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Rail Sim Routes UK - Useful Links
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BVE Train Sim |
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BVE Trainsim |
Mackoy's Official BVE Website, the only place you can obtain the highly realistic
BVE cab-view simulator. You can download BVE and a variety of useful utilities here,
such as Track Viewer and Structure Viewer. The site is in Japanese, however there
are some English prompts to help you download BVE.
Note: Currently, all add-ons available from this site require BVE
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openBVE Project |
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openBVE Project
(Under Development--Early Beta) |
The likely future of BVE route and train development can be found here, at the openBVE
homepage. Currently in development, this new, open source railway simulation project
promises to build on the legacy BVE v2 and v4 have created, and when finished, will
enable greater functionality than is possible in the current BVE simulation, or
it's add-ons. Watford Junction to Rugby is now being developed for the openBVE platform,
thanks to it's greater capabilities where 3D object density is concerned, and also
because of the future potential offered by openBVE's planned native route format.
Important: This software is in the Beta (pre-release) stage--the
beta is aimed at developers and advanced users
only, and is not yet finished. |
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Railsim News |
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UK TrainSim |
UK Trainsim is one of the premiere sites catering for MSTS and other rail simulators,
with regular news updates, large download library and lively discussion forums including
one for BVE. |
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Transport Simulation
UK |
Vern Moorhouse's all new UK transport simulation site, with news and reviews covering
many kinds of transport simulations. |
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BVE and Railway Forums |
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Train
Sim Central Forums |
Train Sim Central's own busy support forums; a must visit for anyone wanting to
discuss BVE, post a query, or seek help with TSC's routes and trains. |
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RailUK Forum |
A discussion board with various sections dedicated to transportation, along with
a busy BVE section. |
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UKTrainsim
Forums |
A wide variety of busy forums are available, including a great forum for BVE. |
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Train-sim.com
Forums |
Train-sim.com's forums include busy sections catering for a variety of railsims,
including a section for BVE discussion. |
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The Transport
Forum |
A popular forum where you can discuss the London Underground, national rail, buses,
international rail, light rail and railway simulation. A busy BVE discussion board
is also present. |
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Other Railway Simulation Software |
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Microsoft Train Simulator |
Microsoft's Train Simulator, which includes a variety of routes, trains, activities
and tools, with a wide range of add-ons available. |
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Microsoft Train Simulator 2 |
NEW! Microsoft's new, next-generation
train simulator, based on the Flight Simulator X platform; visit the site for links
to developer's blogs. |
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Kuju Rail Simulator |
NEW! Kuju Entertainment's eagerly anticipated
new Rail Simulator; visit the site for news, pre-release screenshots and videos. |
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Auran Trainz |
Auran's Trainz Railroad Simulator, which includes a wide variety of layouts and
routes, route building tools and is supported by a large on-line community. |
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Signalling Centre Software |
Signalling Centre Software's range of high quality railway signalling simulations
based on UK signalling centres. |
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SimSig |
Geoff Mayo's website, where you can download his range of excellent SimSig Integrated
Electronic Control Centres (IECC) simulations. |
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MetroSim |
A fantastic new simulation currently being developed in the Netherlands; visit the
forum to see screenshots of this promising simulator. |
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Zusi |
An excellent German rail sim with many realistic features, including cab systems
modelling, signalling, and superelevation. There are also screenshots of Zusi v3
which is currently under development, showing some excellent features and graphics.
[Demo available] |
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Loksim 3D |
A very nice German cab-view simulator, with smooth graphics, cab sway, realistic
cab systems, good scenery and realistic catenary. |
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Rail3D |
Mark Goodspeed's evolving railway simulator, which includes a range of features
such as realistic UK signalling and useable NX/lever frame panels, realistic OHLE
geometry, animated 3D models, and more. |
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BVE Information |
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BVE Works in
Progress |
Al Barten's useful resource for a variety of BVE related matters, including route
building, object creation and hints and tips. |
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Yahoo!
BVE Group |
Click to subscribe to the Yahoo! BVE Group, for general discussions about BVE. |
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Dennis Lance's
BVE Site |
Visit Dennis' site for a range of useful and well written tutorials covering various
aspects of BVE route development, including route commands, object construction,
and example files. |
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Rail Sim Routes UK - BVE Add-on and Resources
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International BVE Sites |
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BVE-routes |
Uwe Post's excellent new site, which is a superb on-line database of BVE routes
currently available. Routes are categorised by country, with thumbnail previews,
text descriptions, and links to the various route download sites. New routes are
added to the database as they are released, and new routes are also rated. An ambitious
site, and well worth visiting! |
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RouteBuilder |
The homepage for RouteBuilder, the new visual route construction tool by Uwe Post
and Thomas Tschofenig. RouteBuilder should open up the world of BVE route building
to new users who don't wish to code their routes by hand. A variety of ready-made
objects are included in RouteBuilder's Object Library to get you started. |
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BVE Italia Fans |
Luigi Cartello's excellent site for Italian BVE fans; regularly updated, home to
some stunning Italian routes, and the place to visit for Italian speakers wishing
to get started with BVE. [Mainly Italian Language] |
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BVESim.de |
Excellent BVE site catering for the German BVE community, with numerous excellent
BVE downloads, resources, utilities and forums. [German Language] |
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Ruede's BVE-Seite |
Reude Hülsmann's superb BVE site, where you can find some of the most impressive
and innovative routes, objects and add-ons for BVE. The "Switch" utility creates
stunningly accurate and detailed pointwork for use in your BVE routes, and the new
U-Bahn (underground) Route demo is simply outstanding, with it's amazing lighting
and reflection effects. [German Language] |
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Czech BVE Page |
Vince Black's great website, covering Czech locos and other items for BVE. On Vince's
site, you can download several loco classes from the Czech Republic, as well as
the SNCF Thalys. The site is also home to the ambitious Virtual Depot, an on-line
graphical database of BVE locomotives and multiple units from numerous countries
around the world. Well worth visting! [English and Czech Language] |
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Simulátor BVE |
A promising Czech BVE website by the very talented GYZMA, where you'll find some
amazing screenshots of his detailed and photo-realistic objects for BVE, including
the remarkably detailed CD 749 locomotive of the Czech railways. You will also find
more screenshots showing off GYZMA's BVE route project, with photo-realistic structures,
detailed track and wonderfully accurate "stitched catenary" objects! The site also
has many help and information resources for Czech BVE users. [Czech Language] |
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BVE Croatia |
NEW! Viktor Mihaljević's BVE site, where
you can keep up to date with the development of the promising Vallis Aurea (Golden
Valley) line in central Croatia. You can also download the nicely detailed Panorama
and Bregi Lines, as well as 3D objects. There is also a wide selection of links
to Japanese routes for both BVE 2 and 4. |
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BVE Brazil Fans |
Joao Goncalves' Brazilian BVE website, home to the stunning Caldas to Grama route,
with excellent scenery and railway infrasturcture. Also watch out for Joao's new
route in development, the Pinda to Piracuama line. |
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Stephen's OzRail Pages |
Stephen Cross' great OzRail site, with some excellent BVE downloads available; including
the CityRail "S" Set EMU, revised version of Michael Thompson's superb Eastern Suburbs
Railway route, and new prototypically correct signals. |
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BVE Station |
NEW! Comprehensive U.S. BVE site, with
downloads, forums, tutorials, photo and screenshots galleries, and more. |
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BVE in Central Florida |
Sanford Mace's website with a wide variety of innovative and fascinating BVE downloads,
including a Boeing 737, various BVE 3D objects and also some handy utilities. |
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BVE in Virginia |
Michael Goetz' website where you can download the beautiful Blueridge Mountains
route for BVE. |
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BVE Utilities |
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Train Software |
Oskari Saarekas' website, where the excellent BVE Route Randomiser (BRR) can be
downloaded.
[ Oskari's site has now closed, but you can find his
wonderful BVE Route Randomiser at Trainsimcentral ]
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UK Based BVE Routes and Trains |
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Train Sim Central |
One of the original Western BVE sites, Steve Green's highly successful site is where
you'll find the latest BVE news, as well as excellent routes and trains, such as
'Network West Midlands' (by Tony Haylor, Steve Green, Simon Gathercole and Don Hunt);
'Hammerwich to Wood Green', 'Southern Electric', 'Clarendon' (by Dennis Lance),
'Bay Park' (by Sacha Dodd), 'USA Freight', and a range of London Underground routes.
There is also an extensive collection of BVE 4 drivable trains. |
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Scottish Rail Sim
Files |
Another of the original Western BVE sites, is Robert Glass' excellent Scotrailsim,
where you'll find amongst the finest Scottish routes for BVE, such as the stunning
Sandymill to Invermay and the classic Sandymill to Balfearn series of routes, all
complete with detailed scenery, objects and varied trains. Scotrailsim is also the
home to the stunningly realistic "Clockwork Orange" Glasgow Underground for BVE. |
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SRPS C&W Dept. |
Visit Don Clarke's site, to download the scenic Bo'ness Branchline and the superb
Edinburgh to Dundee route, which comes complete with excellent scenery, and detailed
civil engineering features such as the Forth Rail Bridge and Tay Bridge! |
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Joshim's
BVE Routes |
Joshim Nur's new BVE site, where you can download his superb Docklands Light Railway
route, which features richly detailed scenes, custom built objects, and great realism.
You can also follow progress with his upcoming Oxford Street bus route, the Metropolitan
Line, and download freely re-usable objects. |
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BVE Railnetwork |
Zane Saxton's great BVE Railnetwork site, where you can download his high quality
Class 156 for BVE 4, as well as an excellent class 47, and 153 (all produced in
co-operation with Trainsimcentral). Also available are photorealistic track packs,
and other miscellaneous downloads. Works in progress include the Great Yarmouth
- Norwich (via Acle) route, and the Great Eastern Mainline from Norwich - London
Liverpool Street, both for BVE 4. WIP trains include classes 20, 90, 150/2, 317,
and Mk2 DBSO97. |
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Coxster (formerly Virtual
Rail) |
Damon Cox's website, which covers several rail simulators, and features a UK BVE
route and train database, as well as BVE route and train downloads, and BVE reference
guides. |
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BVE Traction Maintainance
Depot |
NEW! Martin Corbett's nicely designed
site, where you can download some fantastic BVE 4 locos, including classes 31, 37/9,
50, and soon class 56. |
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BVE Routes &
Trains |
Richard Helliwell's site, where you can download the fictional Richwell network
and Harcroft to Colliers Stone routes, along with Kelvin Liu's excellent Aldwych
Branch version 2. |
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Eezypeezy's BVE Pages |
On this site you can download Tyne Valley route from Carlisle to Sunderland, and
the Aln Valley line. You can also download some fascinating BVE objects, including
lineside buildings, a scrapyard and even George Stephenson's birthplace! |
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BVE Route Junction |
Tom Beevers' site, where you can find the Piccadilly Line for BVE; the NE Tram route
and Richard Scott's classic Somerset and Doreset route. Some handy BVE development
resources are also available. |
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BVE Central |
Slick's BVE Central website, where you can download the excellent class 150/1 DMU,
and see the work-in-progress Silverlink class 321 EMU, along with other WIP trains. |
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Stopping Mark |
NEW! Visit the new Stopping Mark site
for BVE 4 routes and trains, including the LUL Central Line. There's also a forum
where you can disscuss BVE 4, and get more up-to-date information about the Central
Line project.
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Sacha's BVE
Site |
Sacha Dodd's new website, where you can download his well known routes, including
Bay Park and the LUL Victoria Line. |
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BVE
in Kent |
Visit this site to download the Asford to St. Mary Cray section of the Ashford to
London victoria (via Maidstone) route for BVE. There are some wonderful screenshots
of the route on the site as well. |
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North West BVE |
Derek Kaye's great website, where you can find the Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle
route, and also keep up to date with the class 156 and 175 BVE train projects. |
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BVE Cornwall |
Chris Lees' site focused on Cornish routes and trains for BVE, including the Plymouth-
St Austell route, as well as offering various other BVE resources. |
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RamsburyBVE |
Chris Hynds' site where you can download the Ramsbury route for BVE, covering Highbridge
- Whelford and Southminster - Whelford, as well as download the class 458-JOP by
Chris Cobley. Also in development is the Jubilee Line from Stanmore - Charing Cross. |
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BVE in Scotland |
Mark Milmine's site dedicated to BVE and Scottish routes and trains, where you can
download the Milngavie to Springburn route, and a selection of trains. |
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Unofficial c2c
Rail |
ROBsLab's unofficial c2c Rail website, home to the superb class 357 "Electrostar"
for BVE. There are also some excellent EMU photos, and soon the site will contain
more information about the c2c rail network, including a history of the line. |
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BVE in the North |
Visit Phil Brooke's site where you can download the nicely detailed fictional Moorfield
to Westport route. |
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Nottingham Victoria
Station Website |
Visit Nick Willis' site dedicated to Nottingham Victoria, where a nicely detailed
BVE route depicting a section of the Great Central Railway, including detailed stations
and bridges can be downloaded. |
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West Midlands
BVE |
Rob Morris' website, where you can stay up to date with the progress of his two
new West Midlands routes, the well known Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town
branch and the busy section of line from Stourbridge Junction to Birmingham Snow
Hill. |
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Midlands
Train Sim |
Matt Lacey's website, where you can follow the progress of the new Tinsford - Highborough
fictitious BVE route, and also the Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly route for BVE. |
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BVE Galore! |
William Perry's BVE website, where you can find out about his new fictional Southern
route from Hawfield to Caysborough. |
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Rail Sim Routes UK - Railway Links
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Miscellaneous Railway Links |
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BR Diesel Web |
Andy Slater's excellent website with numerous high quality sound samples of UK diesel
loco classes, as well as class and cab photographs. These files are copyrighted
- anyone wishing to use any of these files in BVE trains should seek permission
first. |
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The Railway Centre |
Colin J. Marsden's superb website, including UK and international rail news, traction
and stock recognition guides, artists impressions, and the Railway Photography PDF
magazine. |
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Jon Patston's Fotopic
Gallery |
NEW! Excellent Fotopic site by Jon Patston,
including many photos of the southern section of the West Coast Main Line around
the Blisworth, Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and Ledburn areas, as well as photos of
the Southern East Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line and South Central areas, amongst
others. This site may be of interest to those awaiting my
Watford Junction to Rugby BVE route. |
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Electric-Railways |
NEW! Interesting site covering all aspects
of electrification on the UK's railways, including a wide range of information,
photos, and links. |
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Railsigns |
NEW! An excellent site explaining the
meaning of a wide range of lineside signs and signalling. Users of my own BVE routes
might like to refer to this site, along with the Lineside Signs section of my own
BVE Driver's Guide. |
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Heritage Railways |
NEW! A new site aiming to bring news and
photos from the world of preserved (and mainline) railways; also includes a forum
for discussing any railway related news. |
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Steve Jones' Railway
Photos |
Steve Jones' superb website with a huge selection of quality railway photographs,
which offer a superb visual record of the variety of traction to run on the British
rail network, both past and present. |
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The Bufferstops |
Nice fotopic site by Lee Emmington and Colin Arnold, which includes great railway
photos covering a wide range of classes taken in a variety of locations. |
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