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Mordusian Times {Allister Media}

Trans-Seleyan Railway reaches Randworth!

Towards the South it goes!

November 5568

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Randworth - Good news for the Pan-Seleyans and those who just want to take a good and fast trip across the continent. The Trans-Seleyan Railway has now been connected to the capital in Randworth. Marking an important milestone for M-Rail and the Mordusian Railway Authority. The news was brought by the MRA today. The occasion of the opening was widely celebrated with the opening of the platform on the central station to which the railway is connected.
 
The construction of the Trans-Seleyan Railway started in 5558 at the northern border with Aldegar from which it was build to connect with Tamwie. From there the railway would bypass the other cities in the province of Coliwick and move directly towards Randworth. From there a secondary connection was laid towards Saridan, connecting them as well. With the north now duly connected the move south will begin next year. The idea is that the next stop will be to connect Port Alexander, the capital of province of Treldoge and Port des Pieux, the capital of the province of Voisain. With those connections the two major harbours of the Commonwealth would be connected to the Trans-Seleyan Railway. Which would bring lots of opportunities for both ports in activities and transportation of goods and services. Something that the government sees as absolutely necessary for the economic development of the nation.
 
Construction of the railway has been going increasingly faster over the years. In many ways thanks to the support the Commonwealth gets from foreign investors and friendly nations. Dorvik, Luthori, Gaduridos are but a few of those who contributed to the great improvements of the construction companies to build this network. The government has many occasions mentioned and thanked these nations for their warm contribution to ‘’not only Mordusia, but also all of Seleya’’. The only question on the minds of the government now is if the Canrille Empire will pitch in to connect them to the rest of Mordusia. Infrastructure Minister Henk Smith stated that it would ‘’help a lot to get their expertise and financial might, but regardless of it, we will connect them to our part of the TSR’’.
 
The Minister for Infrastructure Henk Smith was of course present at the joyous occasion, he himself a son of a Saridani immigrant mother and a Mordusian father, proudly stated that the connection would ‘’connect our continent together and hopefully bring us all closer together. Kinship, kindness and looking over our borders is what brought me into this beautiful world and in this great nation. This railway will bring these opportunities for all Mordusian, nay, for all Seleyans. Now onwards to Canrille!’’. Afterwards the Minister and the attending executives all opened the platform.
 
Though the opening was seen as cheerful, it hid a rather heated discussion between all the partners. It hid a bitter discussion between the partners on the third phase of the move south. The first two would be the connection of the ports, of which the partners at first couldn’t agree which would be connected first. This third part that is so heatedly disputed is what to do first, connect the province of New Orange through a connection to Rechtenberg from which the Canrille Empire can be connected through a connection with Alduria. Another option is to connect to Rildanor from Port des Pieux and then to connect New Orange. The more nationalist and royalists within the government advocate for connecting New Orange first. After all connecting the city of Rechtenberg with Rechtenberg Palace would bolster an easy connection to a cultural and historic site as well as boost monarchist sentiments. Rechtenberg is home to the official residence of the Mordusian Monarch, Empress Audrey, Emperess of Luthori & Queen of Mordusia. Others, who are more economically inclined, say that the connection to the Canrille Empire takes precedence and it would further bolster the Mordusian economy.  The position of the Infrastructure Minister is unknown, some speculate he doesn’t know which side to fall and is in turmoil over it. Some speculate that the Prime-Minister, Sir DeWitt is quite annoyed with him over this.