ConnectCentral

ConnectCentral
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Public Transport System
Operators:	Connect and Dalesburg Department of Transportation
Lines:	4, previously 5 (A B D E, formerly C)
Number of Stations:	26 (previously 32)
Parent Company	Matt Transit and Dalesburg Department of Transportation
System Map
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The ConnectCentral network is a five-line tramway system in the cities of Castelnau Le Lez, Gospley, Palm Ridge, Dalesburg and Rockham located in the Central Region of Gardellia. The tramway is owned by the five cities' transport agencies, and is also operated by all five of their transport agencies.

History

ConnectCentral is a rebranding of the Dalesburg Tram lines that extended into Castelnau Le Lez. A line was later extended into Rockham.

Over the years, lots of improvements were done including platform extensions and frequency improvements. Due to the regeneration of Rockham, Line C was permanently closed. Line A lost its branch to Residential due to low usage. Its replacement station is ConnectCentral Arena.

Line D opened in two separate regions due to the complexity of connections to be done. These sections were Paillade to Maguelones in Castelnau Le Lez and Aberdeen to Central in Palm Ridge. The latter was extended to North New Oak in 2020. This line had served the Canal section until 2020 when Line A took over.

Line A Improvement works

Over the years, Line A has received multiple track improvement works. The curves around Dalesburg City Hall were redone when platform extension works occurred. As existing tunnels leading to Maguelones from Castelnau Arena were too sharp, a new route was done to allow for longer trains to operate. This renovation was completed in 2019, utilising a month-long closure. When the underground road tunnel was redone, a new route was needed between north of the new Maguelones portal and west of Dalesburg City Hall. A new gentle curve was done from the latter, with a new cut-and-cover tunnel dug. The line now has a road crossing due to space constraints. These works were completed in May 2021. Castelnau Arena would open at a later date due to extensive renovation involving the Castelnau Underground station.

Separation and Realignment of Lines A and B, Extension to Central City

Due to overcrowding, ConnectCentral considered several solutions to mitigate this issue. To increase capacity, Line B would be separated entirely from Line A, with direct tunnels to reach Paillade Stadium. Whilst this was done, Line A was realigned between Maguelones and Canal to enable the project to revitalise Castelnau Canal be delivered. Agropolis tramstop was permanently closed, and Canal tramstop was relocated slightly to the east. This location would be connected to the Line B tramstop.

Line B would take an alternative route to Canal, via Paillade, providing interchange to Tram Line D. Current works progressed up to Paillade, which was completed in 2020. New tunnels were dug to Canal in May 2021, expected to open in July. On the other end, Dalesburg Mainline station ceased to be the terminus when the line was extended to Dalesburg Athlete Village.

These lines are expected to be extended to Central City. Tentative dates are not set, but the alignments were finalised in 2020. Line B would continue from Canal to the Port of Gardellia, while Line A would continue from LeCity2 into the Central City, with an intersection with Line B at the western end. Preliminary works were done on Line A, which saw the total reconstruction of Super Speedway station and the short extension to LeCity2. Allentown station was relocated, with Dalesburg City Hall rebuilt to accommodate longer platforms and an additional pair for Line B. With several weekend closures, these works were completed in 2020.

2021 Revitalization Plans

Things to add:

- Line D Gospley section completion

- Reconstruction of Aberdeen

- Line D extension to Traxia

- Line E extensions to Ember Coast and New Hudson

- Castelnau Underground integrated as Line U

Lines

 A  Red Line

City	Station Name	Interchange	Notes
Castelnau Le Lez	Canal	B
Castelnau Le Lez	Maguelones	D
Castelnau Le Lez	Castelnau Arena		Temporarily Closed
Dalesburg	City Hall	B
Dalesburg	Allentown
Dalesburg	ConnectCentral Arena
Dalesburg	Super Speedway
Gardellia Central City	lecity2

Up to every 4 minutes during the day.

 B  Orange Line

City	Station Name	Interchange	Notes
Castelnau Le Lez	Canal	A
Castelnau Le Lez	Paillade	D
Dalesburg	City Hall	A
Dalesburg	Train Station
Dalesburg	Ocean Key
Dalesburg	Athlete Village West

Up to every 4 minutes during the day.

 D  Cyan Line For more information and history see Matt Transit Castelnau Le Lez - Palm Ridge Line

City	Station Name	Interchange	Notes
Castelnau Le Lez	Maguelones	A
Castelnau Le Lez	Luynes
Castelnau Le Lez	Beaulieu
Castelnau Le Lez	Paillade	B
Gospley	Gospley Central		Under Construction
Gospley	Bridesgate		Under Construction
Gospley	Future fill-in station		Under Construction
Palm Ridge	Aberdeen
Palm Ridge	Palm Ridge Central	E
Palm Ridge	Westlands
New Oak	New Oak Riverpark
New Oak	North New Oak
Traxia	Traxia		Under Construction

Up to every 3 minutes during the day.

 E  Blue Line

City	Station Name	Interchange	Notes
Palm Ridge	Plainsview
Palm Ridge	Mainline
Palm Ridge	Palm Ridge Central	D
Stadium Branch
Palm Ridge	Stadium
Ember Coast Branch
Palm Ridge	Temple-Arena
Palm Ridge	Connor

Up to every 7.5 minutes during the day. Service will be boosted once the line is extended to Ember Coast with a 3+1 service pattern (3 trains for Ember Coast for every 1 train to Stadium)

Defunct Lines

 C  Green Line

City	Station Name	Interchange	Notes
Dalesburg	Residential	A
Rockham	East Beach
Rockham	Central
Rockham	Southpoint
Rockham	Stadium Way

Trivia

Tram Line A serves 3 stadiums, the ConnectCentral Arena, Paillade Stadium and Castelnau Arena.

Service Notifications

Line	Status	Details
A		Normal Service
B		Normal Service
C		Permanently closed. Rockham was regenerated.
D		Trains run in 2 separate sections: Castelnau - Canal <-> Castelnau - Paillade and Palm Ridge - Central <-> Palm Ridge - Aberdeen
E		Normal Service