Unterganger Central Station

#REDIRECT Unterganger Central Terminal#Old building
:For the new and current terminal building, see Unterganger Central Terminal.
The Unterganger Central Station was Molster's largest building in the Unterganger City so far. It was the main hub for rail transport in the server until its demolition (see below). Connected to the station was the Red Line of the Subway and was the terminal station of five out of eight lines that form the Rail Transit Network.
The station had three sections - one section served as the administration office for the railway network, while the other two had platforms for the RT lines and the Subway, respectively.
The UCS was demolished in 20 May 2014, and the Unterganger Central Terminal is built on its place. The reason for the upgrade is to provide more platforms for the ever-expanding Rail Transit Network and more train station amenities.
==History==
The plan for a central rail station in Unterganger City came along with Molster's Rail Development Plan. Prior to this, only a small boarding platform existed beside MTM's House, serving what would become the South Line. There was also the need for a more direct rail link to the East Village, which before then have a very long round trip in the desert south of the city.
Construction commenced soon after the rail development plan was approved. The site chosen was once filled with procrastinator's mostly-eccentric builds, all but the "HUE" text sign has been torn down prior, the latter relocated beside Marx Street.
The building design, while not based on any IRL stations, follow the general layout of stations in the locomotive golden age, with high vertical space and arches supporting the roof. Not anticipating more lines would be added, the platforms were built facing east. Early platforms mimic the old terminal beside MTM's house. The station opened serving the Subway Red Line, which occcupied platforms 1 and 2, the RT South Line and the newly-built RT East Line. There was also a mailcart station built under the administration office.
With the inception of two new RT lines - the North and West Lines, the reserved area beside the east side of the station building had to be utilized to build extension platforms for the new lines, and the existing RT lines had their platforms relocated too as the former platform space became an access lobby to these new platforms.
On 14 May 2014, Molster contemplated an entirely new design in order to realign the entrance and provide more space for platforms (on 2 separate floors) for future lines. The building was demolished on 21 May 2014 with tudor's help(?).
==Places==
;Hallway
:Spanning over the three sections, the hallway runs on the west side of the building.
The next three occupies the first section of the building.
;RT Ticket and general info counter
:Located next to the Luminosity Road entrance. A corridor next to it leads to the office and mailcart station (details below)
;Railway Office:Located upstairs near (or behind) the counter. MTM was named the Director of Railways.
;Mailcart station (defunct)
:Located under the Railway Office, the mailcart station used to provide service for incoming chestcarts from the original East and South lines. With the two new lines (North and West) and the older two's realignment the link was cut off. As with the rest of the mailcart network, the station is currently defunct.
;Rail Transit Network station
:This station occupies the second section of the building, as well as all the extension platforms. There is a ticket counter, a row of turnstiles and toilets in the access lobby. The platforms of the South and East line used to be located in the lobby, but was moved as the space was needed for access to the new platforms.
;Subway station
:Occupies the third section of the building at the end of the hallway. The ticket counters faces the hallway, leaving more room in the platform area for three booths selling drinks, snack and reading materials. These were demolished when the platforms were redesigned.
;Second floor lounge
:Located across the second and third sections, with the stairs on the second. there are some chairs and tables, and at the third section is the "The Age of Steam Power" monument, relocated from its original location next to the old platform.
;Extension platforms
:Built on the reserved area east of the original building, all of RT lines terminating at the UCS is now located here. Molster cited lack of room around the platform building with the wall of the Village of Luminosity built too close (merely 4 blocks) to it, resulting in awkward rail approaches to the platform (three lines had to squeeze through the gap, one was forced to run overhead over the other two).
==Trivia==
*The building should be named Unterganger Central Terminal instead, since the many RT lines "terminate" here, while in stations trains (or minecarts) arrive and depart at two separate ends. The new station uses the correct name.
==Gallery==
==See also==
*Unterganger Central Terminal
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