Simulation software
Most people interested in train dispatching won't become a train dispatcher in real life. That's why simulation software was developed. Start it up, log in and game on! Be a rail traffic controller straight from your own armchair. This page lists a variety signalling simulations.
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Software overview
| Program | License | Comment | (!) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockpost | Shareware | British Railway mechanical signalbox simulations | Report |
| DispatchStation | Freeware | Istanbul subway; online sim | Report |
| ESTWsim | Payware | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Report |
| ISDR | Freeware | Polish sim | Report |
| Metro Simulator | Freeware | Dutch subway sim | Report |
| NXSYS | Freeware | New York city subway simulation | Report |
| PC-Rail | Shareware | [screenshot] | Report |
| Poste de Méru | Freeware | French online sim | Report |
| Railroad Dispatcher | Freeware | Online sim | Report |
| Railway Operation Sim | Freeware | [Screenshot] | Report |
| Siam | Payware | English sims | Report |
| SignalSoft | Payware | Simulates the Dutch signalbox "Post T Arnhem 1965" | Report |
| SimSig | Payware | Simulation with lots of possibilities. Mostly payware. | Report |
| Softikon | Freeware | Sims of several Czech stations and lines | Report |
| StellSi | Freeware | Germany signalbox | Report |
| Stellwerke Blumert | Shareware | Simple simulation [screenshot] | Report |
| StellwerkSim | Freeware | Online simulation, multiplayer option | Report |
| StwSim | Freeware | A very detailed Dutch simulation | Report |
| Train Director | Freeware | A clone of the popular Train Dispatcher simulation [screenshot] | Report |
| Train Dispatcher | Payware | Product no longer available | Report |
| TS2 | Freeware | [Screenshot] | Report |
| VicSim | Freeware | Victoria Line Simulator | Report |
| Webrailroader CTC | Shareware | Inspired by Train Dispatcher which is no longer sold | Report |
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