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The third of our DTG Direct ‘Take A Ticket’ reveals is coming soon! Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn is coming to Train Sim World 5 on 30th January!
So far, we’ve talked about:
An historically important mainline, the Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn was built in sections throughout the mid-1800s. The line originally terminated on the western side of the Rhine at Ludswighafen but was quickly extended over the eastern bank to Mannheim, followed eventually by the movement of the former station to create a seamless through line.
Mannheim Hauptbahnhof is the second largest traffic hub in southwestern Germany and hosts a variety of services from local S-Bahn to ICE. This reflects Mannheim’s status as the second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg. As trains depart Mannheim, they cross the state border between Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
Included in Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn are four trains / locomotives that have been seen in previous Train Sim World Add-ons, resulting in a busy and varied scene at some of the route’s principal stations as was the case in the early 2010s.
Running the bulk of the timetabled services is the DB BR 425 EMU, servicing S-Bahn passengers between Mannheim and Kaiserslautern. This EMU has been worked on over its previous versions, with a number of simulation elements improved to the secondary air system, including air suspension and the air powered sanders.
The DB BR 406 ICE 3M was first introduced to the Köln - Aachen route Add-on released way back in 2020. These high-speed trains, capable of 330 km/h, are used widely across Germany and across borders into neighbouring countries such as France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
For Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn, this train has been improved to bring it up to the standards of the DB BR 403 ICE seen in Kassel-Würzburg, with particular attention given to the way the train performs under braking.
Working both passenger and freight trains is the DB BR 185 member of the TRAXX family. This electric locomotive is the most recent version seen in Add-ons such as Salzburg-Rosenheim and S-Bahn Vorarlberg.
For classic traction, the DB BR 111 from the recent Train Sim World 5 Gameplay Pack is included, featuring the variation to its pantograph. It utilises a tap changer control system with both manual and semi-automatic input, bringing a different style of operation to that seen on contemporary locomotives.
These will include:
A note for players on 8th generation consoles
TSG have shared new screenshots with us in this Roadmap for you all to relish!
Strap in, and board the new ÖBB 1020 Krokodil locomotive in OBB Blood Orange livery, as well as the DBB BR 111 in DB Blue & Cream and a range of passenger coaches and wagons!
We’ve got a few new screenshots to share with you all today, including a first glimpse inside the Class 378 Capitalstar that you’ll be operating!
Get ready for intense 8-trains-per-hour gameplay, featuring freight traffic and AI on multiple mainlines. As for the scenery, expect to find iconic key landmarks such as the Olympic Park and the HS1 tunnel entrance from the Southeastern High-Speed route.
Cab Areas
Mid-Cab (The area between the cab and bulkhead)
Bulkhead Areas
The pack is rounded out with the inclusion of custom Mk1 carriages in BR blue, answering fan requests for these much loved carriages, with custom 3D modelling in BR blue and grey liveries. Included in the pack are the BG, TSO, BSO and FK variants.
The iconic 47484 “Isambard Kingdom Brunel” will substitute into existing timetables for a wide range of routes, including timetable integration for West Coast Mainline: Preston-Carlisle and Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk routes from Just Trains, both natural homes for the Class 47. The loco, featured in its special edition livery, was often used on numerous railtours and hauled the Royal Train, from its base at Old Oak Common shed. The Athena team have recreated the variations in each cab end, after the real locomotive was rebuilt from accidental damage.
The pack includes 10 scenarios, with new features such as depot movements, the opportunity to run around your train and coupling double headed formations for very special railtours along the ECML. A range of AI services have been created for each of the scenarios, including layering of appropriate rolling stock from other UK routes.
In collaboration with our friends at Mattel, Thomas & Friends™ Visit the West Somerset Railway will be an Add-on coming to Train Sim World this year. Naturally, the star of the show is Thomas the Tank Engine, with his friends Annie and Clarabel joining him. Adding an element of mischief is Diesel and the Troublesome Trucks. What will they get up to?
We’ll talk further about this very exciting release very soon, but as a brief summary:
Cottbus - Berlin by TaurusCB, Emil and NexusCraft
Zags Gas Tanker by ragn05
PC Editor Improvements & New Tutorials
On the way you grabbed 7.6 million collectables, and managed to cover over 387 BILLION kilometers of track, which is the same distance as travelling to Pluto and back 36 times!
As your final reminder, the Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack offer is ending today all platforms on Thursday 9th January 2025 - This will be your last chance to grab Train Sim World 5 for free and keep it forever if you haven't!
Deluxe Edition adds the exciting Avanti West Coast Pendolino and FlixTrain Vectron to the fleet and comes with the American, heavy-hauling Cajon Pass route too!
We are delighted to announce that Mattel’s Thomas & Friends™ is coming to Train Sim World!
In Train Sim World 5, The Rails Are Yours! 3 new routes, new features and new locomotives and trains await with savings on Core bundles.
If you've upgraded to Train Sim World 5 using the Free Starter Pack (ending 9th January), you can still gain access to the three core routes separately by purchasing the individual route Add-ons.
Head to the east coast and move masses of commuters through either the wooded countryside of Massachusetts or the bustling urban areas around New York.
If you're looking to add more locomotives to your collection, some of the latest releases from our Partner Programme Developers are now 20% off!
There's also HUGE savings on routes from the Train Sim World catalogue, including a massive 90% off LGV Méditerranée!
What about some festive cheer? Be careful... the naughty elf is out to spoil the fun! Get 70% off The Holiday Express - Runaway Elf, featuring a miniature F7 with simple controls and a route set in a 1980s living room!
If you're looking for something a bit different to play this Holiday Season, then City Transport Simulator: Tram is available at 30% off.
Explore 27 miles of track between Manchester Piccadilly and the famous paradise of Alderley Edge. The route includes two key spines, a mainline via Stockport and the Styal line via Manchester Airport, converging at Wilmslow. Both branches offer busy commuter traffic into the heart of Manchester and recently formed of the BEE network.
Included with the route is the Class 323 Northern and Class 66, with additional layers for the Class 350, 390 Pendolino and ScotRail Class 158.
Be taken to a time when “Warbonnet” red-and-silver and striking blue-and-yellow AT&SF diesels powered heavy tonnage and hot intermodals across the legendary California Pass.
It will feature two Santa Fe locomotives, the SD40-2 in AT&SF’s blue-and-yellow freight livery, and the powerful C40-8W dressed in the Warbonnet red-and-silver livery. These will reflect Santa Fe-specific details, including the distinctive inset lower headlight of the rebuilt SD40-2s and the unique “gull wing” cab of the C40-8W diesels.
As for the route itself, we don't have any screenshots to share yet, but you can expect a twin-track electrified mainline running between two major cities and exploring the rural landscape of the Netherlands over a staggering 105km of track, with 8 new stations to explore!
If you’re running the sprinter services, you can expect this to take about 70 minutes if you visit every station!
From the complex up and under of track in Mannheim you wind into the hills and gradients - For those hearing about this scenic twin-track adventure for the first time, get ready to mix gameplay between winding hills and gradients, with faster express operation as you travel the 65km length track between Kaiserslautern to the city of Mannheim.
Set in the early 2010s, enjoy glorious scenery as you discover the 16 stations along the line with a full run in the BR 425 EMU, and also includes the DB BR 111 for regional traffic, and DB BR 406 ICE 3M for the high-speed traffic.
These packs havee previously added new liveries, detailed rolling stock and wagons, as well as brand-new scenarios to routes in Train Sim World, and you can expect more of that to come in the upcoming add-ons.
As a final teaser from the Skyhook team, here's a sneak peek at a new unrevealed add-on we'll be announcing in the new year...
This now leaves us with only one more door on our season of reveals calendar, our grand reveal. We've seen lots of speculation, what do you think it could be? Don't miss out as we share the news tomorrow at 14:00 UTC, and we'll see you there!
If you’re a PlayStation player that’s making the jump from TSW2020, TSW2 or TSW3, we have specific instructions on how to switch over to Train Sim World 5.
Update 0.4.0 Coming in this update from popular request is joystick support and customizable controls, with presets for keyboard and controller inputs. Be sure to follow Viewapp
We checked in with our partners at Union Workshop for the upcoming Tadami Line route, the first Japanese route coming to Train Sim World!
Today we can also reveal the locomotive will be the Kiha 40 diesel railcar. You will operate across 88km of track, visiting 28 stations with Japanese signalling and safety systems as well as native Japanese language support, new to TSW!
On our reveal video, we also gave you a sneak peak of gameplay you can expect to find whilst playing TSW VR: New York - which you can watch below!
We hope you’re ready for the first back-dated Austrian route coming to TSW. We’ll be traversing the steep mountainous railway of the Mittenwald Pass and heading cross-border between Austria and Germany. Set in 1989, with 15 stations to explore over 63 km of track.
Join us next week for the final set of reveals and updates, and we can't wait to close off the year with our final announcement!
Gameplay Packs are focussed on bringing additional services and Scenarios to specific routes in your collection. This can sometimes be new wagons, carriages and locomotives, or additional gameplay using existing trains in Train Sim World for a specific route.
For Train Sim World 5, there are 3 gameplay packs that add services to the game’s three core routes for 9th Generation Console and PC players. These can be purchased separately for $5.99/£4.99/€5.99, or as a Gameplay Add-on Bundle for $13.99/£11.99/€13.99.
Light up Los Angeles and delight passengers during the holidays with additional services and Scenarios along the San Bernardino Line. Climb aboard Metrolink’s F125 locomotive and its Rotem passenger cars, all adorned with festive lights to bring holiday spirit through California!
The F125 forms a regular part of the Metrolink fleet along with the Rotem cab car that leads the return journey in this push-pull formation. Though older units typically run the holiday services in winter, this gameplay pack represents what modern diesel power would look like fully dressed up for festive fun. Metrolink themselves plan to use the F125 on forthcoming Holiday Train services in real-life.
3 additional services are added to the San Bernardino Line Weekend schedule. These run from LA Union to Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga to Covina and Covina to LA Union.
For West Coast Main Line South, the addition of the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon allows for more variety in freight movements beyond the Intermodal trains included in the route. They will come with updated Suspension physics seen in other Train Sim World 5 wagons and locomotives.
Originally built as JMA wagons in 1995, the classification was changed to HKA in 2009 to mark their change from being coal wagons to aggregate wagons – they were also fitted with track-friendly bogies for easier rolling around corners.
These branded wagons bring additional freight services to the West Coast Main Line timetable, along with 3 additional Scenarios for that route.
Swap out classic traction between Frankfurt and Fulda with the DB BR 111 and compatible n-Wagen cab car.
The BR 111 (previously seen in the Salzburg – Rosenheim route Add-on) has been a regular feature on Germany’s railway network since the 1970s on both S-Bahn and InterCity services. It utilises a tap changer control system with both manual and semi-automatic input, bringing a different style of operation to that seen on contemporary locomotives.
Also included is the retro n-Wagen (previously seen in the Bremen – Oldenburg route Add-on), a single-deck fleet of passenger coaches complete with Karlsruher Kopf cab car.
Though not a requirement, we recommend that you own the respective core routes before purchasing the Gameplay Packs. These routes are:
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