{"id":2475,"date":"2022-11-07T15:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:26:53","slug":"simulating-the-huddersfield-line-train-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"Simulating the Huddersfield Line Train Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310272020_6322459389264_615199475754762270_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310272020_6322459389264_615199475754762270_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310272020_6322459389264_615199475754762270_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310272020_6322459389264_615199475754762270_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently it\u2019s possible to simulate the Huddersfield to Manchester train experience, which is just as well because experiencing it in real life is a bit of a lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In-game purchases include an excuse generation module, and a station cat deployer should any of the press turn up looking for a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumour has it that it works intermittently in the daytime but is prone to outages for no apparent reason. it\u2019s programmed not to function in the evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also coming soon &#8211; the Rail Replacement Bus Simulator with the option for the driver to ignore his instructions and stay on the A62 rather than picking up the passengers waiting at Marsden station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[For the avoidance of doubt, the product is real and we&#8217;re giving them a bit of free advertising. We&#8217;ve embellished the commentary a bit based on suggestions from some Marsden and Slaithwaite commuters.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1922049\/Train_Simulator_Huddersfield_Line_Manchester__Leeds_Route_AddOn\/\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1922049\/Train_Simulator_Huddersfield_Line_Manchester__Leeds_Route_AddOn\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently it\u2019s possible to simulate the Huddersfield to Manchester train experience, which is just as well because experiencing it in real life is a bit of a lottery. In-game purchases include an excuse generation module, and a station cat deployer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=2475\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}