Greater Elysian Railways

Greater Elysian Railways is a rail network reaching from Seananville in the west to Novaterra in the east, with stations at Spawn, Femboylandia, Farlandia, Vasti, and other areas in the Spawn region.

The railway is Immersive Railroading standard gauge (1.435m) with a loading gauge of 3m by 5m.

As of 13/7/24 the railway is unopened and is still under construction.

The railway is planned to be automated with augments and OpenComputers software, and will provide a fast, automated and free service to travel to most places on Elysia.

GER was originally planned to open in December 2023/January 2024. However the breakout of the Aevumite-Novaterra War stalled construction of critical infrastructure and the opening was delayed.

It was then later discovered that the automation script required could not effectively restart after a server reboot (which occur every 4 hours to prevent lag). This is a major issue as it rendered automation infeasible until resolved. An update to solve this is currently in the works.

Initial automation will begin after the 1.4.2 update is released, and after the vital engineering works along the network are complete. These are:

• Construction of biodiesel fueling stations at New Amsterdam, Viridis Junction, And Westportia / New Melbourne
• Addition of 6 new tracks at Seananville Station
• Complete remodeling of New Amsterdam Station
• Complete remodeling of Viridis Junction Station
• Construction of Westportia / New Melbourne Station

Lines

All Lines and Stations on the GER Network (Aevum and Southern lines are bidirectional)

Line	Stations
Spawn Line	New Amsterdam	Spawn	Viridis Junction (FBL)	Seananville	Black Mouse Island
Aevum Line	Seananville	Viridis Junction (FBL)	Farlandia	Vasti	Seananville
Southern Line	Viridis Junction (FBL)	South Elementia	End Portal	High Elementia	Viridis Junction (FBL)
Eastern Line	New Amsterdam	Chestnutville	New Melbourne / Westportia	New Seananville
Tuath Line	New Amsterdam	New Ruhr	Tuath Island	Tuath Interchange
Novaterra Line	New Amsterdam	Novaterra Airport	New Essen
Blue Sparrow	New Seananville	Westportia	New Amsterdam	Seananville	Avalon

Rolling Stock

Locomotives and coaches are built at the Patrium Locomotive and Carriageworks in Patrium, with some being outsourced to other builders. Whilst GER has numerous steam train designs, they have been retired in favour of diesel locomotives, and when added, electrics. Different stock types are provided by different builders, but locomotive classes are not assigned to different lines, and instead shared in a common pool. This means multiple types of locomotive may be seen on the same route.

• "Amsterdam" Class Bo'Bo' Passenger Diesel Locomotive Suburban services (PL&CW)
• "Seananville" Class Bo'Bo' Passenger Diesel Locomotive (Seananville)
• "Avalon" Class B-B Diesel Passenger Diesel Locomotive (Vasti)
• "Ruhr" Class (A1A)(A1A) Goods Diesel Locomotive (PL&CW)
• "Melbourne" Class Co'Co' Goods Diesel Locomotive (Seananville)
• "Seattle" Class C-C Goods Diesel Locomotive (Vasti)
• "Aevum" Class 3 Car DMU (Seananville & Vasti)
• "Blue Sparrow" 4 Car DMU (PL&CW)

Operations

GER runs many different services along its network:

• Suburban services run on the shorter lines, providing high frequency commuter services around higher density areas, and are typically run by DMUs.
• Mainline services run on the longer ones, providing slightly lower frequency services connecting multiple population centers.
• Goods services transport routine cargo shipments between industrial areas, allowing multiple factory complexes to act as one.
• Blue Sparrow services are a highly limited express service connecting the Greater Spawn Region to Avalon, running over Avalon Rail Corporation tracks.