Bridgerissa Commuter Railway To Rebuild Carbon City Line.

Henning, Bridgerissa. January 19th, 2017.

Porterhouse is one of many stations to be rebuilt. 

Bridgerissa Department of Transportation (B.Dot) announced today that the Carbon City branch of the Bridgrissa Commuter Railway system will be rebuilt. This includes double tracking in certain areas, adding new stations platforms, new imported-but-refurbished Diesel Multiple Unit (or DMU) cars from Great Britain, and more parking for many choked stations like Roosevelt Falls. This project also included adding wheelchair accessibility to the line.  The line waited for on high-level platforms for the longest in order to use their low floor Bi-level rail cars from Bombardier, but those cars are being phased out for imported British DMUs as a temporary measure until new ones are built. The RFP for new American-built DMU is currently also out. North Carbon City Terminal will also have more track space until this plan. Most of the tracks in the terminal were removed in the late 80s leaving only 3 tracks. Two more tracks will open in 2018 when this project is fully over. Bridgerissa Commuter warns of possible delays and closures down the road due to this construction. A few railroad crossings will also be removed.

Happy New Year! Now, Cough Up! Metropolis Transit Fares Go Up.

Metropolis, Bridgerissa. January 12th, 2017.

Metropolis Transit Fares as of January 1st, 2017.

New year, new price. Metropolis Transit has raised its base fare from $2.25 to $2.50. At the same time, the Transfer fare was cut in half. (Unless you use TideCard, then it's Free as it's always been.) These fare increases and decreases are due to a new streamlining program to help get around the system faster. The base fare was raised in order to match inflation rates of 2017. Residents in Metropolis have mixed feeling about the added quarter to their daily commuter. One resident was quoted saying, "We're paying more money and still squeezing into packed trains when the platforms can hold more cars."

The New Fares Will Partially Go To Paying For More Train Cars.

Metropolis Transit has stated a good 42% of farebox revenue will go into the purchase of new subway cars for the Woodland Subway and 47 Elevated Line. The 47 Line currently hold the title of most ridership in the whole system yet many rush-hour trains are stuffed. The line like most elevated lines and the subway use only six subway cars per train. The much shorter elevated cars who were built in the early 2000s have the worse crowding. Currently, Metropolis is waiting on 200 Kawasaki cars who will match the size of the older "Type-D" Cars that currently run on the 39 Line. Those are expected in 2019 which should be right around the time for the next scheduled fare hike to $2.75.