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WCML: Birmingham - Crewe: Out Now!
The first Add-on for Train Sim World 6 lands today! Take to the heart of Britain and the industrial Black Country in WCML: Birmingham - Crewe, by All Aboard Studios.
Approximate release times: 1000 BST PlayStation & Xbox, 1600 BST Epic Games, 1800 BST Steam
Route and Trains Summary
We outlined the extent of the route between Birmingham and Crewe in our previous article, supplemented by entries in the All Aboard Studios Blog.
This high-speed section of the West Coast Main Line allows players to race through the heart of the Black Country and serve West Midlands commuters in a variety of trains from other Add-ons. The busy timetable is represented best at important locations on the route, such as Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton and Crewe stations.
Here, a large selection of layers can be toggled from a wider range of other Train Sim World Add-ons, including the CrossCountry Voyager, Avanti West Coast Pendolino and West Midlands Railway / CrossCountry Class 170.
Included in the route are modern passenger services using the versatile & varied BR Class 350 EMU in multiple liveries. All Aboard Studios have made a number of improvements for this variant, including suspension and brake physics.
Adding an extra layer of personality to the route is 350235, wearing its unique British Transport Police livery. You will see this eye catching unit throughout your drives, appearing across the timetable as it follows its real world diagram.
Passenger and Platform Announcements feature frequently throughout each passenger service, including unique British Transport Police announcements, as well as Passenger Ambience.
Temporary Speed Restrictions are also toggleable as part of Train Sim World 6's Random Events feature.
A selection of Train Faults are planned for the Class 350 to be implemented for this route Add-on in a post-release patch.
Train Sim World 6: West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe is out now for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for £29.99/€35.99/$39.99
Please note that WCML: Birmingham - Crewe will be released on PC and 9th Gen Console platforms only.
Additional Information:
Both the Dovetail team and the All Aboard Team are working through some existing known issues that we wanted to outline below, to help reduce the chance you encounter these issues. These will be present with the release version, and we will be working to address these in future patches for the add-on.
- Some announcements do not mention destination names
- Station announcements at Stafford can be heard from up to 2 miles away from the platform
- 'Contingency Measures' scenario does not direct the player to the newspaper stand on platform 12 at the end (Preventing it being completed)
- 'Unit Exchange' scenario for the first change end task after departing Soho, the PBC task is not clearing up.
We hope you have a great experience with the route, if you need any player support, you can request this from our teams on our support website and if you want to share any feedback to our teams, visit our Birmingham Crewe Feedback Thread
Preview Livestream
If you missed seeing the route in action, you can revisit both the RFTV Team and guests from All Aboard Studios for the Preview of WCML: Birmingham - Crewe, over on YouTube and Twitch.
What's Next for All Aboard Studios?
If you've been following our Train Sim World Roadmap, you'll know that All Aboard Studios are working on the Avanti West Coast Class 805 Add-on. We'll provide further details of this Add-on at a later time. Stay tuned!
Yet to upgrade to TSW6?
WCML: Birmingham - Crewe is an Add-on for Train Sim World 6. If you've not yet upgraded, you can still do so in a number of ways.
Deluxe Edition: including CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager
Upgrading via Train Sim World 6: Deluxe Edition will not only give you access to three brand new routes: Riviera Line, Morristown Line and Leipzig-Dresden, but also the CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager, which layers into playable services for WCML: Birmingham Crewe.
Train Sim World 6: Special Edition also includes additional back catalogue routes, such as Cardiff City Network, which also layers into WCML: Birmingham - Crewe.
Free Starter Pack available until 11th November
Alternatively, you can upgrade via the Train Sim World: Free Starter Pack, which is available to download to your collection permanently until 11th November 2025.
Whilst this won't grant you any new routes or trains, it will allow you to then purchase WCML: Birmingham - Crewe.
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