WolvHaven Tram

Category:WolvHaven Tram (2014-2017)
== History ==
=== Conception ===
With the growing population of WolvHaven, worsening traffic congestion, and the ever-growing inefficiency of the Metro, it was brought up to Parliament that WolvHaven was in dire need of an efficent, low-cost transportation system that complimented the then small WolvHaven Metro.
On November 2014, a building competition, dubbed "Innovate", was announced to the public, with the aim of receiving creative transit ideas from the commuters themselves, which in turn, would be turned into reality if it met the three criteria: low-cost, low maintenance, and efficient.
Many submissions were considered, such as a trolleybus or monorail system that ran on all three islands. However, it was settled and decided that a tram system was the most cost-efficient, low maintenance, and efficient in terms of passenger flow.
On the 16th of January 2014, player Matthieu_Dinh, who had envisioned the project, unveiled the Stalingrad Tram, or the Tram Line 1, or as it's known now, the WolvHaven Tram. With a revolutionary automatic spawning tram system, effiency and passenger flow was up to 95% in the first week, and ridership was at an all time high. Referred to as the future of rail transit, the WolvHaven Tram was very successful in its first year.
=== Opening of Lines ===
Tram Line 1 opened on the 13th of November 2014, with its original route running from Stalingrad Coast (Now Stalingrad South) to Stalingrad. In the first quarter of 2015, the Tram Line 1 extended further up north to SOHO, and, later that year, eventually extended its 8 stop long route to a 9 stop, 1.4km long route, with its northern terminus now at Nationale (Now Parkroyal). On that same year, due to low ridership, the extension to Nationale was shut down, and on the 31st of October 2015, the entire line too shut down. After a year long downtime, renovation and rejuvenation works were put into place, and the line was officially reopened on the 16th of January 2019, with a shorter altered route, with trains starting their journey at Museum/6th Road, looping at Stalingrad Coast. With connections to buses, the BERT and Metro, the newly renovated tram line was received with high praise from critics, and still runs to this day.
=== Refurbishment and expansion ===
=== Cancelled and Proposed extensions ===
==== Eastern WolvHaven Tram expansion ====
Upon completion of Tram Lines 2 & 3, and the revitalisation of Tram Line 1, ambitious plans were drawn out to expand the tram system further east, and possibly even into Westford, as a means of solution to replace the debilitating status of the poignant bus system back then. However, due to an also debilitating (ticks per second) situation, all plans were shelved and eventually replaced with buses that served the planned routes.
==== Southern Brookedge Tram project ====
Before the reclamation project on which Mechanicsburg International Airport sits on now, a fourth island of WolvHaven was planned to be reclaimed right below Westford and Wolfminster islands; one that would mirror Mechanicsburg's alignment. Along with a planned extension for the Metro Line 1, the tram was also planned to extend into said island.
== Infrastructure ==
===Network===
Line and livery	Line and livery 	Commencement 	Terminus 	Stations 	Length (km)	Operator 	Depot 	Electrification
Tram Line 1 	RWT05M/A Ran on Tram Line 1 before the system was converted to runsteel wheel trams.	13th November 2014 16th January 2016Reopening date after rehabilitation works.	Museum/6th Road Parkroyal 	6 	- 	TransHaven	6th Road Depot	750 V DC Overhead catenary
Tram Line 1 	SWT05M/A 	13th November 2014 16th January 2016Reopening date after rehabilitation works.	Museum/6th Road Parkroyal 	6 	- 	TransHaven	6th Road Depot	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)
Tram Line 1 	SWT05AM/A 	13th November 2014 16th January 2016Reopening date after rehabilitation works.	Museum/6th Road Parkroyal 	6 	- 	TransHaven	6th Road Depot	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)
Tram Line 2 	SWT05AM/A 	21st April 2016 	Parkroyal loop Stalingrad Coast 	6 	- 	TransHaven	6th Road Depot	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)
Tram Line 3 	SWT05AM/A 	21st April 2016 	Museum/6th Road loop Stalingrad Coast	9 	- 	TransHaven	6th Road Depot	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)
Total: 	Total: 	Total: 	Total: 	10Counting unique stations.	- 	 	 	
=== Facilities ===
Unlike their metro counterpart, the WolvHaven Tram does not have Metro+ faregates at each station, and instead have | contactless smart card readers installed inside each light rail vehicle, as a part of an honour based payment system.
Each tram stop is equipped with ramps & tactile guidance systems for the elderly and disabled, and tactile paving, thus preventing disabled persons from having convenient access to these trains, and instead have to rely on alternate forms of transportation. 
Existing as a complimentary transit system to the WolvHaven Metro, tram stops are not equipped with ticketing machines and informstion centres, as each tram stop is within vicinity of a metro station equipped with such amenities.
As a part of a campaign to bring the WolvHaven Tram to the 21st Century and beyond, USB ports and AC power plugs and sockets with international compatibility were installed in most tram stops. Alongside that, 3G and 4G service are available in every part of the light rail system.
=== Lines ===
==== Tram Line 1 ====
Main article: Tram Line 1
Tram Line 1 was the first light rail/tram line to be built in Fourth Haven. Originally running from Stalingrad Coast (now Stalingrad South) Tram Stop to Parkroyal Tram Stop, Tram Line 1 now runs a different route, heading east before Sarglia North, and ending at Museum 6th Road Tram Stop.
==== Tram Line 2 ====
Main article: Tram Line 2
Opened on the same day as the Tram Line 3, Tram Line 2 is a 6 station line that serves 6th Road, Sarglia, SOHO, and Parkroyal. With the creation of Tram Line 2, several developments have been made, such as East Ocean Mall, which stands on the previously empty plot on top of the SOHO Tunnel on the East Coast Parkway.
==== Tram Line 3 ====
Main article: Tram Line 3
With a route that of the Tram Line 1 before renovation works, Tram Line 3 is the longest tram line in WolvHaven, spanning 1.7 kilometres, with 10 tram stops placed along the line. It is also the only tram line that goes underground.
=== Rolling stock ===
Name 	Supplier 	Line 	Cars (per train)	Total no. of cars	Service commencement	Power supply 	Speed Limit 	Price 	Remarks
SWT05M/A 	World Tech Industries 	Tram Line 1 	5 	A5 	16th January 2016 	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)	30km/h (18.64 mph)	A9 	-
SWT05AM/A	World Tech Industries 	Tram Line 1 Tram Line 2 Tram Line 3	5 	A5 	21st April 2016 	750 V DC ground-level power supply (APS)	30km/h (18.64 mph)	A9 	-
Former 	Former 	Former 	Former 	Former 	Former 	Former 	Former 	Former	Former
RWT05M/A 	Sakana Heavy Industries	Tram Line 1 	5 	C1 	13th November 2014 	Overhead line (750 V DC) 	30km/h (18.64 mph)	C5 	Decommissioned on 31st October 2015
== Previous alignment ==
== See also ==
*WolvHaven Metro
== References and notes ==