Transporation in North Bardonia

North Bardonia

Rail

Metro

Carthiadas Public Metro System

Light Rail & Trams

Horsedrawn Tram in 1904 in the city of Lordsfountain

Throughout North Bardonian Tramways and Lightrail interlink inside of major cities such as Carthiada, Cordo Fa, Uiortel & Kalidara. A more recent invention Light rail & Trams came to North Bardonian thanks to Hansa in the 1880s just prior to independence with installation in Lords Fountain, Symons Town & Cordo Fa. In the aftermath of Independence Carthiada & Krondor gained tramlines and by 1915 all major cities had tramlines and many like Carthiada with growing suburbs added tramlines separated from pedestrians to form the first Light Rail lines in 1918. Under the 1919 Urban Transportation Development Act most cities tramlines turned away from horses and towards electricity and by 1923 and the out brake of the Great War nearly 90% of all trams were electrified (with the notable exception of Symons Town which wouldn't be fully electrified until 1936). In the Great War itself many cites switched off horses which were considered by the War Department to be an important resource to the war effort and which the Royal Government imposed a tax on for any horse used in the civilian sector.

In the Aftermath of the North Bardonian Civil War and the Great War the Sanatation Government turned to private investors to develop and reconstruct major cities and major tram networks destroyed in the destructive civil war. Private contractors did become a key part to North Bardonian tram and light rail systems rebound in the 1940s as they were key to financing and construction as a part of a Public–private partnership. This partnership was most evidently seen in Carthiada which greatly benefited, and which led to the reconstruction of much of the system and the expansion with both the Coastal Line and Airport Line Light Rail systems coming about because of the Light Rail Expansion.

An image of the Light Rail on the Northern Coastline of Carthiada, known as the Coast Line

The Carthiada Ligh Rail and Tram network is an expansive project that links towards the Cities Metro system. The link between the three systems is entirely operated by the Carthiada Roads and Transport Authority (CRTA). The CRTA itself is divided into several different regional grouping with different jurisdiction (see Carthiada Municipalities). In Carthiada however there is a large number of Light Rail networks interlinking the suburbs of Carthiada with downtown. Krondor, Uiortel and other major cities also have Light Rail networks, however they are all not on the scale of that in Carthiada, with Carthiada's network spanning XXX Kilometers of Track (XXX Miles). Other cities however do have a similarly large Tram Network with both Cordo Fa and Krondor exceeding Carthiada in kilometers of track.

Road

Tollway & Tollroads

The invention of the "Tollway" is something quite seminomas when thoughts of North Bardonias Highway come to mind; unlike the state-run highways, sometimes underdeveloped and undermaintained, these private Tollways have contrastingly been seen as developed, maintained and neat in the structure. These private roads originated from Hansa in the 1880s as private roads privately maintained by private individuals for horses. With the invention of the car many North Bardonias took advantage of the boom and lack of public roads to construct these Tollroads. Several of these roads were constructed in the 1910's between Carthiada and her suburbs before being destroyed (during the Civil War) and absorbed into the Carthiada Roads and Transport Authority (CRTA) in 1934.The beginning of North Bardonias Highway Age in the 1940's as many Highway projects started by the North Bardonian Highway Administration (NBHA) the private sector would begin the research into the feasibility of the possibility of a large-scale private Tollway system. The first system opened to the public in 1947, the project was the Carthiada-Krondor Tollway (CKT) and was owned and operated by the Carthiada-Krondor Tollway Association (CKTA). CKTA was established in 1940 by several parties interested in the development of a Tollway including a few Government Offices such as: Greyhound Bus Company, NBHA (who also wanted to see the feasibility of a Highway system), the United Municipal Investment Fund (UMIF), and the North Bardonia Road & Rail Shipping Group (NBRRSG). The Tollway charged 50 pence (Half a Krown) for entry into the highway upon its inception and now in 2024 (as according to the CKTA) the toll fee is now 2.50 Krowns.

As of the modern day North Bardonia has in operation 43 Tollways and 12,000 Kilometers of Tollway in service all represented by the Tollway Alliance of North Bardonia (TANB) who operate a universal toll pass for 365 Krown per year. The TANB represent some finest strips of Tarmac in North Bardonia and are used by millions every year as an alternative towards the public highway system.

Bus

Intercity Service

There are several major bus companies in North Bardonia, the main one being the Greyhound. There are indeed numerous other companies drivning around the North Bardonian roads as an alternative to the sometimes-unreliable rail service.