Train Simulator Classic Real routes, real trains, your pace

You get three routes with stations and freight yards, totalling more than 400km. Haul heavy freight up the steep Saluda Grade in the USA, run passengers and freight along Germany's historic Hochrheinbahn from Konstanz to Villingen, or carry commuters from Dover and Ramsgate into London. Each one recreates real track in lifelike locations, with signalling, weather and safety systems to work with. It is slow, careful driving where braking early matters more than going fast.

You take the controls of officially licensed stock. Southeastern's Class 465, 375 and 395 on the Chatham Main Line, Deutsche Bahn's BR111 and BR189 with coaches and freight wagons, and Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2s and a GP35 for American freight. You work authentic brake controls and realistic signalling through changing weather. Learn the ropes across 25 career-mode scenarios with varied rail jobs and performance scoring, or use Quick Drive to pick a train you like and drive it where you like.

This is a single-player simulation made for people who like trains for their own sake. A run can be a long stretch of watching signals, managing speed and bringing a heavy consist to a smooth stop. The tone stays low-pressure and methodical, closer to a model railway room than an action game. You follow the timetable, keep the ride clean for the career score, then do it again with different stock. Nobody is chasing you, unless you count a red signal.

You can make your own railway with the Train Simulator Editor. Lay track, build a living world around it, create a service for your favourite locomotive, then set up a scenario for it. It turns the hobby from driving what is included into collecting routes other people dreamed up.