Hollywood

Hollywood
Hollywood is a rural city just south of Forcett.It is Highland's smallest city by population, with just 26,665 residents, and lies approximately one mile south of Forcett, meaning Hollywood is the nearest city to Drum's border.

In the 2018 census, Hollywood's boundary for population counting changed. It now includes the areas of Jessal, Kestrelfields, Penchester, Dinton, Porridon, and Gorrentford.

History
Hollywood started out as a popular farming area. By 1980, over 30% of all bread in the Drum & Colby region originated from Hollywood. By 1982, Hollywood's population was only roughly 4,100. This still meant Hollywood was the largest settlement in the West Hurshing Moors.

Hollywood gained city status in 2005 after a successful application by the local government. A survey the following year revealed that 89% of residents were in favour of city status.

The present
Today, Hollywood remains a rather calm city with some of the highest quality of life in Eastern Highland. Hollywood also hosts the annual gardening festival.

Transport
Hollywood has two rail stations, though only one is used regularly.

Portsborough Street is Hollywood's main station, and is served by trains to and from Drum, Stoneham and/or Hurshing.

Hollywood Central was a station on the Ridgeway, which was an old line which linked Stoneham and Rawdon. This line became unfit for use in the 1980s. Hollywood Central is now only used for irregular services to and from Stoneham via Inglethorpe and Elwick. Usually, about 8 or 9 trains use this line every day, down to 6 on Saturdays, and 5 on Sundays.

Rawdon Line development
It was announced in 2015 that the line to Rawdon (now disused) would be rebuilt to give passengers more links throughout South Drum and Farsk regions.This proposal will mean the doubling of the tracks on the whole of the top-level Hollywood line from Stoneham to Rawdon, as well as closing Green Park station and making Hurshing Road station more accessible due to its close proximity to Headingstone.

It was also noted that the line to Dinton Forest which diverges just west of Hollywood will also be closing down.

As of 2018, no further action has occured.