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Llanmara Bay and Tunnel
Llanmara Bay and Tunnel | |
Traditional Chinese | 灣堡城灣/灣隧道 |
Simplified Chinese | 湾堡城湾/湾隧道 |
Transcriptions | |
Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | wān bǎo chéng wān/wān suì dào |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | wāan bóu sìhng wāan/ wāan seuih douh |
JyutPing | waan1 bou2 sing4 waan1/ waan1 seoi6 dou6 |
The Llanmara Bay (Chinese: 灣堡城灣) and the heavy rail tunnel of its namesake (Chinese: 灣堡城灣隧道) is a large bay consisting of three main basins. The Upper Basin sits closest to the outlet to the Sea of Faermara (Chinese: 市長海, lit. The Mayor's Sea), the Central Basin is connected to its upper counterpart through the Straight of Canterbury and situates itself southwards from the straight to the former site of the Docklands at equivalent latitude to Royal Shore. The Central Basin branches off into two major bodies of water, the City Cove through the Devota-City Island Chain and the Houton Straight, located east of the Winbeck peninsula. The Lower Basin is connected to its central counterpart through the Royal Straight and situates itself southwards to the Milford River. The Upper Basin has been reserved for Llanthrow Airport construction, and no crossings are to enter the upper basin above or below ground unless authorised by airport authorities.
Tunnel Construction
First major bay crossing (and the only east-west crossing in the lower basin) was the Llanmara Bay Tunnel. It runs from Houton High Street to Boulton-on-Mesa on the Metro Victory Line. Bay Interchange Station will be retrofitted inside the tunnel, albeit closer to the eastern portal than the southwestern one. The tunnel's mostly curveless nature allows for trains to reach top speeds crossing the bay. It began construction on 30 October 2022 and was completed in the early hours of the morning on 1 November 2022. The tunnel allowed for the former Metro Azalea Line and the Victory Line alignments to become one complete segment between Meilan and Saint Ann's. An opening ceremony took place, with an inaugural ride between Houton and Boulton as well as a ribbon-cutting ceremony, with notable Lilypad Rail officials as well as Jonathan (Jon_Ho) onboard the first train. This linkage turned the Victory Line into a pseudo-express service to the Docklands Light Railway.
Current Service
Victory Line trains now run in a circular manner, with both anticlockwise and clockwise trains using the tunnel. The southwestern tunnel portal was adjusted slightly north by ~20 blocks on 1 March 2023 in order to accommodate the Boulton-on-Mesa reconstructions.
Pride Flag
There is a decorative Pride Flag, located at about coordinates 445 ~ -9221, within the Central Basin. It was built by Lily (sleepy_sapph) who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. This flag was built facing up to the sky in order to show up on the Squaremap of the server. It is purely decorative.
Other Bay Crossings
The very northern segment of the Central Basin near the Canterbury Straight has a tunnel carrying the Wilds Railway Hoku Hoku line and the Metro Victory line across from Saint Devota to Exchange Place. The Summit Cable Car crosses the Lower Basin north-south from Upper Milford to Blacklea Mountain.