Survival Railway Network (Survival 2)

Survival Railway Network (Survival 2)
Project
Type	Transportation Project

This is about the network on Survival 2. For the wider organization, click here.

Template:Key people template The Survival 2 Railway Network (SRN) was a network of railways across the Survival 2 world with the mission of providing high quality rail transport service by building four main lines in each cardinal direction and coordinating the connection of secondary lines from players to these main lines, while ensuring a scenic journey for travelers.

Network

In-game SRN and NTN map, built and designed by William278 and misterblue28.

The network takes a very similar shape to the previous. Railways expand from Grand Central Station in the four cardinal directions, each having multiple stations along the line. This allows the rails to be expanded as required to connect as many destinations as possible.

Secondary Lines can be built by base and town owners to their build, in consultation with the relevant Line Manager. Secondary lines are connected to the most appropriate SRN station.

At the close of the network, South line had grown to the longest (7062), and was the first SRN line to become four stations long. East (5029) and North (4712) followed closely behind. Although much shorter at only 2910 blocks, West line featured the only non-cardinal SRN station of the world, Northwest, a 2010 block expansion north from West Coast Station.

Northeastern areas were the most popular for secondary lines, featuring two separate instances of a such a line connecting to both North and East lines. Both the Akkara and Wolframian networks had a large impact on the overall shape of railways on the world.

Headquarters

The SRN HQ building and adjacent Secondary Line Offices building.

The Survival 2 Railway Network was headquartered in the City of Havana, in a building adjacent to Grand Central Station. The building contains information about the project, functions as a storage center for the materials used to build the railways, and has decorative offices for the Line Managers and Conductor as well as a bar area

Secondary Line Offices

In addition to the main build, an adjacent Secondary Line Office building provides space for offices and information about Secondary Lines that connect to the main stations. Unfortunately, the buildings was underutilised, and has few complete rooms.

Survival 2 World

Setting up for the New World

After the announcement of the new Survival 2 world at the start of June 2017, the SRN immediately shifted focus away from the original Survival world. Suggestions were taken for features of Spawn, where a railway station was mentioned. Shortly after, well-known SRN member _edo was approached about building such as station, and along with Brianetta and darparniox, was invited to the creative world where Spawn was built. The trio had several misunderstandings with the build team, and were dissatisfied with the location assigned for the station, citing that it was difficult to access and limited growth. Therefore, the decision was made that Spawn Station would become only the first station on the North line, and that the central station would be renamed Grand Central Station, to be built as the basis for the City of Havana.

Come the launch of the world on September 2ⁿᵈ, previous SRN members became confused to find that Spawn Station contained only two lines. This was later clarified after the announcement of Havana. Line Managers were introduced a few days into the world, to delegate duties of managing each cardinal line and ensure more consistent progress. Aeghu (East) and Skelleton123 (West) joined darparniox (North and South) in these roles. At the same time, the ill-fated Secondary Line Manager role to mediate connections between the SRN and secondary lines was given to OPwrecker, although the role proved largely unnecessary and was discontinued in the following year.

Construction Begins

For the first time, the SRN was present at the start of a world, so players first needed to gather their own materials and feel comfortable before rail construction could start in earnest. East, West and South line planning began, and the link between Spawn and the freshly constructed Grand Central Station were all complete before October. During this time, the player rid3009 caused issues, starting a rival railway network, the Base Transport Network (BTN). While this in of itself was not an issue, the player caused greifing of the early Wanigoora secondary line and town area, as well as misleading several players and bizarrely, tried to pay server admins iron ingots in exchange for permission to build railways at spawn. 'Rid' was banned a few weeks after joining the server, but left a lasting infamous impact on the SRN team.

Station List

Central Station

• Grand Central Station

North Line

• Spawn Station
• Tundra Station
• Greenfield Station

East Line

• East Station
• Dunes Station
• Solace Station

South Line

• South Station
• Sunflower Station
• Mall Station
• Hennington Park Station

West Line

• West Station
  • Northwest Station
• West Coast Station

Secondary Stations

• Wanigoora Station - Southwest of Tundra Station
• Nitwit Station - East of Northwest Station (previously South of Wanigoora Station)
• Wolframian Network; Wilhelm, Lacus-View & Wynncove - Parallel to North line from Tundra Station until East Station
• Akkara Station - Loops Northeast from Tundra Station to Greenfield Station
• Jungle Station - South of East Station
• City of Seven - West of Northwest Station