Bares

Bares is a town in the eastern area of the county of Shareham. It lies about 6 kilometres from Shoresome, and about 35 kilometres from Drum.

Bares is the only non-city, with the exception to Shareham, to have a pinnacle. It is very similar in appearance to Drum's double-pinnacle, however, the pair are only slightly further apart.

Town
Bares is the nearest town to Caldaro, a neighbouring country. An abandoned, half-completed line across the border already exists.

Bares is the fourth largest town in Highland with over forty thousand residents. It lies close to Shockstead, which is the country's second largest town, with 55 thousand residents, more than the population of Shoresome.

Shareham's Debt and Difficulty
In recent years, the county of Shareham has been under severe pressure due to not only its high debt and abuse by councillors, but from a court case regarding several thousand residents from Shareham City. This ultimately lead to Shareham being downgraded from a city to a town.

While Bares is considerably nearer to Shareham than other areas, the town itself hasn't seen much change. However, there has been a notable increase in shops closing in the last five years. In 2017 alone, 7 shops closed, five more than the previous year.

Station
Bares station has 3 platforms. Of which, two are in regular use. The southbound platform typically has one service per hour from Forcett to Tinchester South, and another two services from Stoneham - one to Beckersbury, and one to Great Harmer, with the former extended to Tonmouth in rush hour. Another two services from Shockstead also run, though these services bypass the station.

Northbound, one service from Tinchester South runs to Forcett, or Drum in rush hour. Another two run to Stoneham.

On Sundays, the Forcett to Tinchester South service does not operate - instead, this runs from Forcett to Ashton.

Bares Travel, a local railway company which also manages some of Shareham and Ashton's railway services and infrastructure, announced in March 2018 that an extra service will run between Grandsford and Little Regis. It is said that this service will run fast from Tinchester South to Langworth, a large village just north of Ashingport. Bares Travel also announced they will scrap the Great Harmer to Stoneham service, which has since received criticism. This will mean Great Harmer will only get two trains per hour.