British Railway Changelog

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British Railway is a game featuring a variety of trains and stations found within Great Britain. Drive a selection of detailed electric, diesel and bimode locomotives and multiple units over an extensive network consisting of a mainline, and branch lines through the countryside and towards the sea and harbour.

Please be aware that this changelog is not actively maintained, nor made by an active staff member of the Fourth Rail team, so may be out of date.

Changelog

1.3.1

Release date: 14/07/2024 (12:00 BST)

British Railway V1.3.1

Stations and depots

  • Syde-On-Sea opened
  • Newhurst updated
  • Victoria Docks updated
  • St James Park updated
  • Meryon updated
  • Leaton Depot replaced by Leaton Sidings

Routes

  • Newhurst Branchline pack added

Liveries and consists

  • Class 80X :

    • Class 803 (Bloo) added
    • Class 805 (West Coast) added

  • Class 156 :

    • Scotland added

  • Class 170 :

    • Scotland added
    • SWT added

Miscellaneous

  • HUD designer now available on mobile
  • Alternative camera zoom mode added
  • Leaton junctions revamped
  • Settings and Shop UIs revamped
  • Filters added to train selection
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Maxwell moved
1.3.0

Release date: 27/04/2024 (12:00 BST)

The City Update - British Railway V1.3.0

Consist Creator

  • Create your own consists from compatible units
  • Mix and match liveries to create your own unique trains
  • Save up to 100 consists to load later
  • Share consists with friends using save strings

New Trains

  • Class 171 “Turbostar” (Regional/Semifast DMU)
Variants

171/2 (Old lights, 2 car)
171/4 (Old lights, 3/4 car)
171/7: (New lights, 2 car)
171/8: (New lights, 3/4 car)

  • Class 321 “Dusty Bin” (Regional/Semifast OHLE EMU)
Variants

321/4:

  • Anglia (Red)
  • Anglia (Blue)
  • Ex-NXEA
  • Ex-FCC
  • FCC
  • Class 800/801/802 “IEP” (Semifast/Intercity OHLE EMU/BMU)
Variants

800/0: (BMU)

  • FWR (5 car)
    800/1: (BMU)
  • FNER (9 car)
    800/2: (BMU)
  • FNER (5 car)
    801/1: (EMU)
  • FNER (5 car)
    801/2: (EMU)
  • FNER (9 car)
    802/0: (BMU)
  • FWR (5 car)
    802/1: (BMU)
  • FWR (9 car)
    802/2: (BMU)
  • Pennines (5 car)

Map

  • Avonhill opened
  • Union Street opened
  • Thornfield opened
  • Marden Hill TMD constructed
  • Osidge Hill updated
  • Mill Bridge updated

Routes

  • Fleetwood Pack extended into Fleetwood and Avonhill Pack - no extra purchase necessary to unlock Avonhill

Liveries

  • Class 170:

    • Midlands (ex-South)
    • Leaton Midland
    • Northern
    • FTPE

  • Class 153:

    • Central Trains
    • Avirra Trains Northern

  • Mk3 Coach:

    • First Class Variants added

  • Miscellaneous

  • Updated Class 170 cab

  • Updated Mk3 Coach/DVT sounds

  • Driver GUI refreshed

  • Customisation options added for driver GUI

  • Revamped physics

  • Illuminated in-cab dials added to some trains

  • Realistic AWS setting added

  • Topbar updated

  • Live map updated

    • Trains now colour coded by type
    • Click on a train to reveal more info

  • Significant optimisation across the game

  • Signalling system improved to allow multiple trains in one block

  • Bugs fixed

  • Tutel added

  • Maxwell moved

1.2.1

Release date: 01/10/2023 (15:00 BST)

Stations

  • Rosebury Park opened
  • Arkley opened
  • Fayre opened

Routes

  • Fayre Extension pack added

Trains

  • Mk3 DVT added for use with the Class 90

Liveries and consists

  • Class 153

    • Wales added

  • Class 350

    • LFWR added
    • Pennines (or ‘TransPanini’) added

Miscellaneous

  • Bugs fixed
  • Maxwell moved
1.2.0

Release date: 21/07/2023 (12:00 BST)

Stations

  • Watbury Castle demolished
  • Abbey Road updated
  • Longbow updated
  • Russell Lane updated
  • Belmond Green updated
  • Woodham slightly updated
  • Ashdean slightly updated
  • Forestdale slightly updated
  • Henley Park opened
  • Fortis Green opened
  • Elmtree House opened
  • Northcote opened
  • Mill Bridge opened
  • Rowton opened
  • Fleetwood opened

Routes

  • Route selection redesigned - choose from up to 50 routes, organised by destination, with a live preview
  • New Shuttle routes between Longbow and Victoria Harbour /Newhurst
    • Shuttle route is limited to 2 people per server and the 1 car 153 only - if you can’t spawn on it, try again later or in a different server (and sometimes shuttle routes don’t appear in the route selection, if this happens just retry)
  • Mill Bridge Pack added
  • Belmond Green Pack replaced by Fleetwood Pack - if you already owned the Belmond Green Pack, this has transferred to the Fleetwood Pack

Trains

  • Class 350 (Regional, Semifast, Intercity) Liveries:

    • Greylink
    • Leaton Midland

  • Class 153 (Shuttle, Regional) Liveries:

    • Regional Railways
    • Leaton Midland
    • Avirra Trains

Liveries and consists

  • Class 142 :

    • GMPTE added
    • Fourth Great Western added

  • Class 90 :

    • Anglia added

Weather

  • Dynamic weather added, including:
    • Clouds
    • Rain
    • Fog
    • Realistic sunrise and sunset
  • Wipers added
  • Sanding added
  • Wheelslip added
  • New settings to change weather, or disable it entirely

Miscellaneous

  • Ambient sounds added
  • In game maps redesigned
  • Simplified throttle added
  • Several major and minor issues fixed across the game
  • Ghosting should finally work as intended
  • Opened gangways between units added (currently 350 only)
  • Maxwell moved
1.1.1

Release date: 08/05/2023 (16:30 GMT)

Liveries and consists

  • Class 170:

    • Midlands Regional added
      • 2 car, 2+2, 2+3, 3+2 consists added
        • For the above consists to be visible, you must own either the Cross Country or Midlands Regional livery

  • Class 156:

    • Midlands Regional added

Miscellaneous

  • Voyager sounds tweaked
  • Some bugs fixed
  • Maxwell moved
1.1.0

Release date: 18/03/2023 (13:00 GMT)

Stations

  • Palmers Road removed
  • Watbury Castle closed
  • Abbey Road updated
  • Longbow Beach updated
  • Longbow updated
  • Victoria Harbour updated
  • Freston Junction updated
  • Whetstone updated
  • Leaton updated
  • Victoria Docks opened
  • Newhurst opened
  • Forestdale opened
  • Astley opened
  • Hulme Heath opened
  • Stirling Street opened
  • Norrington opened

Routes

  • Route system rewritten - 3 new types of route (ECS , Semifast , Intercity)
  • Earnings adjusted - Longer routes will earn more coins per hour
  • New route pack - Norrington Pack*

New Trains

  • Class 90 + Mk3s (Intercity + Semifast)
    • Liveries: Intercity, FOUR, Virgo
  • Class 220 (Intercity) added
    • Liveries: Cross Country, Virgo
  • Class 221 (Intercity) added
    • Liveries: Cross Country, Virgo, Silk, West Coast, White

Train Updates

  • Class 170: Added double unit consist - FOUR added, Cross Country updated
  • Class 156: Strathclyde and FOUR added
  • Class 142: Arriva updated

Miscellaneous

  • Class 221 has tilting functionality except on the “Cross Country” livery.
  • StreamingEnabled enabled
  • Live map reintroduced
  • Redesigned notification stack
  • User profile UI
  • Many bug fixes
1.0.0

Release date: 01/01/2022 (7pm Warsaw Time)

Rolling Stock

  • Class 90 added (Temporarily admin only)
  • Class 142 added.
  • Class 156 added.
  • Class 170 added.
  • Narrow Gauge Locomotives added.

Stations

  • Abbey Road opened.
  • Ashdean opened.
  • Ashdean Bridge opened.
  • Bawtry Road opened.
  • Belmond Green opened.
  • Broomfield opened.
  • Freston Junction opened.
  • Islington Square opened.
  • Leaton opened.
  • Longbow opened.
  • Longbow Beach opened.
  • Meryon opened.
  • Osidge Hill opened.
  • Palmers Road opened.
  • Russell Lane opened.
  • St James Park opened.
  • Victoria Harbour opened.
  • Watbury Castle opened.
  • Whetstone opened.
  • Woodham opened.
  • Islington Square closed.
  • Maybourne closed.

Feature changes

  • AI passengers
  • Credits and points system
  • Guarding
  • Train sounds
  • Train ghosting

    Trains are automatically hidden based on a few factors to minimise disruption to other players. These trains will then be ‘unghosted’ at a suitable point.

  • Live PIS boards
  • Mobile, console and VR support
  • Player advertising system

Everything else

  • Bugs squished

Special thanks to our staff team for assisting with the moderation of our Discord and game.

Credit

Development Team

  • ARandomAtom - Scripting and UI design
  • SignalAtRed - Rolling stock, scenery, texturing and general modelling
  • FinnlayX - Sounds (from V1.3.0) alongside other work
  • toby_train85 - Various graphics and texturing
  • Vectls - Scenery, track work

Contributors

  • omegamezle - Sounds, UI design, various graphics and scenery tweaks (Developer until V1.3)
  • MJDRBLX - Discord integration for advertising system
  • urbanexplorer23 - Various station roofs
  • DD_Sim - References
  • LNER_fan91 - 90002 horn and AWS recordings (Used for the Class 90 AWS sounds and Mark 3 DVT)
  • arieldominik - Class 357 door recordings (Used for the Class 170)
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