Rawdon

Rawdon (Farsk)
Rawdon is Highland's largest town outside of the capital. It is situated in the heart of the county of Farsk, and according to the 2018 census has a population of 70,005.

Rawdon should not be confused with Rawdon, Hurshing, a small village just north of Senpine.

History
Rawdon is a new town compared to other nearby areas. Rawdon's became officially recognised as a town in 1978. By 1990, the population was approximately 32,000, increasing to 51,000 in 2006.

There were only small hamlets in the area before Rawdon was founded. Since then, only one of the villages remain, Farsk. The next last old hamlet, Rottestone, had been fully engulfed by Rawdon's suburban area in 1982, and now falls under the Fishbury suburban area.

In 2009, Rawdon's councillors applied for the town to be given city status, though this and two applications later were rejected. Even so, Rawdon is a huge business, industrial and transport hub for Farsk and surrounding counties.

Railway Station
Rawdon's railway station was built in 1985, as "Farsk". The reasoning for naming the station this instead of much larger Rawdon remains unknown. In 2000, Farsk station was officially renamed to Rawdon. Farsk village lies about two kilometres west, and finally got its own station when the Skyedown-Ashway line was completed in 2018.

In 2001, a massive project to give the station a facelift went underway. This included increasing the platform count to 4, allowing for more terminating services, alongside three different lines; The Skyedown line, Borshen Downs line, and the South Barnborough line. Of the three, the Skyedown line is fully operational, while only part of the Borshen downs line is open. Due to unforseen circumstances, the operating line only ended at Dexton, just one kilometre south of Rawdon. Construction never continued beyond.

On September 5 2018, the line to Barnborough opened, extending Hurshing-Rawdon services to Barnborough, and two additional services to Barnborough from Northing.

In January 2018, alongside the opening of Brambleford station, Torella opened a new line diverging from Dexton, which joined the Fivetrees branch towards Brambleford.

Currently, Rawdon has frequent connections to Drum, Barnborough, Staggington and Hurshing and has an occasional peak hour service to Stoneham and Brambleford

Rawdon Station Upgrade
On September 2018, for four days, Rawdon railway station was closed for a regeneration project. It was scheduled to finish on the 23rd, though was reopened on the 20th of September due to the works being completed early.