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Kings Cross is a multi-tasking RISC OS railway signalbox simulation. It is based on Kings Cross main-line railway station in the summer of 1978. Your task on a busy Saturday morning is to direct all traffic movements in the Kings Cross area, to deal with arriving locomotives and stock, to arrange for the fuelling of locomotives and above all to get the scheduled departures away on time. The operation is not easy and to make matters worse your every instruction is being monitored by Regional Control at Doncaster as part of a special efficiency study.The simulation starts at 0645 hours with three overnight trains already having arrived in the main platforms; passengers are still vacating the Night Capitals and Night Scotsman sleepers, but unloading of the previous evening‘s 1930 hrs service from Aberdeen is complete and a Class 31 locomotive is attached and awaiting your instructions to remove the empty stock. A Royston outer-suburban EMU is almost due to depart, and your first action will probably be to signal this to the down slow line.
For the following seven game-hours, you must decide the platforming of incoming and outgoing trains, transfer incoming locomotives to the loco yard for refuelling, select and attach the correct locomotives to the front of departing trains, and arrange for the transfer of empty stock or locomotives in need of service to the carriage sidings or motive power depot.
Kings Cross is a fascinating and at times frustrating puzzle game that will keep you occupied for hours!
System requirements
Kings Cross requires RISC OS 3.1 or later and at least 1MB of memory.
Price
Kings Cross retails at £14.95. The price includes VAT at 17.5% but excludes postage and packing at £1.50.
