Railways of the Centrelands

The railways of the Centrelands is comprised of several railway companies, operating under the regulation of the Worshipful Company of Railway Workers (WCRW). 
The major companies are: The Grand Trunk Railway and Prydowan Underground Railway (run by state operator Centrelands Railways), The Red Line Railway Company (a majority state-owned operator of the Free City of Rubellium), the Perpendicular Line Company plc., The Port and Provincial (P&P), Walden and Woleseat Ltd. (formerly part of the Grand Trunk Railway, sold to a consortium of private investors including the Woleseat Masterworks Institute and the Alphabet Group plc.), and the Eastern Blue Railway Ltd.
The major companies own most outright their respective track infrastructure, with the exception of Centrelands Railways, which operates on lines co-owned by the Pemblish government and the WCRW, and the Red Line, which operates on tracks majority-owned by the government of Rubellium as part of a 60:40 public-private partnership (PPP).
Access rights to specific lines are negotiated by infrastructure managers via the WCRW, which operates an exchange in which railway companies can obtain access to lines which they do not own. This has led to the emergence of additional open-access operators, which operate additional services on the network.
Notable beneficiaries of the system include Heathy-Sawpull-Fargo Cargo (HSFC), a private operator which runs freight services between Port of Newton and Pembleton, and the Ridgeley Necropolis Company (RNC), which operates regular night-time services on the Grand Trunk Railway for the transport of the recently deceased, between Pembleton and the Ridgeley. The RNC also maintains the short Necropolis Line branch, which connects Ridgeley with the Necropolis and enables a convenient journey for both new 'residents' and their visitors.
== Railway company badges ==
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