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[WIP] Cashew Transport Authority

Cashew Transport Authority
Overview
Founded	July 2025
Owner	nooBotond (noot)
Dissolved	June 2026
Region	Southeast
Hubs	Moondow, Bridgetown
Headquarters	Cashew Transport Authority Headquarters, Downtown Moondow
Transit type	Regional rail, commuter rail, local rail, rapid transit, light rapid transit, light rail, bus, ferry, mountain railway
Number of lines	Regional railways: 2 Commuter rail: 1 Local railways: 2 Commuter rail/rapid transit hybrid: 1 Rapid transit: 5 Light metro: 1 Light rail/tram: 8 Bus: 10 Ferry: 1 Mountain railways: 1
Operations
Began operation	2 September 2025
Ceased operation	27 June 2026
Fate	Dissolved, operations and rolling stock transfered to Moszyan Railways
Network length
Fare system	Edward Mountain Cogwheel Railway: $5 per station traveled + $2 base fare (free for local residents) All other lines: Unified Let's Play Fare System ($2) (except some stations not owned by Cashew)¹⁾
Connecting operators	Yankton Metro, Qingli Railways, West Lake Transport Authority (WLT), Austrail, Azalea Railway, Moszyan Railways, CyanEX Rapid Transit, Lilypad Rail

The Cashew Transport Authority was a public transport operator on the Let's Play Server. It was established by nooBotond in July 2025 and oversaw one of the fastest-growing transit and urban development on the server until its dissolution in June 2026.

History

Cashew Transport Authority was founded sometime in late July or early August 2025 when its founder, community member and staff nooBotond (noot), was accepted into the Let's Play Builder Team.

24 August 2025: The first official statement on the Cashew Transport Authority is posted by nooBotond, opening the Cashew Transport Authority Update Thread on Discord for service status updates.
2 September 2025: Cashew's first line, the Highlands Line, opens Phase 1 from New Buckingham to Bethel Road. This also marks the inauguration of Botond Burgers, present in nearly all of Cashew's rail stations, later growing to the largest restaurant chain on the server, as well as the Oakville-Castleton Bus (Route 72) from Oakville via Oakville-Castleton rail station to Castleton.
14 September 2025: The Highlands Line Phase 2 opens from New Buckingham to Rykkam.
24 September 2025: The Autumn Line Phase 1 opens from Turtle Lake to Port of Autumn. With that, the Oakville-Castleton Bus extends from Oakville to Diorite Bay.
4 October 2025: The Toei Chūō Line, operated by Qingli Railways, extends from Bethel Road to Izu. Operation of this section of the line is ceded to the Cashew Transport Authority.
11 October 2025: The Autumn Line Phase 2 opens from Port of Autumn to Guriwu Island.
14 October 2025: The Peony Branch opens from Cheeselake Village to Lower Lake Village, connecting the Chūō Line to the Autumn Line. It is Cashew's first narrow-gauge railway line, at a 1067 mm (3′6″) gauge.
24 October 2025: The first phase of the MetroLink opens as a circular light rail line connecting Port of Autumn, Bridgetown, Upper Lake Village, Horseman Island and more stations, being heavily inspired by the Manchester Metrolink.
31 October 2025: Bridgetown Victoria station is opened, connecting the HSR Lisklong Line to the Cashew area. The station is reached by a free MetroLink shuttle service (Phase 2) from Bridgetown Piccadilly that also connects to MediaCity BT (all inspired by Manchester).
2 November 2025: MediaCity BT is finished and now includes a shopping mall, the MediaCity Hotel, the Bridgetown Broadcasting Corporation HQ and a christmas tree.
3 November 2025: The Amethyst Line opens from Arbour to Kita-Yunlong.
6 November 2025: The MetroLink Yi Tsuen branch (Phase 3) opens from Port of Autumn, via a new line from Peony Lake, to Ishima.
11/12 November 2025: The Autumn Line is temporarily closed for construction on Phase 3 from Guriwu Island to On Hau, then reopened.
25 November 2025: The Weissensee (White Lake) area opens with White Lake Bus 73 from Diorite Bay to Djungelskog, in line with AT service extensions.
29 November 2025: White Lake Bus 71, 74 and 75 open from Castleton to Altweissensee, Altweissensee to Chishi, and Chishi to Djungelskog, respectively.
2 December 2025: White Lake Railways open from Djungelskog to Volcano West, with a peculiar track gauge of 875 mm (2′10½″).
21 December 2025: The MetroLink Lia Branch from Port of Autumn to Lia Coast and Bethel Spur Line from Bethel Road via Bethel Town to Wong Tai Seng (Phase 4) enter service.
23 December 2025: The Highlands Line Phase 3 opens from Bethel Road to Dutchman Village.
25 December 2025: The Highlands Line Phase 4 opens from Dutchman Village to Lia Coast.
23 January 2026: The Bridgelong Line Phase 1 opens from Gate of Yunlong to Moonlight Cliff.
7 February 2026: The Bridgelong Line is renamed Longbridge Line and opens Phase 2 from Moonlight Cliff to Sydbrygger.
23 February 2026: The Highlands Line Phase 5 opens from Lia Coast to On Hau.
27 February 2026: The city of Moondow opens its doors to visitors, and with it, the Moondow Tram and Autumn-Moondow Ferry.
4 March 2026: White Lake Railways extend from Volcano West to Sandstone Manor.
6 March 2026: White Lake Railways are renamed to White Lake Local, and White Lake Regional services commence from Pittsford to Weissensee.
10/11 March 2026: The Longbridge Line is closed for maintenance, then reopened with Phase 3 from Sydbrygger to Eagletown.
12 March 2026: The Autumn Line Phase 4 opens from Turtle Lake to Eagletown.
21 March 2026: The Highlands Line Phase 6 opens from Rykkam to Autumn Valley.
26 March 2026: The Highlands Line is temporarily closed, then reopened with Express services introduced to the line, skipping most stations and reducing travel time from 23 to 15 minutes.
2 April 2026: The Highlands Line Phase 7 opens from Autumn Valley to Daimon Island.
25 April 2026: The northern suburbs of Moondow, including Lung Tau, are now accessible, and Moondow Tram 2 from Moondow to Lung Tau and the Edward Mountain Cogwheel Railway (3) from Moondow Market to Edward Mountain enter service. Also, the Moondow Bus routes 200 (Moondow Bus Terminal - Lung Tau), 201 (Amarok Mountain - New Moondow) and 202 (New Moondow - Lung Tau) open.
23 May 2026: The Moondow Metro opens as a circular line, and the Highlands Regional from Bridgetown Victoria to Hylkemare enters service.
2 June 2026²⁾: Moondow Tram 2 extends from Moondow to University of Moondow, and Moondow Metro M1 is opened, renaming the original Metro to M2.
27 June 2026: nooBotond leaves the Let's Play Server, marking the dissolution of Cashew Transport Authority. All operations and infrastructure are taken over by Moszyan Railways. The new operator makes several changes in the lines' rolling stock.
4 July 2026: Under the new operator, several MetroLink services are rerouted, new Moondow Bus routes open, Moondow Metro M1 is extended from Moondow to Tubetrain Hotel, and Moondow Tram 2T opens, following Tram 2's alignment until Uptown Junction, then continuing to Kraftwerkdorf.

Services

At its peak in June 2026, the Cashew Transport Authority operated the following services:

Name	Transit type	Termini		Stations	Travel time⁴⁾	Headways⁵⁾	Depot(s)	Rolling stock	Notes
Highlands Line	Commuter rail	On Hau	Daimon Island	Local: 24 Express: 10	Local: 32 Express: 20	Local: 6-12 Express: 10-20	On Hau	Highlands Line Class 345 (3-car, 1 or 2 units)
Autumn Line	Rapid transit	On Hau	Eagletown	15	17	2	Eagletown	MPL 16 (2-car, 1 or 2 units)	Driverless
Toei Chūō Line	Rapid transit-commuter rail hybrid	Izu	Bethel Road⁶⁾	6⁷⁾	8⁸⁾	4	Ryokuen⁹⁾	JR 209-500 (6-car)	Line owned by QLR

¹⁾

These stations are On Hau, Bethel Road, Izu, Sun Tsui, Yi Sin, Kita-Yunlong, Gate of Yunlong, Ishima, Wong Tai Seng, Lung Tau and Shek Ai.

²⁾

needs confirmation

³⁾

in km, all lengths except Moondow Metro M1, Moondow Tram 1 and Autumn-Moondow Ferry are estimates

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in min

⁶⁾

Cashew section only, line continues to Ryokuen

⁷⁾ , ⁸⁾

Cashew section only

⁹⁾

Not managed by Cashew

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