Trans-Ochran Rail Consortium

Trans-Ochran Rail Consortium

Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Railroads
Predecessor	Uluujol Rail Authority
Founded	1895
Founder	Khagan
Headquarters	Osh , Uluujol
Area served	Ochran Uluujol, Benaajab, Rustonia, Chagadalai

The Trans-Ochran Rail Consortium is a group of railroad lines that have been consolidated by the crown of Uluujol, with some minority interests maintained by acquired organizations and partner states. The consortium manages almost all international rail traffic between the primary termini at Maesan in the east and Sirik in the west, as well as practically all rail traffic on several ancillary lines to Xiwangguo, Benaajab, Rustonia, and Chagadalai.

The consortium operates as a corporation with a board of directors that appoints the rail executives. The shareholders include the owners of acquired railroad companies and the government-owned subsidiaries of states with access to the rail network, although Uluujol retains a plurality of shares.

History

The Trans-Ochran Rail Consortium dates back to the Uluujol Rail Authority, established in 187 by decree of Khagan Tarkan VI to administer the Trans-Ochran Railroad, at the time still under construction. Upon the completion of the original primary line (which connected Sirik in the west to Kunming in the east) in

Structure

Thirty percent of issued shares are owned by Uluujol's Khaganate Rail Authority, which is the founding body of the consortium. During all of the private acquisitions and nationalizations of various rail companies, the KRA issued shares to itself, maintaining a majority of shares until it began to partner with foreign governments to expand and develop the rail. The Daitoa Republic is the next largest share holding with fifteen percent, though it has the smallest section of the railroad, followed by Chagadalai with seven percent, Rustonia with six percent, Benaajab with two percent, and another thirty percent held by private individuals and corporations. The final ten percent of shares are given to the employees of the rail worker's union.

Incidents

North Silkutha Incident

In 1928, members of the Worker's Party of Benaajab, protesting foreign ownership of what they considered Benaajabi assets, tied themselves to a a two mile stretch of track. The Khagan Rail Authority stopped traffic and ordered the activists to disperse, but expected the stoppage to end naturally. After three days of no traffic, however, the KRA began to suspect that they would be forced to yield to some demands if the stoppage continued, since they were incurring substantial costs daily. A regiment of cavalry was dispatched from a border fort under the command of a KRA security officer and the tracks were quickly cleared, but several of the activists died in the process from trampling.

Blaming the Khagan for the deaths, the number of protesters swelled dramatically and was matched with demonstrations at the Benaajabi capital of Rangpur. The Prime Minister sent a request to the KRA to remove their troops, but the single cavalry regiment had already been reinforced with infantry by the time the request arrive in Osh. As tensions increased, the KRA ordered their conductors not to stop for protesters on the tracks and promised they would be protected if anyone was hurt. After seventeen deaths, the protesters stopped trying to occupy the rails, but the demonstrations in Rangpur were redoubled as the Prime Minister patiently waited for a response to his request. Protesters attempted to storm the Prime Minister's palace after which the Benaajabi government decided to intervene on behalf of the KRA. Demonstrations were dispersed by the police and Benaajabi soldiers began to supplement and replace Uluujolese forces to protect the railroad. The Prime Minister was soundly defeated in a recall vote two months later, but the Uluujolese and Benaajabi patrols continued along the KRA line to Djad.