both terminate at Aylesbury Vale Parkway.

The line north to Aylesbury:

• Wembley Park (London Underground)
• Preston Road (London Underground)
• Northwick Park (London Underground)
• Harrow-on-the Hill
• North Harrow (London Underground)
• Pinner (London Underground)
• Northwood Hills (London Underground)
• Northwood (London Underground)
• Moor Park (London Underground)
• Rickmansworth
• Chorleywood
• Chalfont and Latimer
• Amersham
• Great Missenden
• Wendover
• Stoke Mandeville
• Aylesbury
• Aylesbury Vale Parkway

The line south from Neasden to Princes Risborough:

• Wembley Stadium
• Sudbury & Harrow Road
• Sudbury Hill Harrow
• Northolt Park
• South Ruislip (London Underground)
• Ruislip Gardens (London Underground)
• West Ruislip
• Denham
• Denham Golf Club
• Gerrards Cross
• Seer Green & Jordans
• Beaconsfield
• High Wycombe
• Saunderton
• Princes Risborough

The Aylesbury-Princes Risborough branch line:

• Little Kimble
• Monks Risborough

Custom Buildings and Points of Interest:

• BNP Paribas building
• Marylebone tunnel southern entrance/exit
• Marylebone tunnel northern entrance/exit
• London Underground - part of the London-Aylesbury route runs beside the Jubilee and Metropolitan London Underground (LU) lines between Finchley Road and Neasden LU stations, with the Metropolitan running all the way up to Amersham
• Central Mosque of Brent
• Neasden Depot
• Student accommodation at Wembley Park
• Neasden Depot fly-under - allows access from Neasden Depot to the northbound Metropolitan and Jubilee lines
• Jubilee line fly-under - this fly-under between the up and down lines of the Metropolitan line allows the Jubilee line to head north
• West Coast Main Line, London overground and Bakerloo bridge - just before Northwick Park station you cross a bridge that carries your line over the tracks of the West Coast Main Line, London overground and Bakerloo lines
• Uxbridge line fly-under - just to the north of Harrow-on-the-Hill station, the Metropolitan branch line to Uxbridge goes under the London-Aylesbury and Metropolitan line to Amersham
• Watford triangle - this triangular junction allows access to and from the Watford spur for the Metropolitan line when running north or southbound
• Rickmansworth sidings
• Chesham spur - allows access to and from the line to Chesham for the Metropolitan line. It can only be entered heading north and exited going south.
• Amersham signal box - a rather ‘interesting’ building!
• Metropolitan terminus at Amersham
• Aylesbury sidings
• Buckinghamshire County Council offices
• Bourg Walk bridge
• Aylesbury Train Maintenance Depot
• End of the line - this is currently the end of the London-Aylesbury line. In the real world the line continues northwards but is only used by freight trains, mainly going to and from the Calvert landfill site.
• Wembley Light Maintenance Depot
• Wembley Stadium
• Victoria Road Waste Transfer Station
• Ruislip London Underground Depot
• Denham Country Park
• Gerrards Cross tunnel
• Station signs
• Warehouses
• Garages
• Numerous custom objects -  miscellaneous signs, speed signs, mileposts, plant pots and station furniture such as seats, escalators, phone boxes, luggage trolleys, benches, sand boxes, lights, posters and much more

Scenarios:
Please note that although some of the scenarios use the default locomotives and rolling stock, some require extra items to allow them to run correctly:

• Network SouthEast Class 121 DMU Add-On (Steam)
• BR Standard Class 5MT Advanced (Just Trains)
• LNER V2 Advanced (Just Trains)
• Class 20 Advanced Collection (Just Trains)

Standard scenarios:

• 1Z20 09:46 Aylesbury to Marylebone SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 75 minutes
  A special charter has been arranged as part of the Bubble Car’s farewell events. 55034 will travel from Aylesbury to Marylebone and then out to Oxford, up to Calvert and back to Aylesbury.

• 2A12 08:23 Princes Risborough to Aylesbury SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 25 minutes
  The day is upon us. Chiltern has announced a final farewell for the 121s today.

• 2A59 20:33 Princes Risborough to Aylesbury SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 30 minutes
  The last run of the last day is departing. You are in charge as we turn the last page in the history of the Chiltern Bubble Cars.

• 2P16 07:47 Aylesbury to Princes Risborough SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 20 minutes
  The Chiltern Railways morning Bubble Car services from Aylesbury to Princes Risborough are under way behind a BR Green liveried 55034.

• 1Z34 11:03 Aylesbury to Aylesbury Vale SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 30 minutes
  Chiltern’s Bubble Car 121020 has been hired in conjunction with the Buckinghamshire Steam Centre to shuttle back and forth.

• 2P23 06:53 Aylesbury to Princes Risborough SA
  Required stock: Class 121 DMU (Steam)
  Duration: 20 minutes
  Chiltern Railways is retiring their two Class 121s. Today is the final day and you are heading back to Princes Risborough mid-morning with 121020 leading.

• 1C08 06:53 Aylesbury Vale – Marylebone
  Required stock: Class 165 Networker Turbo (Steam)
  Duration: 60 minutes
  Drive 1C08 06:53 Aylesbury Vale Parkway – London Marylebone throughout.

• 2B51 17:41 Marylebone – Aylesbury
  Required stock: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
  Duration: 65 minutes
  Drive an evening rush hour service from Marylebone to Aylesbury in August 2017. You can expect plenty of traffic in this scenario.

• 2H53 15:53 Aylesbury – Marylebone
  Required stock: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
  Duration: 50 minutes
  Drive 2H53 Aylesbury – Marylebone via High Wycombe throughout.

• 2V20 Marylebone – Aylesbury Vale
  Required stock: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
  Duration: 65 minutes
  Drive Chiltern’s 2V20 09:57 Marylebone – Aylesbury Vale Parkway throughout in July 2017.

• Return to Princes Risborough
  Required stock: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
  Duration: 45 minutes
  Drive 165 005 on the final round trip of the evening from Aylesbury to Princes Risborough before stabling the train in the depot after returning from Princes Risborough.

• Wycombe Wanderings
  Required stock: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
  Duration: 65 minutes
  Drive 2M29 Paddington-High Wycombe from South Ruislip to its destination before continuing to work 5A29 to Aylesbury.

• Steam on the Met (Harrow-Aylesbury)
  Required stock: BR Standard Class 5MT Advanced (Just Trains)
  Duration: 60 minutes
  Drive 73096 from Harrow-on-the-Hill to Aylesbury with a special charter train.

• 7X10 Neasden Depot – Derby Litchurch Lane
  Required stock: Class 20 BR Blue (Just Trains)
  Duration: 45 minutes
  A simple scenario taking a S8 unit with some Class 20s from Neasden Depot to Aylesbury on a cold evening in January 2014.

• Railtour Return
  Required stock: LNER V2 No. 60800 BR Lined Green (Just Trains)
  Duration: 70 minutes
  Drive a returning railtour along the former GCR from Aylesbury into London hauled by V2 60800 Green Arrow. You will be arriving in London at around 20:30 hours.

Free Roam scenarios

• Click on a train and take it for a drive!

Train Simulator + European Loco & Asset Pack
Windows 10 / 11
3.0 GHz or any Dual Core
4 GB RAM
512 MB graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0 (AGP/PCE only)
Direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
6.0 GB hard drive space

For certain scenarios to run correctly, the following locomotives are required:

• BR 5MT Advanced (JT)
• LNER V2 Advanced (JT)
• Class 20 Advanced Collection (JT)
• Network SouthEast Class 121 DMU Add-on (Steam)

Version 1.04:

• This fixes various signal issues and add approach control to some signals where required

Version 1.03:

• Added new grass from Neasden to Aylesbury
• Reduction of unrequired assets to help increase frame rates
• Made compatible for S8