Mirage Line

The Mirage Line is Neutralston's shortest public transport line. It consists of 4 stations, two in the City of Neutralston, and two in the neighbouring Lavendershire County. It is operated as a joint operation between Lavendershire County Transport Association and Transport for Neutralston. The line sees a daily ridership of 5,000 people (1,700,000 annually) shuttling commuters from the limits of Lavendershire to the prosperous outskirts of Neutralston.

**History:**

   During the Lavendershire county mayor elections of 2001, LFT councillor Daniel Wolfgang Floyd proposed a shuttle transport line between the limits of the country into the capital city, this is because of the recent A89 bombardment by the Islamic terrorist group known as "Malia Balghada". This road was a vital link for city commuters who ventured to places such as Follingsgrey, Cocainer and Meteor Lake on a daily basis. To decrease pollution within the local area of Outer Neutralston City/Lavendershire, for the electoral campaign, the Lavendershire County Transport lead by Transport Councillor Bill Smith, promised a shuttle train line between the business district of Lavender Park into the Limits of Neutralston, ensuring a stable and economic connection between both areas of the country.

Construction started in April 2002, however, as the first bridge pylons were being installed, the Neutralston City Rail station of Lavender Park (Now Crossrail) had to be almost rebuilt to accommodate the platform for the new shuttle line. From a valued station building came one of the most brutalist buildings in the whole county. And due to election budget cuts, the platform was made shorter than the one proposed in the drawings.

Another big thing that was announced is this shuttle line will be the first time in 40 years that the district of Meteor Lake will have some sort railway connection. This station was built above the St. Vincent strip mall, for ease of access to the passengers. Meteor Lake station was the only station that was built to plan in the original scratch design of the line. Having all the proper facilities such as destination board and benches.

Follingsgrey is another stop served by the Mirage Shuttle Line, it is currently being only served by this line due to heavy works going on the Neutralston S-Bahn. However, Follingsgrey turns out to be the least used station on the shuttle line, this is because the general population of Follingsgrey has a preference towards using busses as their first choice of Public Transportation. only 150 of the daily 5,000 passengers make the stop to Follingsgrey their daily commute.

**Cocainer Mall Scandal:**

When the Project was given the green light from the Transport for Neutralston offices, the works started at the newly refurbished Cocainer Mall station. this shuttle line was meant to have 2 tracks for maximum capacity and usage. There would be a train at each station every 30 seconds according to some adverts shown on billboards across Lavendershire and Neutralston City's roads.

Midway through 2002, Transport for Neutralston had other projects to prioritise, such as bus connections in the Griffinford area and a new line called the Neutralston Light Railway. So the Lavendershire County Transport Association was in charged of continuing the project using their own county-bailed funds. **Leaving Cocainer Mall with an abandoned fifth platform**.

**The Line nowadays:**

After the Lavendershire County Transport Association lost a court case in January 2003, they were forced to complete the line, in a rushed manor that is. In June 2003, the line secretly started operations using an imported S-train prototype train, that failed testing in Hong Kong. The unit was purchased for half a million dollars or 678,347,345,876,451,345Slaves.