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Some people swore that the house was haunted.
'''Transportes Tarrasenses''' (also called simply ''TT'' or ''Los Trantar'') is the monopoly public transportation provider in [[Tárrases]]. It is a consortium including [[Caja Negra (bank)|Caja Negra]] (a local bank and venture capital firm), the [[Mahhal|Mahhalian]] company [[Jessitim Transport Services|Jessitim Transport Services, LTD.]] (which provides the engineering and operational expertise) and the Tarrasean government (which holds final decision-making authority).


The new house was probably haunted from the start.  From the day it was built, on the edge of the forest, there was a moodiness that would settle upon anyone who spent more than a few minutes near the modest, blue-tile-roofed farmhouse that squatted at the edge of the forest.
= Formation and History =


Perhaps it could be blamed on the man who built it.  Señor Chue was a taciturn man.  He would sit on the stoop in the evenings, smoking cigarettes and scratching himself.  People said one could overhear him talking, frequently.  But he lived alone.
= Organizational Structure =


He'd inherited the land from his parents, who had died in a bus accident on the new highway, ten years ago.  He'd come back from the city, bitter and scandalously divorced at forty.  The storekeeper said that Chue thought that if he built a new house, he could attract a second wife.
= Services =


Sturdily constructed, it was unxpectedly made to look traditional, as if in the old country.  Señor Chue was the type of man one would normally expect to go for a fancy, modern-style house:  a flat roof, concrete walls, topiary bushes in a row in front and a Finira in the driveway.  Perhaps it was an homage to his deceased father, who'd been a skilled craftsman and builder.  The house had a curving roof with rough-hewn eaves of raw wood, and sliding doors, almost like a temple building, but simpler.
== Buses ==


Some people said the man had chosen the spot for his house badly.  There were some graves, in among the trees on the hillside.  There are graves everywhere, in the Ardisphere.  Ancestors are thick on the ground.
=== Bus Routes ===


Some of these graves were Señor Chue's ancestors - including his parents and back several generations, since they'd settled the area just before the Civil War.  Perhaps he'd forgotten about his grandmother.  She had been a terrible, frightening woman.  Rumor said that during the repressions, decades ago, she'd collaborated with the Guardia, and had been responsible for the deaths of several dozen villagers.  Because of her, no one completely trusted the Chue family, even now.  The Chues didn't go to church or temple, either. They really weren't good, modern Ardispherians.
  Mainlines with express services
* 101 (''"Periférico Norte"'') Serpiente ⇔ Las Batallas
* 102 (''"Periférico Sur"'') Serpiente ⇔ Las Batallas
* 103 (''"Ejial"'') Nuevo Tárrases ⇔ Espadas y Cascos (extend to Faraón)
* 104 Arykkiyra ⇔ Aérodromo (extend to Submarino)
* 105 Mirador ⇔ La Tormentosa
* 106 Serpiente ⇔ Submarino (parallels Tram Gray Line)
* 107 Submarino ⇔ Espadas y Cascos (vía Sofía, Laguna Piceas)
* 108 Nuevo Tárrases ⇔ San Ajitófel
* 109 (''"CasinoBus"'') Terminales ⇔ Faraón (vía Juegos)
* ...
{{incomplete list}}


It was the temple deacon's wife, Señora Sung, who swore that the new house was haunted.   She would point out that the Chue family had been shamans, generations ago, in the old country, and that Señor Chue probably still practiced secret, pagan rituals. He had placed some wooden ''jang-seung'' - the traditional, carved, protective totem poles - at the turning to the driveway to the house. Probably, his father had made them.  "Superstitious," the woman spat, as she gossiped at the store.
   Other buses
* 218 Cabo Gordo ⇔ Terminales (vía Serpiente)
* 302 Serpiente ⇔ Faraón (vía Parque Podredumbre, San Caspio, Playa La Rata)
* ...  
{{incomplete list}}


All anyone saw him doing, though, was working his fields.  And talking to himself, sometimes.  He made a peculiar farmer - some noted that he was supposedly well-educated, with a university degree.  Supposedly, he had led a student strike, back in the time when that Nihonish woman, Shinoda, had become president.
== Trams (Light Rail) ==


But people dismissed the gossip, for the most part.  They just left Señor Chue alone.
The tram "Gray line" (really a light rail) was built in the 1990s.


Then, one spring evening, several of the older women were walking along the road by the house. The sun was already behind the hills, making the sky orange and pink.  The air was full of smoke from burning the stubble, after cutting the spring barley.  The earth was muddy and red-black, dotted with flecks of gold.
A single tram line, 14.3 km in length, currently runs between the El Estoque ferry terminal (southwest) and the Serpiente Ascendente bus terminal (northeast).


The women had paused their conversation.  Suddenly they heard shouting, very clearly. The women turned and stared at the house, across a field of freshly planted hot peppers.
The line was originally built because Tárrases was trying to pivot to a more tourism-based economy, so it was an effort to connect the main international arrivals (cruise-ships, ferries and airport) with the main attractions, including the casino district (Juegos) and the old city (Viejo Tárrases). The system has proved popular however, with extensions having been added on both ends, from the original southern terminus at the cruise ship terminal and from the original northern terminus at the government complex.


Señor Chue came running out of his handsome house, his longish, dishevelled hair flying. He ran off among the trees, waving an axe.  The women saw him strike at one of the burial mounds repeatly with the axe, weeping.
A new branch line to the east is slated to be opened in 2017, with a subsequent realignment of the routes so that there will three routes, total.


Nothing was ever the same again after that.
==== Gray Line ====


<span style="font-size:80%">- Translated from [[Gohangukian]] to [[Ingerish]] by [[Melissa So]] from the original story, "그다음에," published in 1954, and printed in the [[Arksbury International University|Arksbury International University Press]] collection ''Literature of the Gohanian Diaspora, Part II, 20th Century'', 1985. Released by author and translator to the public domain.</span>
The existing route (recently re-classified as "Gray Line" in anticipation of the new branches) has twenty stops, from northeast to southwest as follows:
 
* [[TT Serpiente Ascendente|Serpiente Ascendente]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/46378025 map]</span>)
* [[TT Politécnico|Politécnico]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45322739 map]</span>)
* [[TT Ixekkodew|Ixekkodew]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45322740 map]</span>)
* [[TT Parque McKay|Parque McKay]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223290 map]</span>)
* [[TT Gobierno|Gobierno]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223294 map]</span>)
* [[TT Mezquita|Mezquita]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223287 map]</span>)
* [[TT Espada de Bronce|Espada de Bronce]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223283 map]</span>)
* [[TT Juegos - Parque Nuevo|Juegos - Parque Nuevo]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223286 map]</span>)
* [[TT Ensalada|Ensalada]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223288 map]</span>)
* [[TT Catedral|Catedral]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223281 map]</span>)
* [[TT Universidad|Universidad]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223296 map]</span>)
* [[TT Piratas|Piratas]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223292 map]</span>)
* [[TT Gautama Azulejos|Gautama Azulejos]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223284 map]</span>)
* [[TT Aérodromo|Aérodromo]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223280 map]</span>)
* [[TT Transbordadores|Transbordadores]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223295 map]</span>)
* [[TT Cruceros|Cruceros]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45223282 map]</span>)
* [[TT Metropolitana|Metropolitana]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45610429 map]</span>)
* [[TT Cerro de Humos|Cerro de Humos]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45610426 map]</span>)
* [[TT Submarino|Submarino]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45610430 map]</span>)
* [[TT Terminal del Estoque|Terminal del Estoque]] (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/45610431 map]</span>)
 
==== Yellow and Black Lines ====
 
The branch line is about 95% complete at this point. The new line extends to Arrozales (<span class="plainlinks">[http://opengeofiction.net/node/46899456 map]</span>) and will open in late 2017. It may later be extended further eastward.
 
The current plan is once the branch line opens, the system will be re-conceptualized into 3 separate lines, with Gray being the original "El Estoque <-> Serpiente" line, Yellow being "El Estoque <-> Arrozales" and Black being "Arrozales <-> Serpiente." The newly adopted TT logo (above right) already incorporates this concept into its design, where the 3 branches form a "T" - thus the logo is an abstraced map of the system.
 
== Taxis ==
 
Both car taxis and van jitneys (shared taxis, locally called ''dinaleros,'' named for the old-time one-dinar fare typically charged) are all privately owned and operated, but dispatch is controlled by Transportes Tarrasenses through various dispatch offices, and a unified fare payment system exists that allows the use of the same electronic cashless cards as for buses, trams and ferries.
 
== Ferries ==
 
Ferries are of course important in an island country with several populated outlying islands. Ferries are unified to the transport system both in terms of scheduling and fare structure, as well as payment methods accepted. Notably, free transfers are generally allowed between ferries and buses and trams.
 
= Unified Electronic Fare Payments Card (''Trantarjeta'') =
 
== Use of Trantarjeta in other venues ==
 
= Public Perception and Criticism =
 
= In Tarrasean Culture =
 
= See Also =
 
* [[Tárrases]]
* [[Jessitim Transport Services]]
* [[Caja Negra (bank)]]
 
[[Category:Tárrases]]

Latest revision as of 05:28, 1 May 2019

Transportes Tarrasenses
Transportes Tarrasenses Logo
Overview
Native nameTransportes Tarrasenses
OwnerConsortium including:
  Tarrasean Government,
  Jessitim Transport Services,
  Caja Negra
Area servedTárrases (all islands)
LocaleTárrases
Transit typelocal and regional buses
trams (light rail)
dispatch for private taxis
local and international ferries
Number of linestbd bus routes
3 tram routes
24 ferry routes
Number of stationstbd
Daily ridershiptbd
Annual ridershiptbd
Chief Executive OfficerMaría Hhappenesorit
HeadquartersNuevo Tárrases
Websitetbd
Operation
Began operation1964

Transportes Tarrasenses (also called simply TT or Los Trantar) is the monopoly public transportation provider in Tárrases. It is a consortium including Caja Negra (a local bank and venture capital firm), the Mahhalian company Jessitim Transport Services, LTD. (which provides the engineering and operational expertise) and the Tarrasean government (which holds final decision-making authority).

Formation and History

Organizational Structure

Services

Buses

Bus Routes

 Mainlines with express services
  • 101 ("Periférico Norte") Serpiente ⇔ Las Batallas
  • 102 ("Periférico Sur") Serpiente ⇔ Las Batallas
  • 103 ("Ejial") Nuevo Tárrases ⇔ Espadas y Cascos (extend to Faraón)
  • 104 Arykkiyra ⇔ Aérodromo (extend to Submarino)
  • 105 Mirador ⇔ La Tormentosa
  • 106 Serpiente ⇔ Submarino (parallels Tram Gray Line)
  • 107 Submarino ⇔ Espadas y Cascos (vía Sofía, Laguna Piceas)
  • 108 Nuevo Tárrases ⇔ San Ajitófel
  • 109 ("CasinoBus") Terminales ⇔ Faraón (vía Juegos)
  • ...

Template:Incomplete list 

 Other buses
  • 218 Cabo Gordo ⇔ Terminales (vía Serpiente)
  • 302 Serpiente ⇔ Faraón (vía Parque Podredumbre, San Caspio, Playa La Rata)
  • ...

Template:Incomplete list

Trams (Light Rail)

The tram "Gray line" (really a light rail) was built in the 1990s.

A single tram line, 14.3 km in length, currently runs between the El Estoque ferry terminal (southwest) and the Serpiente Ascendente bus terminal (northeast).

The line was originally built because Tárrases was trying to pivot to a more tourism-based economy, so it was an effort to connect the main international arrivals (cruise-ships, ferries and airport) with the main attractions, including the casino district (Juegos) and the old city (Viejo Tárrases). The system has proved popular however, with extensions having been added on both ends, from the original southern terminus at the cruise ship terminal and from the original northern terminus at the government complex.

A new branch line to the east is slated to be opened in 2017, with a subsequent realignment of the routes so that there will three routes, total.

Gray Line

The existing route (recently re-classified as "Gray Line" in anticipation of the new branches) has twenty stops, from northeast to southwest as follows:

Yellow and Black Lines

The branch line is about 95% complete at this point. The new line extends to Arrozales (map) and will open in late 2017. It may later be extended further eastward.

The current plan is once the branch line opens, the system will be re-conceptualized into 3 separate lines, with Gray being the original "El Estoque <-> Serpiente" line, Yellow being "El Estoque <-> Arrozales" and Black being "Arrozales <-> Serpiente." The newly adopted TT logo (above right) already incorporates this concept into its design, where the 3 branches form a "T" - thus the logo is an abstraced map of the system.

Taxis

Both car taxis and van jitneys (shared taxis, locally called dinaleros, named for the old-time one-dinar fare typically charged) are all privately owned and operated, but dispatch is controlled by Transportes Tarrasenses through various dispatch offices, and a unified fare payment system exists that allows the use of the same electronic cashless cards as for buses, trams and ferries.

Ferries

Ferries are of course important in an island country with several populated outlying islands. Ferries are unified to the transport system both in terms of scheduling and fare structure, as well as payment methods accepted. Notably, free transfers are generally allowed between ferries and buses and trams.

Unified Electronic Fare Payments Card (Trantarjeta)

Use of Trantarjeta in other venues

Public Perception and Criticism

In Tarrasean Culture

See Also

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