Barnborough

Barnborough
Barnborough is a large town in the western country, located in the South East area of Staggington. It's the third most populated settlement in the county of Staggington, and from 2017, has been classed officially as a "large town" due to its population exceeding 30,000.

Barnborough is a rather old town, with dates from as early as 1931 recorded. Barnborough was known as the "Ironworks" as the town once produced the most commercial metal materials in the country, including technology, furniture and hardware. The final factory closed in 2000.

Station
Since 1998, construction of a railway line through Barnborough commenced. A year later, many issues arose leading to the construction and development being put on hold.

One major issue was from problems with the South East Staggington ward, when Torella (from 2001) initially were developing the line. It was found not long after that the company failed to pay taxes as well as wrongly paying their workers, with one case in 2004 showing a male worker in his 40s was paid nearly £7,000 less than he was meant to for his salary. In 2005, Torella backed out of the project of creating the railway line, and nothing had happened since. In 2008, Torella, who still technically owned the railway which had already been laid, refused to allow the government to take over after they made an application. Due to loopholes in Highland's laws, Torella still had power over the government with the railways. In 2014, the government finally made an agreement with Torella and the company finally handed the project over to Highland's government. In 2015, it was announced that the government would yet again put construction on hold due to "funding issues", though this was during the time Highland had one of the worst economy growths since 1970.

In 2018, the line's construction had finally resumed, and by September 5, the station had officially opened to the public.

Barnborough Junction station has four platforms, with all in regular use with on average one train per hour for each platform.

As of September 6, Barnborough Junction is served by 4 trains an hour, and, as the line to Staggington from Barnborough is not yet complete, is currently a terminus.

Two trains run to and from Northing, while two more run to and from Hurshing. (One of these is extended to Stoneham in Rush Hour, and replaces the Stoneham-Hurshing rush hour service)

XX18 and XX40 services towards Northing call at:

Long Road (XX18 only), Fernhill, Lockhert, Ploughington, Fishbury, Rawdon, Skyedown, Rychester, Gattershill, Headingstone, Egmont, Drum, Evergreen Avenue, Holts, Meadowmoor, Westing and Northing.

XX07 and XX35 services towards Hurshing call at:

Fernhill, Fishbury, Rawdon, Skyedown, Dronburn, Kindon, Sedgway and Hurshing
 * Extended Stoneham service calls additionally at Shotfield, Coxfoot, Sexfoot, Chester Square and Stoneham

Metro Service Ticket
Drum & Colby council will introduce the Metro Service Ticket to the current line to Barnborough on September 8.