National Railways Federation

Branch federation of the railway operating cooperatives

145 stations, four sizes

A station in the Republic is sized by the trains that call there, and every size has the same three things: a board with the times, shelter that is warm in winter, and a way to reach a person. Gates stand at the intercity platforms and nowhere else.

  • 145 stations
  • 22 town stations
  • 38 halts
  • 19 with intercity gates
  • 0 with a ticket window that sells anything

Sizes

Station sizes and their fittings
Size Count Staffed Facilities
Central 4 always Flip board, machines on the concourse, intercity gates, counter, waiting hall, left luggage, lift to every platform, a cooperative canteen.
Town 18 always Flip board, two or more machines, intercity gates where intercity trains call, counter, heated waiting room, lift or ramp to every platform.
Station 85 most hours Board, one machine, heated shelter, ramp, a telephone to the route group.
Halt 38 no Board, shelter, ramp, a telephone to the route group, and a bench that faces the way the train comes.

The four things on a concourse

  • The board

    Split-flap, driven from the timetable and the position feed together. It turns over on a change and again a minute before departure. Every board shows the same information as the application.

  • The machine

    Issues a card, reads one, writes the display language, prints the paper form, and lists the sections with their journey times. It asks for a language and nothing else.

    What the machine writes

  • The gate

    Stands open. It records that a journey was made, so each route group learns how many people use its lines. Nineteen stations have them, all on intercity platforms. Nothing is charged and no balance is read.

  • The counter

    A person who does everything the machine does, and the things it cannot: a card for someone whose hands will not work a panel, a section explained, a wheelchair space reserved on the train.

    Assistance

At a machine on the Lindoma concourse

This is a list a machine at Lindoma Central would offer, in the order it shows them. A section is chosen so the record says where the journey went; the time beside it is the published one, measured against the margin in the conditions of carriage.

Sections from Lindoma Central
To Journey Routes
Sederna about 1 hour 1
Maravel about 2 hours 2
Torvena about 2 hours 20 35
Calmena about 3 hours 30 4
Ilvara about 4 hours 4, 5
Ferrista about 4 hours 2, 7
Ossira about 5 hours 30 2, 7
Leriduson about 6 hours 35, 16
Prevessa about 7 hours 35, 16, 17
Vestrano about 7 hours 4, 11
Sarnova about 8 hours 4, 12
Dromera about 8 hours 4, 12, 14
Solvena about 8 hours 30 4, 5, 19
Tavrino about 8 hours 30 4, 6
Venasca about 9 hours 4, 10
Durorilaqui about 9 hours 4
Cortius about 9 hours 30 4, 5, 19
Sornorum about 10 hours 4, 5, 21
Lutoliluri about 10 hours 30 4, 5, 21, 25
Corcina about 11 hours 4, 5, 19, 23
Marendo about 11 hours, via Leriduson 35, 16, 18

Seven more sections run into Iosmein from Ossira and Quessina, and the crossing to Reformed Luces Aporia is a ferry from Lutoliluri operated by the ferry cooperatives. The machine offers both on a separate screen.

Around the platform

  • Warmth

    Every shelter on the network is heated between November and March, including the halts. The heating is on the station account, and a shelter that is cold is a fault to report.

  • Water and a lavatory

    Drinking water on every staffed station, and a lavatory that is open whenever the station is. Neither is charged for anywhere.

  • Left luggage

    There are lockers at the four central stations, taken by a card presented at the door. After the card has been presented, a station worker moves the bag to the office and leaves a note in the locker.

  • Bicycles

    Racks under cover at every station, and a bicycle can travel in the vestibule of any train without a reservation.