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| | The predecessor to the Arco National Railway Service was Easthampton Railways. It was set up by the Arcerion Steel Corporation as a subsidiary to help with the migration of labourers to Easthampton, Arcerion. It sent the first finished pieces of steel to ports from the factories to Chester-on-Moore to be shipped overseas to Burgundie in 1851. It continued as a small railway with only two tracks and a limited number of locomotives until the massive expansion of the railway in 1886 and the amalgamation of Easthampton Railways by the Crown Governor [[William Walter James|Sir William Walter James]] of Arcerion, who ordered the Secretary of the Treasury to form a committee on the expansion of railways in Arcerion. |
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| | | The founding in 1886 was accompanied by massive booms in Arcerion's population, economic expansion, and infrastructure. The first new ANRS rail line was set from Port Hughes in the South to Dunborough in the North, with a second newer line set up to Easthampton to help ship the vast quantities of iron ore and steel products being manufactured in the town. |
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| The first steel factory, employed a few hundred naturalized Arcers, Ardmori immigrants, and indigenous labourers began its operations in refinement of raw iron ore into finished, flat rolled steel, the first finished pieces being shipped via the predecessor to [[Arco National Railway Service|Arcer National Railway Service]] (ARNS), [[Easthampton Railways]], to Chester-on-Moore in 1851. | |
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| Originally founded in 1834 as part of Arcer expansion into the Southeastern Cronan Peninsula, Easthampton was founded only five years prior to the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Second Bush War]]. During this time, a major engagement was fought at the settlement, when in 1848 members of 1st Battalion, Royal Arcerion Regiment defended the settlement from a large indigenous assault aimed at removed Arcerion from the Northern Washkaran Area. Following the war, the establishment of the [[Arco National Railway Service]] (ANRS) in 1886 resulted in the nation's first heavy commercial rail line from the Kinnaird-Kurst areas to Easthampton to carry raw resources to ports for transport to manufacturing facilities abroad. This was followed by a significant economic boom over the next three decades.
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| A significant boom occurred once the Arco National Railway Service had been created and a major railway station was built in Kinnaird.
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| The keystone of Arcerion is the Arco National Railway Service (ANRS). Founded shortly after economic independence from Ardmore, the ANRS serves as the lifeline for much of the country's rural communities for the efficient transportation of goods and services. The ANRS is also one of the largest employers in the Arco public sector, and with dozens of rail lines operating across all four governates, it is a critical piece of infrastructure. Within cities, the ANRS has several smaller, governate-specific or province/city-specific rail lines including light rail systems for commuting, although these are usually prevalent in more affluent cities such as Kurst or Kinnaird. The ANRS itself is managed by the Ministry of the Interior, under the Department of Infrastructure. Maintenance of rail lines and engines is one of the largest sectors of the Department's budget, surpassing road maintenance year-on-year.
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| With the introduction of the [[Arco National Railway Service]] (ANRS) the pace of industrialization in Arcerion increased rapidly. The first rail line was set from Port Hughes in the South to Dunborough in the North, with a new line set up to Easthampton to help ship the vast quantities of iron ore and steel products being manufactured in the town. It was during this time of rapid economic expansion and mass emigration that Crown Governor Sir William Walter James requested permission on Arcerion's centennial birthday to have a special status as a semi-sovereign state. Granted by the Crown Regent in Ardmore, this gave Arcerion control over its own international relations, diplomatic presence, its own sovereign coat of arms, and control over its economic policy. This petition formed the second of three documents that formed the basis for the Arcer constitution.
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| Rosmore Station in Kurst, the largest railway station and trainyard was seeing daily regular traffic in the thousands, and major corporations from [[Arcerion Steel Corporation|Arco Steel]] to Foxhey Shipyards were quickly competing at an international level and establishing Arceiron as the dominant Malentine economic power.
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| == Facilities == | | == Facilities == |