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Thunderbird
TbirdMRT.png
Officials
Founderdecorminecraft
Mayordecorminecraft
Deputy Mayorhnt
Treasurerbobberpants
Councillors34lynx72 (Head Councillor)
Aliksong (Chief Justice)
Narnia17 (Speaker of the House)
Twh9432
mooseontherun
_Smae
willywilson123
Treesofgold
Detroit_Kitteh
sesese9
kiwirainbow
MeetMeInSpace
Town recognition
RankGovernor
Date foundedOctober 4, 2014
Date recognized as CouncillorDecember 3, 2014
Geography
Town hall coordinates5234, 65, 2422
WorldNew World
Ward(s)Ward 4
Post code(s) TH4 
Transit
MRT F15 - P17  Thunderbird - RegionalConnect Arena
 F16  Thunderbird West
 F17  Thunderbird
 P16  Foobar
 P18  Thunderbird - Marianople District
Air facilitiesThunderbird International Airport
Rail facilitiesThunderbird Yonge Street (RegionalConnect)
Local transitThunderbird Transit Commission
Etymology
Language(s)English
Lore
Population25+

Thunderbird is a Governor-ranked city on the New World located along the MRT Forest Line at F16 and F17 stations, along the MRT Plains Line at P16 and P18, and at F15-P17, where the aforementioned lines both intersect. It is part of Ward 4 and is also a member of the Eastern Association of Serendipity Towns (aka EAST). Thunderbird is known for having many citizens with a high interest in sports, particularly basketball, which is why its official landmark is the RegionalConnect basketball arena, located across from the aforementioned F15-P17 MRT station.

Elevator Overhaul Program

As noted above, Thunderbird is currently undergoing an elevator overhaul program to upgrade all existing EasyElevators to the new Lift elevators since the departure of the EasyElevator plugin. There are a few buildings (especially houses built by other players) that have yet to have their EElevators overhauled. Completely overhauled elevators include the following, but are not limited:

  • 1 Yonge Street: NE and SW elevators
  • All elevators at TTC subway and at MRT stations
  • Two elevators at the Officials Office Tower
  • All new buildlngs (built on or after 2019)

Thunderbird City Officials

Thunderbird's mayor is decorminecraft, the Deputy Mayor is hnt and the Head Councillor is 34lynx72.The other officials are shown on the chart below. Though quite a few of them were former staff members, one of them, sesese9, is still on staff and is currently an [Admin+]. Want to become a member of the City Council? Contact decorminecraft via MRT Mail, Discord (user: TTCMan) or the /mail send command. When decorminecraft sees this, he will respond back with a yes or no, depending on if you built in Thunderbird, and if there is still space left. There are 5 spaces left, including the Sheriff position.

Town Official Offices

Player Name (if not Vacant) Office code number Place on Council
decorminecraft 6A Mayor
hnt 6B Deputy Mayor
34lynx72 6C Head Councillor
?? 6D Sheriff
Bestmate66 5A Councillor Ward 1 - Airport District
willywilson123 5B Councillor
Twh9432 5C Councillor Ward 3 - North Old Town District
QueenSmae 5D Councillor Ward 4 - South Old Town District
Treesofgold 4A Councillor
Aliksong 4B Chief Justice
Detroit Kitteh 4C Councillor Ward 2 - North Transit District
Narnia17 4D Speaker of the House
sesese9 3A Councillor Ward 6 - North New City District
kiwirainbow 3B Councillor Ward 5 - South Transit District
MeetMeInSpace 3C Councillor Ward 7 - South New City District
Vacant 3D N/A
bobberpants 2A Treasurer
Vacant 2B N/A
Vacant 2C N/A
Vacant 2D N/A


Districts

Old Town District

When decorminecraft started to begin building Thunderbird, he started with this district. The area was almost all all walking pathways and buildings back in October 2014. There are 3 roads in this district. The area is around  F17  Thunderbird station. Notable buildings are located here:

  • City Hall (Old)
  • DElevator Company main headquarters
  • 1 Yonge Street (a tall condominium building near the southeast of the city)
  • Thunderbird RegionalConnect station
  • the Thunderbird Officials Office Tower
  • Thunderbird Public Library
  • Thunderbird Convention Centre
  • Kalmar Fried Chicken store (1st new world store to open)

Transit District

This district is immediately west of the Old Town district, but also spans as far south as the Thunderbird-Scarborough border.

Notable transit connections in the district include:


Notable buildings in the district include:

  • St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church
  • The Thunderbird Eaton Centre (spoofed after the Toronto Eaton Centre)
  • Thunderbird Elementary School


Entertainment (Marianople) District

This district is located west of  F16  Thunderbird West station, includes the Aquatic Centre immediately north of it, and is also west of the Thunderbird marina, and spans westward to include  F15 - P17  Thunderbird - RegionalConnect Arena and  P18  Thunderbird - Marianople District) stations.

The area around  P18  Thunderbird - Marianople District station and the area east of it, which includes the old Marianople Square, was claimed by someone else in late 2014, where the town was originally called Marianople. Thunderbird has inherited and preserved the existing buildings and the original Marianople Square in honour of this player since expanding westward towards the MRT Plains line; furthermore, a new Marianople Square across the street from the original has been established (this new square holds up the iconic Thunderbird sign, which was inspired by the IRL Toronto sign).

The Entertainment District has (and will have more of) several roads and will look more urban compared to eastern Thunderbird, particularly the old town district. This district is, as of late 2020, still relatively new and spans a large area of the city; mostly, again, on the west side (ie. the party's here on the west side ;)). With these facts in mind, one can easily distinguish the old from the new in Thunderbird.

In this area resides Thunderbird's official landmark: the RegionalConnect Basketball arena, among other notable buildings:

  • DeTennis Tennis Court (named after Councillor Detroit Kitteh).
  • Thunderbird (Grand) Hotel
  • New & Old Marianople Squares (New Square still requires some development and amenities)
  • Mini-golf course built by kingsnake
  • Thunderbird Arena RaiLinQ station


Airport District

The airport district opened early 2019 when the Thunderbird International Airport (TBI) opened its doors. The district is located on the northeast corner of Thunderbird (See the MRT Dynmap). The Airport Junction RaiLinQ and metro station is located in this district at the northwest corner of the airport.


City Transit & Transit Connections

Thunderbird has a transit system called "Thunderbird Transit Commission", a spoofed name of the Toronto Transit Commission. Both have "TTC" as abbreviations. The TTC uses a Cyan-Like automation system (still made by decorminecraft). See the TTC page for more information, including stations, service advisories and planned projects.


Several third-party rail companies have expressed interest in and have built stations within Thunderbird, which include:


RaiLinQ:


  • Thunderbird BluRail station (part of Yonge Station)
  • Thunderbird Network South Central station (at ConnectEAST station)
  • Thunderbird MCR station (at St. Patrick metro station)
  • Thunderbird Yonge Street RegionalConnect station (part of Yonge Station)


ConnectEAST station

The Thunderbird ConnectEAST station's original purpose was to have the planned  ConnectEAST  and the  ConnectEAST  lines connect here; however, the ConnectEAST project was annexed; however, the station retained its name as a reminder of this large project that would have benefitted the southeast area of the original new world (Gamma - 2014). All TTC lines (except the  P  and  O  lines) connect here. External rail connections will be serviced here.

Platform # Route name/# Destination Status
1-2 KTA Commuter Rail - Armadillo Line Nippia (Northbound)
Saint Roux (Southbound)
Service Partial.png Partially open: Service to Saint Roux only.
3-4 TTC Scarborough RT  P22  Scarborough - East Calbar Service Good.png Open
9-10 TTC Green Hills RT  F18  Foobar Service New.png Planned

Fun fact: The Scarborough RT line is also a real Toronto Transit Commission line! It is also known as Line 3 Scarborough.

Yonge Station

Thunderbird Yonge Station is a city transit hub that connects the TTC  O ,  Y ,  G  and  B  subway lines and also houses the RegionalConnect station, the primary (Thunderbird) RaiLinQ station and the BluRail Station.

RegionalConnect station

Thunderbird Yonge Street (RC) station. The 1 Yonge St. condo building is near the top left corner.

The RegionalConnect station for Thunderbird is located nearby the 1 Yonge St. condo building! The nearest metro station is Thunderbird Yonge Street station (as per above). The following RegionalConnect lines run through Thunderbird:

RegionalConnect line Division Terminus 1 Terminus 2
MidSouth Line (MSL) Southern Marblegate Daneburg
Southern Connector Line (SCL) Southern Elecna Bay?? Thunderbird
Thunderbird-Wythern Shuttle Southern Thunderbird Wythern

Note: Chart is not fully accurate, as RLcrafters has revised the RegionalConnect map and plans.

BluRail Station

Thunderbird is being served by BluRail Line 3 (local trains only).

Network South Central Station

Thunderbird is being served by Intercity Line #2 Network South Central rail.

MCR Station

Thunderbird is currently the northern terminus of the MCR Manuelia (M) line.

RaiLinQ Services

RaiLinQ services Thunderbird with three lines serving a total of three stations in Thunderbird:

  • Thunderbird RaiLinQ Station, located slightly south of the major rail interchange at Yonge Street. This station is served by Intercity 0600 (San Reinoldi - Sunshine Coast), Stoptrain 4600 (San Reinoldi - Sunshine Coast) and Stoptrain 4800 (Thunderbird - Quartz Bay).
  • Thunderbird Airport Junction RaiLinQ Station, located a short walk west from the airport. This station is served by Stoptrain 4800 (Thunderbird - Quartz Bay).
  • Thunderbird Arena Station, located near the RegionalConnect Arena in the west of Thunderbird. This station is served by Stoptrain 4600 (San Reinoldi - Sunshine Coast)

Thunderbird Bus Terminal

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There are 5 terminals, with 8 gates available at the Thunderbird Bus Terminal.

NOTE: With TTC Bus routes, light yellow rows signify the use of original first generation TTC buses (5 blocks wide); light blue rows signify the use of any second generation TTC buses (see bus fleet section on the TTC page).

Route Company Destination Status Terminal #
1 Thunderbird Transit Commission Matheson  On Time  1
I1 ChimpBusConnect Accerton  Planned  1
6 Thunderbird Transit Commission San Dzobiak  On Time  1
2 Thunderbird Transit Commission West Calbar  On Time  1
3 Thunderbird Transit Commission Quartz Bay  On Time  2
4 Thunderbird Transit Commission Utopia  On Time  2
5/5A Thunderbird Transit Commission 5: Kenthurst VIA Sealane
OR
5A: Sealane
 SHORT TURN 
Service to Sealane only
2
010a RedLine Buses Scarborough  On Time  3
504X IMTABus Ilirea  On Time  3
035 Seabeast Buses Hamblin  On Time  3
PB04 Prime Bus Northgate/Central City  On Time  3

Thunderbird Marina

The Thunderbird Marina is located just south of  F16  Thunderbird West MRT station and is accessible via TTC. One boat currently sits at one of the 3 docks.

Thunderbird International Airport (TBI)

The Thunderbird International Airport will be located in the Airport district. This was (probably) the 8th airport in Gamma to be built. It was originnaly supposed to be built by kiwirainbow, Bestmate66, and DM hntredtie); however, autobus22 and TheSubway have built it instead due to the inactivity of the 3 aforementioned players.

Click here to inquire about gates at TBI (this link is being preserved here; refer to the above notice).

Iconic Buildings and Places

1 Yonge Street (Condominium building)

This is Thunderbird's most popular residence building to live in. This building consists of 23 floors, plus a roof and Yonge Station nearby, providing seamless access to TTC subways and some external rail services. You can own a 1 bedroom condo or a larger 2 bedroom condo. The building is managed by Decormanagement Condos, which also makes townhouse complexes. <-- Click that link and find the form to request for a condo!

Thunderbird Eaton Centre

The Thunderbird Eaton Centre is Thunderbird's most popular shopping mall, spoofed after the Toronto Eaton Centre. The  B  and  O  TTC lines run beneath and provides service to the mall. If you want some space for your businesses/shops/franchises, please feel free to ask decorminecraft for space.


Thunderbird Office Building

The Thunderbird Office building is located at  GS1  TTC station near Thunderbird Yonge Station. You can locate headquarters of any company here or something else appropriate. You'll have one entire floor to yourself. Space is free, simply ask decorminecraft for some.

Floor # Name Owner Status
9 EmeraldHoldings cgc747 Reserved
14 Appleton Embassy hntredtie Reserved

Thunderguard Law Firm Headquarters

The Thunderguard Law Firm was established in the summer of 2015 and is being re-introduced by the Head Councillor 34lynx72. The HQ is located nearby the Music's Gems store, the Acacia wood building.

RegionalConnect Arena - Official Landmark

The RegionalConnect Basketball Arena is the home of the Thunderbird Thunderbirds. The arena is open for games; however, a merch/gift shop and restrooms will be constructed soon. It can be easily accessed via  F15 - P17  Thunderbird - RegionalConnect Arena MRT station along with TTC and RaiLinQ services.

Le Sus Stadium

The Le Sus Soccer Stadium (Disclaimer: the stadium has no intention of being sus) is home to the Thunderbird Grassbirds (name subject to change). Construction is still underway, and some amenities such as restrooms, ticket booths, merch/gift shop, and even a Le Sus have yet to be completed. The arena will be easily accessible VIA the TTC  C  line.

Thunderbird Hotel

The Thunderbird Grand Hotel is a large 5-star hotel currently under construction and is to boast luxurious rooms and amenities for guests and visitors to Thunderbird. It is situated across the New Marianople Square; the Thunderbird sign can be seen looking out the east windows. More info to be provided soon.