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Train Sim World 6 Roadmap - August 2025
TL;DR (too long; didn’t read) Summary
- Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025 – Watch back our major announcements for TSW6!
- Train Sim World 6 – Pre-order available now! Full release on September 30th, 2025!
▹ Free Starter Pack Returns – A free entry for everyone into TSW6!
▹ UK Riviera Line: Exeter – Plymouth & Paignton
▹ UK Cross Country BR Class 220 Voyager
▹ US Morristown Line: New York & Hoboken – Dover
▹ US NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP Electro-Diesel
▹ DE Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden
▹ DE DB BR 294 Diesel Shunter - New Core Features – Discover new features and technical updates from our team!
▹ Random Events
▹ Train Faults
▹ Platform & Train Announcements
▹ New Passenger Ambient Audio
▹ Additional QoL Improvements - Train Sim World 6 Bundles – Find the best edition to suit your upgrade to TSW6!
▹ Standard Edition
▹ Deluxe Edition
▹ Special Edition - Take A Ticket Announcements – Further details coming tomorrow in a TSW6 Partner Roadmap!
▹ Birmingham – Crewe from All Aboard Studios
▹ Liberec – Stará Paka from Vector Simulations
▹ NEC New York to Stamford from Dovetail Games
▹ Stuttgart – Heilbronn from Dovetail Games
▹ Lisbon – Setúbal from VirtuaVia360
▹ Tadami Line from Union Workshop
▹ Expert DB BR 145 from TSG
▹ Crewe – Preston from Just Trains - Community Corner – Find the best edition to suit your upgrade to TSW6!
▹ New Official Dovetail Games Discord
▹ Railway 200 Special Livestream Weekend
▹ New Mastery Poster Monthly Rewards
▹ New TSW6 Main Menu Music - Partner Roadmap Coming Tomorrow – Hear from all our partner developers for upcoming TSW6 Add-ons!
- Preview & Livestream Schedule – Get a glimpse of TSW6 ahead of the full release!
The Train Sim World Roadmap
Train Sim World 6 Trailer
Okay let’s see the bingo cards – did any of you guess what we had in store?
Welcome everyone to our Train Sim World Roadmap, for those joining us for the first time, these are dedicated articles where we share all the news for our upcoming releases, insights from our development teams and partners that create add-ons, details on upcoming patches and updates, as well as any news happening in the TSW scene.
This edition will focus primarily on all the exciting news, screenshots and information of the routes, content and features coming with the release of Train Sim World 6 this September 30th! Tomorrow, we will have another Roadmap, focussing on our partner releases that are coming shortly after the release of TSW6!
For a quick visual reminder of everything, here's a peek at our TSW6 overview:
If you are looking for specific answers to your questions for Train Sim World 6, head to our TSW6 FAQ Master Page. We will also be posting separate dedicated articles for each of the three new core routes and deluxe locos, to explore the timetables, key route features and services/scenario specifics, and you can expect these starting in the coming weeks.
Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025
For those who missed our main event yesterday or prefer to get all their information in video-form, be sure to watch our recent Dovetail Direct for all of the Train Sim World 6 information, including brand-new Add-on reveals coming post-launch!
We're incredible grateful to have reached a record-breaking amount of concurrent viewers watching the Direct this year, with a peak of over 7,700 people tuning in at one time across both YouTube and Twitch!
Train Sim World 6 – Coming September 30th, 2025!
Here we go – let’s dive into everything revealed for Train Sim World 6!
Riviera Line: Exeter – Plymouth & Paignton
Who’s ready for a trip across the Dawlish Sea Wall? Bathe in the beauty of the South Devon Main Line between Exeter St Davids across the Plymouth, featuring the picturesque Riviera Line branch to Paignton in this new route coming with Train Sim World 6!
Famous for the red-coloured cliffs, this scenic adventure brings us to Devon for the first time in TSW, with wonderful views that will keep you locked in Photo Mode for hours capturing the best screenshots possible.
And what’s that we spot on the camera? It looks like the return of the beloved GWR license! We’ve very proud to officially represent the trains included on the Riviera line in their GWR liveries, for both the new, dual-powered BR Class 802 and the Class 150.
Tranquil hills, cliffs and ocean waves are a perfect setting for a brand new challenge, as this line will feature steep gradients, sharp up/downhill banks and constant winding tracks throughout, keeping you on your toes across the mainline.
This route is packed with history, originally built in the 1840s by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as an atmospheric railway, and later transformed to standard traction – it’s significance to the region is paramount.
Have a look at these fantastic screenshots!
Back with the release of the Class 170 from Rivet Games, we brought the Cross Country livery to TSW! Of course, with this new brand, we had to bring in the…
Cross Country BR Class 220 Voyager (Deluxe Loco)
The wait is over – A massively famous sight across the UK, we’re finally welcoming in the Class 220 Voyager to your TSW collections!
Born to suit the growing needs of the longest and busiest services across the UK, the sleek BR Class 220 has travelled all across England and Scotland over the 20+ years of service it's had on the rails.
In Train Sim World 6, be a driver or conductor aboard busy CrossCountry services along the scenic Riviera Line. Accelerate out of Exeter and race by on express services to Plymouth, crest over the Devon Hills and hurry past the Dawlish Sea Wall.
Get ready for your own voyage across the UK with Free Roam, presenting many opportunities across a huge collection of UK routes available in TSW, being able to pick-up and bring the BR Class 220 Voyager on your journeys across the UK.
And of course, enjoy this selection of images, with many thanks to our wonderful beta team for helping us source the screenshots!
Here more about the Riviera Line and the XC Class 220 Voyager directly from our teams in the Train Sim World 6 UK Dev Diary:
Tune in to our Riviera Line and Cross Country 220 Voyager preview livestream on our TSW channels, September 24th, 2025, where you can see them in action ahead of the launch!
Morristown Line: New York & Hoboken - Dover
Get ready for a meeting of two halves, from historic to present, bustling cityscapes to rural forests, or older EMUs to modern traction – the Morristown Line will offer a very unique driving experience.
From concrete walls to coniferous trees, dive into a lively route, starting at one of the busiest cities in the world, heading westbound across the Northeast Corridor, through the suburbs of the Morris & Essex county and onwards to Dover for a 40 mile adventure.
Get onboard with the new NJ TRANSIT® Arrow III EMU, an iconic statement of New Jersey’s commuter railroading scene, included with the Morristown Line route, which is an older unit built in the 70s, which features an antiquated control system – with no reverser, it’s either forwards or backwards, you’ll get a classic feel when driving.
Also included on the line is the NJ TRANSIT® ALP-46, a more modern electric locomotive to compliment your collection and give you a different experience across the line, coming with the NJ TRANSIT® Multi-Level and cab cars.
Dpart from Hoboken in the Arrow III, through the 1908 Bergen Tunnels, onwards to Newark and Orange to ultimately reach Dover station, or take the modern ALP-46 electric locomotive & MultiLevel cars on push/pull electric services bound for the Big Apple.
Enjoy the showreel of extra screenshots:
Let’s continue the tale of two worlds with the…
NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP Electro-Diesel (Deluxe Loco)
Arriving to TSW for the first time, here comes a brand-new dual-power loco that mixes the best of overhead electric and diesel running.
The ALP-45DP is a modern and innovative locomotive that entered service in the early 2010s. Replacing ageing diesels, the ALP-45 is fitted with both a pantograph, and a diesel engine for dual-mode operation; this makes the loco capable of running across New Jersey’s unelectrified lines.
Unlike the ALP-46, the ALP-45DP is only a single-cab locomotive to make room inside for two turbocharged V12 engines, which combined are able to push and pull commuter trains away from the wires with 4200 horsepower under the hood. When making use of overhead wires, the ALP-45 can draw power from both the Morristown Division’s 25kV wires, and Newark’s 12kV setup, allowing them to operate to and from both Hoboken Terminal and New York Penn Station.
And now, a showreel for the ALP-45DP, with thanks to our wonderful beta testers who helped provide screenshots!
Hear our thoughts on the Morristown Line and the NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP in the Train Sim World 6 US Dev Diary:
And be sure to catch the Morristown Line and NJ TRANSIT® ALP-45DP Preview livestream on our TSW channels next week, September 17th, 2025!
Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden
Prepare yourselves for a trip along the oldest long-distance railway in Germany, now heading all the way to Leipzig with modern ICE, regional and freight traffic.
For those familiar with the original Dresden-Riesa line from TSW2, this new updated route completely overhauls and revitalises the entire experience, offering the full journey to Leipzig, extending the total track to a massive 160km, and featuring over 40 stations across the entire length!
The Riesa-Leipzig extension is all high speed, providing a greater run for IC and ICE traffic, and adding value to all regional journeys, and additionally the route will also feature the Dresden-Coswig branch via the massive Friedrichstadt freight yard, which also boosts existing passenger services.
Included with this route is a range of locomotives, primarily featuring the DB BR 411 ICE-T and the DB BR 442 Talent 2 for ICE and IC traffic, as well as the DB BR 146 + Dostos and DB BR 185 for freight services.
Additionally with Leipzig-Dresden, you'll be granted entitlements for the original Nahverkehr Dresden route Add-on, providing even more stock for you to use in TSW6!
Let's take a closer look with more photos!
The freight action doesn’t stop with the DB BR 185, let’s take a look at the legendary V90…
DB BR 294 Diesel Shunter (Deluxe Loco)
Popular across Germany, pick up the DB BR 294 shunting locomotive and unlock new gameplay across the yards and industries of Leipzig-Dresden with classic diesel power.
The BR 294, originally known as the V 90 series, were built in the 1960s & 70s as heavy shunting locomotives. Their weight and power made them suitable for shunting long trains, but also transporting wagons between different locations. In the 1990s a fleet overhaul saw 290 locos rebuilt & reclassified as the BR 294.
Despite their age, and with multiple locos retired in favour of newer traction, many 294s can still be found working today, holding onto local train duties and preparing long-distance freight for mainline traction to take onward.
Finally, let's peek at a few more images of the legendary DB BR 294:
Have a listen to our German Dev Diary for Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden and the DB BR 294:
Also, mark your calendars for the Leipzig – Dresden and DB BR 294 Preview livestream on our TSW channels on September 10th, 2025!
Previews & Livestream Timeline
Discover more about the history of all these routes and locomotives, what they offer in TSW6, included layers & full details in our upcoming articles each week, as well as upcoming chances to preview the content ahead of Early Access and Launch on September 30th 2025.
- Bahnstrecke Leipzig – Dresden & DB BR 294 article – Coming September 9th
- Morristown Line & NJ TRANSIT ALP-45DP article – Coming September 16th
- Riviera Line & XC Class 220 Voyager article – Coming September 23rd
Train Sim World 6 Core Features
New Feature: Random Events
It’s time to expect the unexpected – Randomised events are coming to Train Sim World 6 to completely change your game sessions and introduce a new level of variety.
You will encounter two types of random events during gameplay:
Signal Delays
A chance for some signals to take longer to update than expected, reflecting the realistic short delays due to human-operation for updating signal clearance.
Whilst this impact usually only results in waits of a few seconds longer than expected, due to the knock-on effect this can cause over a long journey, this can cascade and completely shift how you experience the run from one session to the next. You may end up further ahead, or stuck behind, other AI trains on the network, resulting in new challenges and situations requiring further awareness of the scenario unfolding around you.
Temporary Speed Restrictions
A very popular request from players, temporary speed restrictions are also simulating the reality of railway operation, due to situations such as damage to the line, or railway workers around the tracks, causing a needed reason to limit the speed.
Safety speed restrictions can now be randomly placed across the track, causing moments where you’ll need to adjust your speed for a short section of track, and then speed-up to continue afterwards. At the beginning of your session, you’ll be given a briefing to outline where all the temporary speed restrictions will be, so you can plan ahead.
These two random events were top player-requests from our TSW Winter Survey and will provide a complete unique experience to playing the game, especially when in combination with eachother!
Don’t fancy the chaos? In the event you’re not looking for the extra level of challenge, or hoping for a smoother journey - you will also be given the ability to toggle off both of the Random Events from happening in your next session easily within the settings menu.
New Feature: Train Faults
Continuing the theme of providing unique and new gameplay to each of your sessions in Train Sim World, the next feature coming is Train Faults – adding an unpredictable realistic element to your services that may need urgent attention!
Whenever these faults occur, a pop-up will walk you through the needed steps in order to resolve the issue – You’ll never feel lost on how to resolve the faults, however, you will need to stay prepared in case it changes your plan!
Players will experience a wide range of faults on their trains, including:
- Stuck/Broken wiper blades
- Headlight malfunctions
- Dynamic Brake Failure
- Tilt faults for tilting trains
- And many more!
Matt: “Even if nothing goes wrong – these new train faults will keep you on edge, you’ll find the experience driving will be different because you’re anticipating the scenario if something does happen, which keeps the gameplay exciting!”
Like Random Events, if you don’t want to Train Faults during your gameplay sessions, you can easily toggle them off in the settings menu.
New Feature: Platform & Train Announcements
After Random Events, announcements were the second-most highly voted core feature that you wanted to see, and from the speculation across the community, it’s fair to say many of you were grateful to hear the good news of its arrival in Train Sim World 6!
Fully integrated into the on-board systems, with PIS and Tannoy’s around the trains, the movement and activity of trains flowing in and out of stations will be played audibly, adding an extra level of realism that we’re excited to finally bring to you all.
If you’re standing around on platforms, you’ll hear the key information broadcast, such as when the next train is arriving, when it’s departing, and how many stops are coming up.
And whilst we’re keeping an ear out for the next announcements, we’ll also be listening for your feedback on this new feature, and how this new level of immersion is elevating your game sessions!
New Feature: Passenger Ambient Audio
On top of all the TSW6 features we’ve outlined above, we have a new feature we'd like to announce today, the most-requested existing feature to improve in TSW, following your feedback in our recent player surveys - it's of course our wonderful passengers!
The audio team have been focussing increasing the immersion you feel when playing any game sessions, either in timetable services, scenarios, or when putting on the conductor’s hat. Coming with TSW6 will be all new Passenger Ambient Audio – adding new noises and chattering in coaches that dynamically adapts in volume based on how many passengers are seated in a single area.
We’re hoping this change goes hand-in-hand with our announcements, making the audio experience across TSW more complete, and keep the world feeling more alive than ever.
Additional Improvements
Alongside the passenger improvements, we’ve also continued to improve other aspects of the game to ensure the experience is the best as possible.
Training Center – A New Free Loco!
Firstly, we’re adding the SD40-2 US locomotive into Training Center as a free locomotive for everyone to enjoy, helping more people get onboard with US content, and give everyone who picks up TSW6, or even the Free Starter Pack, a whole new loco to play with in Training Center or Free Roam!
Memory and Robustness
Back in June 2025, we shared the first stages of our major reworks to memory and robustness in Train Sim World, to improve the experience as much as possible for all our platforms, and give players more options to manage their memory with new settings.
Our focus has continued on these optimisations, with our priorities aimed at tackling blurry textures, visual fidelity, and making the most out of available memory.
Play for Free with the Free Starter Pack!
We’re extremely proud to announce the return of the Free Starter Pack for TSW6, following the success last year, this is your entry point to jump into the latest version of Train Sim World at no cost. Supported across all our platforms, and yours to keep forever once claimed, this truly is the best way to experience everything we have to offer!
What’s included in the Train Sim World 6 Free Starter Pack?
The Free Starter Pack will give you access to the latest Training Center and the core feature set of Train Sim World 6 outlined above. This pack won’t provide you with any of the new routes/locos on its own, so if you’re interested in the Train Sim World 6 content, you’ll find much more value in our premium bundles that include the content we’ve covered, and you can find breakdowns within our TSW6 Bundle FAQs.
- Train Sim World 6 Training Center
▹ Now including an American SD40-2 diesel locomotive!
▹ 8F steam, BR 146 electric & Class 66 diesel locomotives
▹ Class 323 EMU - Access to new TSW6 core features (that aren't tied to route-based content)
- Available from 30th September for 6 weeks
- Bring your existing TSW collection to play in TSW6 for free
How does the Free Starter Pack benefit existing players?
On top of being a fantastic way for new players to begin their TSW journey, there are multiple benefits to existing TSW players:
- Access new add-ons released after the launch of Train Sim World 6, even if you have yet to purchase a TSW6 core bundle.
- Update any previously owned compatible routes to their current remastered variants (Examples include: West Somerset Railway, Cathcart Circle Line or the upcoming Great Wester Express remaster).
- Explore any TSW patches you may have missed on your favourite routes if you weren’t playing the most up-to-date version of Train Sim World.
Once you claim the Free Starter Pack, it is yours to keep forever, but this offer will only be available until November 11th, 6 weeks after the launch of TSW6.
How do I claim the Free Starter Pack?
It couldn’t be easier than the click of a button! Head to the TSW6 store pages for the platform of your choice and you will find the Free Starter Pack option, where you can simply add it to your account to keep forever. This will only be available until November 3rd, however, once you have claimed the pack, you can continue playing it forever, beyond this point, with no limits!
If you have any more questions, be sure to head to our TSW6 FAQs for details on the Free Starter Pack, and much more!
Train Sim World 6 – New Core Bundles!
Let’s take another look at all the bundles and packages you can get for Train Sim World 6, which is available to pre-order now!
Don't miss out on a special 10% Pre-Order or Loyalty Discount on selected platforms for Standard, Deluxe and Special editions of TSW6!
Read our TSW6 Pre-order Page for all the details on what each bundle includes across our store platforms.
TSW6 Standard Edition = £44.99 / €49.99 / $49.99
TSW6 Deluxe Edition = £64.99 / €79.99 / $79.99
TSW6 Special Edition = £104.99 / €119.99 / $119.99
Community Corner
New Official Dovetail Games Discord!
We’ve just started a brand new Dovetail Discord, completely free to join for everyone who wants to hear the latest news from our teams, get unique rewards in our Discord community, and be involved in exclusive Discord events with our teams!
Join over 3500 new members at: discord.gg/dovetailgames
For those new to Discord, you can sign up for a free account and join a community with both players and developers that work directly on Train Sim World, from Dovetail Games and our third-party development teams. You’ll get all your news in one place, choosing which of our games you want to get involved in, with alerts for when we go live with news, articles and content. You can also get direct support and Q&A from our teams, so for fans of Train Sim World, it’s a great chance to ask any questions you have leading up to the release of TSW6.
As a bonus, join our server in next week and get an exclusive “Day One Member” role, and a unique DTG server tag to equip on your Discord profile across all your servers!
Railway 200 Special Livestream Weekend
Alongside our Train Sim World 6 previews and livestreams happening across the next few weeks, join us for a special livestream event to celebrate Railway 200!
Happening in exactly one month from now during the Train Sim World 6 early access weekend, Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, changing transportation across the world forever.
Discover more events on the Railway 200 Website
Join us as we team up with many familiar TSW & TSC creators, with livestreams on our channel discussing the importance of railway history, showcasing the latest train simulation experiences from Dovetail Games, and enjoying the anniversary event with extra fun challenges and giveaways!
We'll share a more detailed itinerary in the coming weeks for each day, but you can expect hours of evening content each evening from September 25th right until the launch of TSW6 on September 30th 2025!
New Mastery Posters Rewards
Launching alongside TSW6 will be new rewards for you to collect each month, utilising our recently added poster collectibles you can find across stations in-game!
Here's a sneak peak at some of the posters across various seasons:
You'll be able to collect these new Mastery Posters, available in both English and German, alongside an updated selection of 2025-26 mastery badges, by completing monthly tasks throughout the year, adding new collectibles across your routes and decals within Livery Designer.
Train Sim World 6 - Updated Main Menu Music
Any ClassicFM listeners reading? You might have already caught an early listen to the beautiful TSW6 Main Menu music, composed by Benjamin Symons, during Dan Middleton's radio show that premiered on the station a few days ago.
If you missed it, have a listen to the beautiful new sounds for Train Sim World 6:
New Partner Roadmap - Coming Tomorrow!
During our Dovetail Direct alongside all the exciting new TSW6 information, we also revealed a huge selection of 8 new add-ons coming post-launch in our Take A Ticket reveal show, featuring new announcements from many of our third party partners.
We hope you enjoyed another year of ticket-reveal-fun, included in the announcements were:
- New Announce Birmingham Crewe from All Aboard Studios
- New Country Liberec – Stara-Paka from Vector Simulations (New 3P Partner!)
- New Announce NEC New York to Stamford from Dovetail Games
- New Announce Stuttgart Heilbronn from Dovetail Games
- New Country Lisbon-Setúbal from VirtuaVia360 (New 3P Partner!)
- New Country Tadami Line from Union Workshop
- New Announce Expert DB BR 145 from TSG
- New Announce Crewe-Preston from Just Trains
We can’t wait to give you more details on these add-ons, so join us tomorrow for a new roadmap that will focus entirely on our Take A Ticket reveals, and all the information you’ll need from our partner developers for TSW, and the line-up you can expect for the first few months following the launch of Train Sim World 6.
TSW6 Roadmap Livestream
Exec Producer of Trains, Matt, and Senior Community Manager, Alex, will also be live tomorrow to discuss the entirety of both roadmaps in full, with all details from the Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025 event, and answer your questions live!
Send us your questions in advance on our August 2025 Roadmap Q&A thread, and we’ll answer as many as we can tomorrow!
The stream will begin from 18:00 UTC / 19:00 BST on our YouTube and Twitch channels, and we can’t wait to see you there!
Join us in the Community!
Make sure you’re joining our teams on our Dovetail Live forums, our new official Discord, and community-led spaces that we are active in – and let us know what you’re looking forward to most.
And if you can’t wait to become part of the action, remember that you can pre-order Train Sim World 6 now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam! Please see our TSW6 FAQs more more information on this for each game platform.
Find out more about Train Sim World 6 by following @trainsimworld on Twitter/X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Discord
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