Grandton Central

### **Description**

Grandton Central is the main hub of Southbourne Railways. It 12 platforms (10 over ground & 2 underground). It is oldest station in the game and it is the largest by far. The station is inspired by Central Station in Sydney. Grandton Station has 2 depots for Regional & Intercity.

### **Lore**

Grandton Central was first open in 1865. Back then Southbourne used to be called Grandton until it is renamed to Southbourne in 1901 during the federation of Australia.

#### **First Incarnation**

Grandton was the first station in the city of Grandton. The railway starts from Grandton to Alpha Junction during the first day of opening. The platform used to be 4 platforms. In 1873 the station has been upgraded again by adding 4 new platform in order to accommodate more trains arriving in and out of the Grandton. However a fire broke out in 1874 and the station has to be rebuilt.

#### **Second Incarnation**

Grandton Central stayed in that incarnation until in 1880 a new incarnation of Grandton will be build just west of the original station.

#### **Third Incarnation**

This is the 3rd incarnation of Grandton. The reason why Grandton had to be rebuilt is because that Grandton Central is located in the poor area of the Grandton. During the replacement of Grandton Central all trains would end up terminating at Tonkton, Norland. This caused a lot delays to the network until tragically during the replacement of Grandton a goods train collided with a passenger train in 1884. Unfortunately all of the station has been demolished. As the new tracks had finally been placed and the switches are made Grandton is finally completed 5 years before the federation of Australia. The poor area of Grandton has been demolished and has been replaced with a wealthier area. The New Grandton has a much larger concourse, more luxurious building, more convenience. However remains of the old Grandton can be seen. The signs is actually there prior to the 2nd Incarnation.

#### After the Federation of Australia

In 1901 Australia has the federation. During that time Grandton was renamed to Southbourne. However this caused controversy on between Melbourne & Southbourne. The first prime minister of Australia then decided to make a new state since Southbourne and the area surrounding it can sustain themselves to be a state. The state will be called Eastern Australia.

The changes actually affected Grandton itself. Grandton Central was originally planned to be renamed until it was rejected due to the controversy. Also NSW owned trains would have to return back to NSW due to Eastern Australia being a separate state so it was then decided to give all the trains that are based in the new state of Eastern Australia to be donated to the new company East Australian Railway (EAR). in order to prevent train having to over fill the capacity of the depots in NSW. A lot services are affected heavily. One such case Grandton Central only sees 1 service a day. Luckily it was a short amount of time until everything goes back into normal.

#### **WW1**

During WW1 Grandton Central ended having services reduced slightly. There was a battle here at this station during WW1 when soldiers rioted against camp conditions in other countries in which they were deployed to. There is a bullet mark still visible on a wall.

#### **Great Depression**

During the great depression Grandton Central ended having services reduce to atoms. This is because the train company is slowly running out of money. This lead East Australian Railway to focus on cargo in order to get more money. (You can edit more here)

#### The Tunnels

After the great depression in 1934 2 new platform are constructed in order to make way for the new tunnels that goes to Norland via City Hall. This greatly boosted services and Grandton Central ended having more profit. (You can edit more here)