Arco National Railway Service
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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | 1 Railway Avenue, Commerce District, Kurst Capital Region, Arcerion |
| Reporting mark | ARNS |
| Locale | Arcerion Washakara Paulastra Kelekona Titechaxha Alstin |
| Dates of operation | May 1, 1886–present |
| Predecessor | Easthampton Railways |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Length | TBD |
| Other | |
| Website | www.arns.arc |
The Arco National Railway Service (reporting marks ARCO, AN) is a Class I government-owned freight-hauling railroad that operates over 2,000 locomotives over 50,000km of routes in thirteen different Cronan countries. It is the largest freight railroad in South Crona in terms of track length, freight hauled, passengers carried, and locomotives/cars used. Its subsidiary, Southern Railways is one of the largest and most extensive passenger rail lines in South Crona.
Founded in 1886, Arco National Railway Service was part of the first transcontinental railroad in South Crona, with locomotives purchased in pieces from Levantia and shipped and assembled in Kurst. Over the next several decades, the speed and breadth of the railway's expansion meant that there was little to no direct competition to its construction. It was the first railroad to expand across the Malentine Basin, as well as into Central Crona. It notably never had lines or routes extending into Varshan. As of the end of the Second Great War it remained the largest railway in South Crona. There continue to be expansion plans into the Southwestern Cronan Peninsula as well as along the newer Northern routes towards the Albion Sea. The railway remains at its original headquarters in Kurst, although the building, the Confederation Railway Station, has undergone multiple renovations and expansions.
History
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 Sir William Walter James of Arcerion, who ordered the Secretary of the Treasury to form a committee on the expansion of railways in Arcerion.
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.