Developed on:
Athlon XP 2400+
ASUS A7V8X Gold
1.0GB PC2100
nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT 128MB
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Planned compatibility with
openBVE v1.0, BVE v2.6 and v4.2
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Status: In development (v1.0)
The Birmingham Cross-City North runs from Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Trent Valley, and this BVE route is an extension to the popular "Cross-City South"
route. In order to have the highest number of available freeobjects, other BVE route
resources, and better performance, the Cross-City North route files will be independent
of the Cross-City South. Most of the diagrams and scenarios in the Cross-City South
will be continued in the Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley route.
The highlights are New Street station, the highly complex Proof House Junction,
and Lichfield Trent Valley High Level station, where the West Coast Main Line passes
beneath.
Like the Cross-City South, this route will be another detailed and accurate BVE
add-on designed in CSV format, specifically for BVE2. The detail in the Cross-City
North will build on the acheivements of the Cross-City South, and will include even
more detailed, complex and realistic catenary, more photo-realistic lineside features
and the usual variety of passing trains between New Street and Aston, with more
323's onwards to Lichfield Trent Valley High Level, where the Cross-City line passes
above the West Coast Main Line and Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level station. As
with the Cross-City South, invaluable help with route information and a few train
objects has been offered by Steve Green [Train Sim Central], and some gradient information has once
again been provided by Robert Glass [Scottish
Rail Sim Files]. The route will be available in four variations (Daytime Summer/Winter,
Dawn, Dusk), as well as being available in several 'Detail Levels' so the route
can run on a variety of PC hardware. Use the links on the left to find out more
about the route.
- Route length: 17.5 miles (28.2km)
- Line speeds: 10 to 70 mph
- Stations: Birmingham New Street, Duddeston,
Aston, Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Chester Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, Four
Oaks, Butlers Lane, Blake Street, Shenstone, Lichfield City, Lichfield Trent Valley
(High Level)
- Journey time: Approx. 35 minutes
- Era: Present Day
- Traction: Class 323 25kV AC EMU
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