Dating back to the competitive 1860s, the Chatham Main Line is long cemented in the fabric of Kentish life; from making commuting into London possible, to bringing people from across England to the Kent Coast for summer getaways. Today the line is as important and as busy as ever, supporting commuter, mainline and high-speed services throughout.

Experience the full Chatham Main Line in its entirety from London Victoria to Ramsgate and Dover via Faversham! The Sheerness Branch is also included, as is London Blackfriars, totalling over 130 miles of South East metals to explore across 7 career scenarios. Also featuring are a plethora of Southeastern EMUs, including an all-new BR Class 465/9 in the Southeastern Blue Stripe & Grey Stripe livery for long-distance Networker action!

The Chatham Main Line route spans over 130 miles in South East London and Kent, from the bustling hubs of London Victoria & Blackfriars to the popular Kent Coast destinations of Dover and Ramsgate. More than 60 detailed stations feature across the route, as well as numerous landmarks, take to the rails and explore this monumental route aboard varied and modern Southeastern traction.

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We are excited to announce that previously released and any future BNSF branded add-ons will be coming to Train Simulator 2022 globally. Better yet, you will be deciding which one of three routes will be coming to Steam first, before Christmas! Will you choose the legendary Tehachapi Pass, the stunning Marias Pass or the challenging Stevens Pass? Head over to our forums to cast your vote.

If Marias Pass or Stevens Pass win, it will be available worldwide before Christmas. If Tehachapi Pass wins, owners of it worldwide will receive a free update before Christmas to add the BNSF-branding. This is only the start, look out for more BNSF branded add-ons as we start to roll them out on Steam in the New Year.

Head to https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts22-bnsf-routes-releasing-worldwide.49658/ to vote on one of the following BNSF routes...




Spectacular scenery and large sweeping curves through the Rocky Mountains are just some of the features of Marias Pass. The route is famous for its spectacular bridges, and these are accurately depicted alongside other features including mountain snow sheds, the silo ‘Dalek’ at Browning, Belton Lake, the concrete Penguin at Cut Bank, a large marshalling yard at Whitefish, industrial facilities throughout the route and the 13-mile branch line to Kalispell. Also included with the route is a GE ES44 DC locomotive in BNSF heritage livery and a Burlington Northern EMD SW1500 switcher, along with BNSF 50ft box cars and lumber cars, and several freight cars in BNSF and BN livery.




The mountainous Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains features the longest railroad tunnel in the United States, and is now recreated in this spectacular route for Train Simulator. Featuring stations at Cashmere, Leavenmouth, Winton, Berne, Skykomish, Baring, Gold Bar and Everett, as well as the Boeing construction facility and major industrial yards at Wenatchee and Mukilteo. Also included are locomotives and rolling stock often seen on the route, including the EMD GP38-2, in ex-BN and BNSF Heritage liveries, and a GE ES44DC diesel locomotive in BNSF livery, plus a selection of freight cars and unique loads.




The Tehachapi Pass route for Train Simulator re-creates this historic line in contemporary form from Mojave to Bakersfield, California, a distance of 68 route miles. Anchored by busy yard facilities at both Mojave and Bakersfield, the route takes you to all of Tehachapi’s numerous renowned locations – Sand Cut, the Caliente horseshoe, Bealville, Walong siding, Cable, Summit, and, of course, legendary Tehachapi Loop, where the line uses a full loop and tunnel to cross over itself in truly dramatic fashion. Tehachapi is home to big motive power and the Train Simulator route features Union Pacific’s General Electric AC4400CW and ES44AC diesels along with Electro-Motive SD70ACe and GP40-2 diesels as well as BNSF GE ES44DC power.

Voting closes December 15th and the winner will be released on Steam globally before Christmas. This will be the first release with more BNSF content coming in the New Year.

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The Steam Autumn Sale is here! There are discounts on hundreds of Train Simulator routes, locomotives and marketplace Add-Ons.

Routes featured include Tehachapi Pass (-20%), South Wales Coastal (-20%) and Bahnstrecke Riesa - Dresden (-20%). There are a wide range of locomotives to learn from the Canadian Pacific AC4400CW (-25%), Merchant Navy Class (-20%) or the SBB RABE 523 (-25%). You can also find a range of Marketplace packs like the recently relesed Tehachapi Pass Scenario Pack (-10%).

Also launching 25th November as part of the Steam Autumn Sale we have a Thanksgiving gift with the Amtrak P42DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition. This pack includes five Amtrak 50th Anniversary liveries for the General Electric P42DC and new scenarios for the Miami-West Palm Beach route. The Amtrak 50th Anniversary pack will be free for one week! Miami-West Palm Beach is also discounted at -50% during the Autumn Sale.

You can browse all of the Add-Ons for Train Simulator 2022 on the store page...

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The Steam Halloween Sale has arrived with many spooktacular deals on Train Simulator and Train Sim World 2 Add-Ons!

The sale runs October 28th - November 1st and you can enjoy the following discounts plus much more...


Launching today, are five new Train Simulator 2022 Regional Editions. Discover the Guiguang High Speed and Longhai Railways in the Chinese Edition. Explore the Engadin Linie and Gotthardbahn Alpine Classic in the Swiss Edition. Cross the magnificent Forth Bridge on the Fife Circle line in the UK Edition. Master the famous Hudson Line: New York – Croton-Hamon rail line in the US Edition and travel through the packed city of Dresden in Bahnstrecke Riesa – Dresden with the German Edition!




Take charge of vital passenger and freight services over stunning Bavarian terrain. With plenty of traction every day and a diverse range of services to take on, all twinned with iconic station infrastructure and the scenic Bavarian landscape, there’s no resting on the rails of the Nuremberg-Regensburg railway.




Anchored on the great railroad town of Kansas City, Union Pacific’s Heartland Service Unit is perfectly named, stretching through America’s vibrant and busy granger heartland. And now, extraordinary Union Pacific granger-country main line railroading comes to Train Simulator with the Kansas City – Topeka route!




Marsdonshire is a fictional UK network from Just Trains, with around 160 miles to explore, giving you a great range of tasks and a variety of interesting places to visit in this contemporary county. The railway network in Marsdonshire has always supplied vital links between the various communities and industrial centres. There is plenty across the network for you to discover!



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Train Simulator 2022 is out now on Steam, featuring three routes and a Deluxe Edition including Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe!

Train Simulator 2022 comes with three authentic real-world routes that have been updated and re-engineered to provide you with an enhanced gameplay experience. Frankfurt – Koblenz features updated signalling for a more realistic experience, take in improved scenery and new licensed brands in Birmingham Cross City Line and listen to improved audio on Amtrak's Acela Express in NEC: Washington – Baltimore plus much more.




Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor: It is a crown jewel of American railroading. Climb aboard Amtrak’s high-speed Acela and flashy ACS-64 speedster as you experience American passenger railroading at its best across the bustling southern portion of the “NEC” – from Baltimore, Maryland, to America’s capital city.




Famed for its natural beauty and historical importance, the picturesque Linke Rheinstrecke and Mainbahn come together as one as you operate on one of the busiest lines in all of Germany using the state-of-the-art DB BR 429.1 EMU in the striking white SÜWEX livery, DB BR 411 ICE T in DB ICE livery, DB BR 423 in DB S-Bahn Rhein-Main livery and more!




Encounter dense commuter services, linking important interchange hubs and local communities across the Cross City Line route. Take charge of the BR Class 323 EMU, 350/1, 350/2 and 350/3 in London Midland livery and tackle the famed Lickey Incline, the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain!




As well as three exciting routes, the Train Simulator 2022 Deluxe Edition comes with a brand-new route, Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe. Explore this 112km (70-Mile) route from Strasbourg, France, to Offenburg and Karlsruhe, Germany, including both lines via Ettlingen and Durmersheim. Explore 28 authentically detailed stations and visit Expansive yards outside Karlsruhe, Strasbourg and Offenburg. Tackle a multitude of signalling and safety system types across multiple scenarios featuring dense Dense passenger and freight services, including regional, inter-city, high-speed and cross-border traffic. Climb aboard the SNCF BR 186 and haul container traffic into Germany, make the return trip from the complex cabs of the TGV Euroduplex or ICE 3M, and hop on-board regional and additional ICE trains to Offenburg.



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Today is your last chance to save on Train Simulator 21. You can pick up the Standard Edition or Deluxe Edition at 60% off. A range of Add-Ons have also been discounted as part of this sale including routes like Welsh Marches, Nuremberg & Regensburg, and Peninsula Corridor. Head to the store page on Steam to see all of the offers.

You can also find discounts on Train Sim World 2. The Collector's Edition, with six routes included, is 35% off. Also on sale are Cane Creek, Cathcart Circle Line, Hamburg - Lübeck and Arosalinie.

Offers end 28 September at 6PM BST / 7PM CEST / 10AM PDT.

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Haul heavy freight from the spacious “comfort cab” of the Norfolk Southern SD70M, powering its way into Train Simulator courtesy of The Loco Shop.
Developed in the 1990s, the Electro-Motive SD70 was the next evolution in motive power, following on from the SD60. This new locomotive was designed to be more powerful, sat upon a better design of truck and was 1 ft longer than its predecessor.

The SD70 was soon followed by a revised design, the SD70M, which featured a wider nose and a “North American Safety Cab”, also known as a “comfort cab”, which offered a more wide-open environment for crew members compared to more standard designs. Over 1600 examples were built in total, with Norfolk Southern ordering and receiving only 68 between 2000 and 2004.

While diminutive in fleet strength, at 4000 horsepower a piece, Norfolk Southern’s SD70M locomotives are capable of delivering heavy-hauling capability on a variety of freight operations, including the movement of coal through the heart of Pennsylvania. Climb aboard the mighty Norfolk Southern SD70M in Train Simulator.

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Explore the full working life of a single locomotive fleet, from fresh off the production line to modified and in need of a clean, with NZTS Workshops’ extensive New Zealand DJ Loco Pack for Train Simulator.

The New Zealand DJ Class is a Bo-Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive which was in service from 1968 until 1991, hauling passenger and freight traffic over the rugged Southern Alps of New Zealand’s South Island. Built in Japan to replace steam traction, the DJ Class was known for its superior cab environment and good visibility, making it a frequent sight leading all sorts of mixed-traffic operations.
Throughout their career, the DJ Class was subject to many liveries, with no fewer than 10 main designs across their lifespan. Not only this, but the locomotives were also modified later in life to have a down-rated performance, altering their capability through to retirement.

For time-spanning use in Train Simulator, NZTS Workshops’ New Zealand DJ Loco Pack covers all the various liveries that the class has carried through its lifetime, complete with relevant modifications to represent the down-rated locos on the later liveries. Go to work across the decades with both passenger and freight duties to perform across the challenging landscape of the Midland Line.

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Bienvenue en France and willkommen in Deutschland! Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe is coming to the Train Simulator 2022 as part of the Deluxe Edition September 30.

The Rhine Valley Railway, or Rheintalbahn, dates back to the 1840s and stretches from Mannheim to Basel, linking multiple key cities along the way. The section between Karlsruhe and Offenburg was opened in stages throughout 1844, with 2 separate lines between Karlsruhe and Rastatt that each serve different towns. At Appenweier, the line also features a triangle junction where rails take a sharp turn westbound and cross the border into France, serving Strasbourg and beyond.

Developments throughout the line’s history has seen it upgraded over time to allow for higher and higher speeds, and today, it forms part of a major international network that links France, Germany and Switzerland with ICE and TGV trains at speeds up to 250 km/h. Naturally there is also high demand for cross-border freight traffic, with SNCF operating FRET services into Germany using the modern BR 186 locomotive, capable of working with multiple signalling and electrification types.

Explore this 112km (70-Mile) route from Strasbourg, France, to Offenburg and Karlsruhe, Germany, including both lines via Ettlingen and Durmersheim. Tackle a multitude of signalling and safety system types across multiple scenarios featuring dense passenger and freight services. Climb aboard the SNCF BR 186 and haul container traffic into Germany, make the return trip from the complex cabs of the TGV Euroduplex or ICE 3M, and hop on-board regional and additional ICE trains to Offenburg.

Bahnstrecke Strasbourg - Karlsruhe, one of Germany’s most important lines, awaits your arrival in the Train Simulator 2022 Deluxe Edition. The route will also be available separately at launch.

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Train Simulator 2022 is coming soon to Steam with a new selection of routes.

The next instalment of the series is just around the corner, Train Simulator 2022 launches with 3 routes in one package. Get ready to operate in a dense commuter network with the BR Class 323 in Birmingham Cross City Line. Take control of the DB BR 429.1 FLIRT 3 across the picturesque Rhine Valley in Frankfurt – Koblenz and lastly, experience American passenger railroading at its best – with Amtrak’s Acela in Northeast Corridor: Washington DC – Baltimore. All of this awaits you in Train Simulator 2022, coming soon to Steam.


Take control of the BR Class 323 EMU in London Midland livery along the 37-mile Cross City Line from Lichfield Trent Valley to Bromsgrove & Redditch via Birmingham New Street. Be ready to tackle the famed Lickey Incline, the steepest sustained main-line railway gradient in Great Britain; 1:37.7 for two miles between Bromsgrove and Barnt Green.




The 80-mile Frankfurt – Koblenz route serves a mix of regional and intercity traffic, and covers the Picturesque Linke Rheinstrecke from Koblenz Hbf to Mainz Hbf and Historic Mainbahn from Mainz Hbf to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. Conduct services here in the strikingly branded SÜWEX (Südwest-Express) DB BR 429.1 EMU.




The Northeast Corridor: Washington DC – Baltimore route extends from Washington, DC, 41 route miles north to Baltimore, where iconic Baltimore Penn Station rests near the north portal of the B&P Tunnel. This route includes a selection of realistic locomotives and equipment, including the Amtrak’s high-speed Acela and ACS-64.



We'll be talking more about Train Simulator 2022 in the coming weeks, including revealing the new route featured in the Deluxe Edition. Follow us on @RailSimulator on Twitter and Facebook.