The National Railroad Act (667)

An act to invest in railroad for economic development. Bill was PASSED on June 2nd with a vote of 17 Ayes, 2 Nays and 0 Abstain.

The National Railroad Act (667)

Article 1: Establishment

1.1: Amends the Kodiak State Railway Act, 657 and adds the following provisions.

1.2: All profit made by the state railway will be withheld from the general fund until the needs of this bill are fully funded.

Article 2: Definitions of Rail Lines

2.1. A Minor Railway is defined as tracks that connects cities with populations under 10,000 people and has one or two tracks throughout its length.

2.2. A Moderate Railway is defined as tracks that connect cities with populations over 10,000 people to 100,000 people and has two tracks throughout its length.

2.3. A Major Railway is defined as tracks that connect cities over 100,000 people in populations and have 3 or more tracks throughout its length.

2.4. If a track has been identified to fit into the above categories of definitions with only the population requirement. The State Railroad must update the tracks to fit the definitions defined.

Article 3: Investment and Upgrades to Old and New Railway Lines

3.1: The following railway lines will be required to be built by the state railway company including descriptions of each project.

A. The required electrification of all lines in Kodiak to be done over a period of 10 years. Estimated to be 1.37 billion Florins.

B. Railway 60 - Duckburg to San Chico railroad upgrades from Moderate Railroad to Major Railway. Including the upgrade from a duel track railway to a 4 track railway. Estimated to cost 280 million Florins

C. Railroad 80 - Taiping to Graz railroad upgrades from a Minor and Moderate Railroad to a Major Railroad. Including the upgrade from a duel track railway to a 4 track railway. Estimated to cost 520 million Florins

D. Railroad 80A - Taiping Pass. An Identified project to make the trip from Taiping to Graz faster by building another rail line to the east directly towards the mountain. Estimated to cost 160 million Florins

E. Railroad 100 - San Chico/Rosalice to Mengtian. A New proposed rail line connecting Railroad 10 to the City of Mengtian through the mountains. Creating the 3rd railroad connection through the mountains. Estimated to cost 240 million Florins

F. Railroad 110 - Astroburg to Graz via Rykkburg and Mengtian. The Mountain Express. This train will connect these 4 cities on the same line making Rykkburg a hub and it will not be as isolated from the rest of the country with this connection. Estimated to cost 880 million Florins

G. Railroad 120 - Lobenz Spur. Connecting Railroad 60 to Lobenz then ending in Rykkburg. Estimated to cost 360 million Florins

H. Railroad 130 - Rosalice to Graz. Creating the 4th Railroad Connection through the mountains. Estimated to cost 480 million Florins

I. Extension of Railroad 90 - Rykkburg to Robingrad. Making the 5th connection through the mountains. Estimated to cost 400 million Florins

J. Railway 20- Upgrades of the Railroad between Robingrad and Crystal City reclassifying it as a Major Railway. Estimated to cost 120 million Florins.

K. Total cost is estimated to be 4.81 billion Florins to build.

3.2. The Ministry of Transportation and The Kodiak State Railway Management Company must identify places within the railroad system where there are high chances for accidents and make safety improvements on all lines which may include at grade crossings and investigate possible wildlife crossings. These safety improvements maybe getting rid of dangerous curves to building grade separation between roads, pedestrian paths and other railroads.

3.3. The Kodiak State Railway Management Company will build a railroad management center based in Mengtian for the purposes of managing and maintaining the railroad across the nation. The Company can choose to build a second management center where it seems fit on the western side of the country which is defined as any place in Kodiak that is west of the continental divide located in the country or the boundary between where the rivers flow to the west and eastern coast. 5 million Florins will be provided by the profits to build these facilities.

Article 4: Company Commissions

4.1. Any company within the nation if feasible can request direct rail access if within 2 kilometers of an existing railroad track to receive direct cargo deliveries.

4.2. The Kodiak State Railway Management Company must investigate if the project is feasible upon company request.

4.3. The Company must pay the Kodiak State Railway Management Company for the investigation and construction of this short rail link and is responsible to pay a yearly fee of 1 million florins to maintain their link to the railroad.

Article 5: Provincial Railroads

5.1. The Ministry of Transportation gives the right for provinces across the nation to run their own railroad companies and build there own railroads and railroad stations within their borders.

5.2. The provincial governments may build new minor stations along existing nationally built railroads if 2 sets of bypass tracks have been built. The provincial government must invest in the cost to do that for cities that are under 50,000 in population. For cities over, the Kodiak State Railway Management company can determine if a major station could be built and provide 50% of the cost to build the station.

5.3. The provincial government may connect their railroad to the national system but it must be tied into the national railway management system as written in Article 3.3.

5.4. The Ministry of Transportation will provide the standards for how a railroad should be built across Kodiak if a provincial government wishes to directly connect to the national rail system.

Article 6: Funding

6.1. The State Railroad Company will pay for the changes described in Article 3 with its profit within the next 10 years. Any money it doesn't use goes back into the general fund. If needed the company can take out bonds given from the Ministry of Transportation.

Written by Joseph Dean Fala, Minister of Transportation, DPPK