Arctic Plains
| Arctic Plains | |
|---|---|
| Officials | |
| Mayor | sesese9 (West Calbar) bensismith (Freshney) nktrain (Washingcube) |
| Deputy Mayor | See town pages |
| Transit | |
| MRT | A13 West Calbar - Maplelyn District A14 West Calbar A15 Washingcube A16 Freshney |
| Bus | Arrivé Bus Lines 95 |
| Roadways |
A89 A942 B901 B902 |
| Other transit | Northern Star Ferries via Seneca Canal Arctic Plains Ferries via Freshney Canal Arctic Plains Metro CitiRail RegionalConnect RaiLinQ |
| Facts and figures | |
| Founded | 16th September 2015 - April 9th 2017 |
| World | New, Gamma |
| Post codes | WC9 (West Calbar) WA9 (Washingcube) FR9 (Freshney) |
| Other information | |
| MPO | League of Cities |
| LoC Representative | sesese9 |
The Arctic Plains was an SMP between the towns of West Calbar, Washingcube, and Freshney, but can still refer to the region. The area covers stations A13 through A16 on the MRT Arctic Line.
History
The SMP was originally formed because of how close the towns of West Calbar and Washingcube were, and the assumption that both Freshney and Washingcube would come together also. The goal was to encourage growth between the now-called districts with the use of public transport and road links, along which they could grow against.
However, few of these plans were successful. RaiLinQ's opening of their intra-SMP line did help connect the SMP together and the B902 also helped. The A89, on the other hand, acted as a divider between Freshney and Washingcube which made Freshney never seem a true part of the SMP. While growth did increase, it was hampered by inactivity. Plans did arrive of including A17 station but again inactivity led this to slip.
By the start of 2017, ideas of the ending of SMPs altogether were around. Reflection at this time, although difficult due to inactivity and timezones, concluded that many other ideas the mayors had would never come to fruition, such as an SMP airport. All SMP work had pretty much ended before the deadline but it was only then that it was officially disbanded.
Transit
Information about transit within each town can be found on their pages, however major lines are listed here.
Rail
There are several 3rd party rail services in and around the Arctic Plains. Stations in bold are those inside the Arctic Plains.
| Operator & link to page |
Route | Status |
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Inter-City Wazamawazi (via Calbar Arena) to Whiteley |  Open between Wazamawazi and Calbar Arena
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| Stoptrain: Wazamawazi (via West Calbar/Calbar Arena) to Mason City |
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| Stoptrain: Calbar Arena to Freshney Marina via Washingcube |
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| Arctic Plains Metro | Metro: West Calbar to Freshney via Washingcube |
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Maidenhead Line: Whitechapel Waterfront (via West Calbar Forest Landing) to either:- Gold City (North Branch) or Birchview (East Branch) |
Open between Birchview and Whitechapel
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Road
One of the two major projects of the SMP was the construction of the B902 to connect the SMP together. This was completed by mid-2016 and along with a connection to A89 meant that the whole SMP was well connected to the wider MRT network.
Other connections to the A89 are available in West Calbar around the Spaghetti Bowl, which also incorporates the A942 to Laclede and A94 .
In early 2017 a connection to the B91 in Freshney, at the end of B902 , was completed after many months of planning.
Water
Before the SMP was created, the Seneca Canal was constructed up to West Calbar, served by Northern Star Ferries to Whitechapel.
The River Freshney existed as a very rough connection along the SMP to Freshney, although this was not connected to the Seneca Canal. It was therefore decided to make the Freshney Canal which turned out to be the largest project in the SMP. It formed the backbone of the SMP and still serves a purpose as a connection for ships to access the West Calbar Harbour (for Washingcube also) and the Port of Freshney. It took 2 years to complete to its current state, which is still unstable around the Freshney Straight.