LU Northern Lines - BVE2 & BVE4

This is an authentic BVE route written by Steve Green, Keith Hazelton, Paul Jobber & Stephen Cross. It will only work on BVE versions 2.6 or 4.x.

BVE4 version last updated May 2008

Enhanced originally for use on the 1995 and 1938 simulators at the London Transport Museum:

Route Overview

The London Underground Northern Line runs from Edgware in Middlesex North of London, southbound to Camden Town. After calling at Camden, the lines split. One option is to turn off to the 'City Branch' via Bank, or the other option is to carry on forward to the 'West End' via Charing Cross. Both lines run south to Kennington, where they merge. At Kennington the southbound line continues to its Southern terminus at Morden in Surrey.

The BVE route covers the whole line in several parts:

• From Edgware to Golders Green on the surface, then dipping deep undeground for the journey under the city of London. departing from Camden Town, the journey continues through the West End (via Charing Cross), to Kennington Southbound where the train runs through a very tight curve known as the Kennington Loop.

• From Kennington Northbound, forward through the Northbound tunnels to Camden, turning off to the Barnet Branch. The line rises to surface level, meeting daylight at East Finchley. You'll run surface level to the terminus at High Barnet.

• From Edgware to Camden Town, the train is routed to the Southbound City Branch via Bank and continues underground to the Southern terminus at Morden.

All gradients, distances, positions of curves, pointwork, stations and signalling is modelled accurately. Signalling is, however very slightly simplified slightly owing to limitations of BVE.

Driving

The route is supplied in two eras.

Year 2000: The line is operated exclusively by 1995 tube stock, and although the unit has a design speed of 62mph it is governed by LU to 60% power until ATO is installed on the Northern. Stop the train just beyond the green trackside sign which looks like two arrow. The blue signs (numbered 1-6) after stops are purely to tell you how many carriages have entered the tunnel. Useful in emergencies for evacuation purposes.

Year 1975*: The line was operated by 1938, 1959, and by the newer 1972 Stocks. In the BVE route you drive the heritage 1938 Stock. Stop the train at the marker displaying the number '7'. *BVE4 version only.

Signalling

Please see the >LU Signalling< page for details on how the underground signals work.

Credits

All objects and textures built either by or in conjunction with other parties are copyright their respective owners. These objects or textures must not be re-used, or adapted for public release without seeking prior permission to the original author/s via e-mail.

All original objects and textures built specifically for the Northern Line routes are © Copyright  Steve Green, Paul Jobber & Keith Hazelton, and must not be re-used, or adapted for public release without seeking prior permission via e-mail. These include most scenery & train objects.  

The following people have our gratitude & some hold the rights to certain objects, sounds or textures:

Stephen Cross : Creating and laying the smooth curved track & pointwork. Also to Stephen for installing curved track into the platform objects.

Richard Gellman : Buffer block and textures, Overcable structures, gate warning sign texture.

Kelvin Liu. Replacement tunnel lighting, wiring and tunnel lining.

Simon Gathercole : For producing the rounded tube tunnel objects, and helping to place the PSR limits.

Dan Lewis : Recording the 'CELIA' on-train announcements and placing them in the route.

Luigi Cartello : For helping produce the alternative objects for the s3/Intel patch.

Philip So : For working on the new detailed heritage train objects and full extensive feedback, suggestions and testing.

Nathan Whitington : For a fair few of the houses (objects and textures) you see on the surface section lineside.

Robert Hull : Waterloo station objects 1998/2000 (revised).

Anthony Bowden : For allowing me to adapt several Birmingham Cross City South objects and textures: Selly Oak car park, Barnt Green footbridge, Platform edge texture, Advert1,2 & 3.bmp, ballast and external track sleeper texture.

Tom Beevers : For the Surface PSR and new PIM objects

Simon Townsend : For supplying the steel blue bridge texture

'The Beta team' - You all know who you are, and thankyou for all your help.

LUL Ltd : To Simon Lewis for supplying signal, gradient and track layout diagrams - thankyou. I couldn't have done without it.

Alan Lee and Solidbond : For their helpful information, testing and feedback on all of the tube stock.

Roger Mather (Northern Line Senior Driving Instructor) : For granting Keith his boyhood dream of a cab ride on the whole route plus loads of inside information about the Northern Line and 1995 stock

Video 125 Ltd : For giving permission to use various sounds (the radio chat mainly!) from their Northern Line Cab ride videos.

My apologies to anyone else I may have forgotten, please let me know.

DOWNLOADS FOR NORTHERN LINE [BVE4]

ROUTE FILES	v4 : 02 May 2008	DOWNLOAD
OBJECT FILES	v4 : 02 May 2008	DOWNLOAD
COMMON SOUNDS	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOADS FOR NORTHERN LINE [BVE2]

ROUTE FILES	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD
OBJECT FILES	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD
COMMON SOUNDS	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD
BVE 2 LU SIGNAL CHANGER	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD

REQUIRED TRAINS [DUAL FORMAT VERSIONS]

1995 TUBE STOCK TRAIN	v5.0 : 20 May 2005	DOWNLOAD
1938 TUBE STOCK TRAIN	v3.1 : 29 Jan 2005	DOWNLOAD

 

PATCHES IF YOU EXPERIENCE GRAPHICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ABOVE INSTALLATION [BVE2 & BVE4]

OPTION - PATCH FOR INTEL/SiS GRAPHICS CARDS 1	v4.0 : 15 Feb 2004	DOWNLOAD
OPTION - PATCH FOR INTEL/SiS GRAPHICS CARDS 2	v3.1 : 15 Feb 2004	DOWNLOAD

Important notes on running and installing v3.1 : Please read this carefully, I shall say this only once!

The route features realistic London Underground Ltd signalling. To make the signalling work, you need some special LU signals :-

BVE 2.6.x :

After installation of the LU Signal Changer program, go your main BVE folder, you'll see a subfolder called "LU_Northern_Signals"
Run the signal install batch file contained within before running the routes.
The other batch file in the folder will revert the signal types back to your existing ones when you are finished.

BVE 4.x :

LU signal installation is automatic. You need to do nothing.

For information on London Underground signalling and the tripcock system click >here<

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All objects and textures built either by or in conjunction with other parties are copyright their respective owners. These objects or textures must not be re-used, or adapted for public release without seeking prior permission to the original author/s via e-mail. Please see documentation for further information.

All original objects and textures built specifically for the Northern Line routes are © Copyright  Steve Green, Paul Jobber & Keith Hazelton, and must not be re-used, or adapted for public release without seeking prior permission via e-mail. These include most scenery & train objects.  

Northern © 2001-2008. The route & objects © Steve Green, Keith Hazelton, Paul Jobber, Stephen Cross. The sounds (CELIA and ambience) are © Dan Lewis January 2005.