After a long wait, I'm happy to present the first big update to this map for a while! To mark the occasion, here's a video teaser on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Ae9-dfqCH_kYou can
download the pak folder and savegame here. As ever you will need a
legacy Simutrans Experimental exe to run this.
So what's changed?
TRAIN GRAPHICS UPDATEAll existing train graphics have been repainted. Some of them dated as far back as 2011.
Some new trains have been added, too. Inter-regional diesel services are now operated by new trains based on
Stadtler Flirts. Some local and regional electric services have new trains based on the
Civity model. And some suburban services are now run by new vehicles based on
Aventras.
This screenshot of
Satu Mare in Romania shows some of the new and updated trains....

...as does this one from
Arad, also in Romania.
MAP EXPANSION AND NEW ROUTESMeanwhile there have been many new train services added, expanding the map further into Romania. This screenshot of the network map gives an idea of how much is done, and how much is still to do...

Most notably, the capital city of Bucharest has received its first train services. It has four long-distance express lines:
1. Bucharest-Brasov-Sibiu-Arad
2. Bucharest-Brasov-Sighisoara-Cluj-Oradea
3. Bucharest-Craiova-Caransebes-Timisoara
4. Bucharest-Craiova-Pozarevac-Belgrade
Bucharest also has a metro line and a few suburban services, but is still incomplete.
This screenshot of
Brașov shows two Bucharest-Arad services pausing to pick up passengers.

Other ares with new train routes include:
Northwest Romania: Satu Mare has new lines to Debrecen (Hungary), Khust (Ukraine), and additional local routes to Baia Mare and Bixad. Baia Mare has a new route to Sighetu Marmetiei on the Ukrainian border, which extends into a long distance inter-regional service to Košice in Slovakia, via Uzhhorod.
Transylvania: the city of Târgu Mureș has been added, with trains to Cluj-Napoca (Romania's 4th-largest city) and Sebeș (where it meets the mainline to Arad and Bucharest). Other local services have been added to serve major towns and cites like Hunedoara, Alba Iulia, Petroșani, and Sibiu.
This screenshot shows the River Tisza at
Vyshkovo in Ukraine, on the line between Sighetu Marmetiei and Khust.

This screenshot shows the
Jiu Valley in Romania, just west of Petroșani. This mining region has a direct train to Deva, where you can change for trains to Bucharest and Arad.

Other additional routes include: Belgrade metro; branch lines to Arad and Salonta in Romania; new international routes in Northeast Hungary (Miskolc-Mukachevo and Nyíregyháza-Humenné), and an overhaul of medium-distance services from Debrecen.
This screenshot shows
Sebiș in Romania, which is the terminus of a branch line from Arad.

Finally, this screenshot shows
Miskolc in Hungary, which has been on the map for a long time but has new services and - of course - overhauled train graphics.
