MINK Transport, incorporated (commonly known as simply MINK) is a company providing Public Transport in The Underground and it's colonies, The Overground and the Fiaor Archipelago.
| MINK Transport, inc. | |
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Slogan | MINK transports you. |
Services | Public Transport provider |
Website | mink.uvo |
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History
Since the inception of The Underground with the creation of Russkaja-Energia Town, there was the need for public transport. Enter Lokaalijn, a company formed in late 1925 to provide local public transport in Russkaja-Energia Town by the means of trams and electric buses, however, during the rapid expansion of The Underground in the 1930's, an urgent need for interurban and intercity transport arose. Enter Marrelson Intercity Norrsiton-Kaja Transport, later abbreviated to MINK Transport, a company formed in early 1933 with the purpose of providing intercity and interurban railway services. It's first line, the Marrelson Line, ran from Norrsiton-Kaja, a suburb of Russkaja-Energia Town, to Marrelson via Russkaja-Energia Town. Later, more interurban services were added under the brand of M-Link and (operated as a joint venture between Lokaalijn and MINK) S-Rail. Lokaalijn provided local public transport in the emerging cities, however it was losing money. MINK stepped in and bought out Lokaalijn, transforming it into the MINK Local division and abolishing the S-Rail brand, turning all S-Rail services into M-Link services.
Operating Names
MINK Transport operates under the name of MINK in most areas, however in these places, it operates under the following name for it's local transport division:
- Gillarliay - operates as METROliay
- Dynosarton - operates as DynoMetro
- Sureton - operates as PrevailRail
- Thedoria, Girlandé City and St. Agne - operates as Metronet
- Figaro - operates as Figaro Transport
- Deklerkion - operates as Transpolo
Services today
- Tramways / Light Rail
- Metro / Subway
- Premetro
- M-Link Suburban Rail services
- Rack railways and cable cars
- Buses (electric only)
- Monorails and Automated People Movers
- MINK Regional Rail services
- MINK InterCity Rail services
Maps
All MINK Transport maps (including maps for services operated under other names than MINK) show connections to MINK services by a white M in a red square, with the service(s) afterwards. Railway Stations (with or without MINK services) are indicated by a train icon. Airports and Harbours are represented by an airplane and a boat icon respectively. On most single-line maps, bus connections are omitted for the sake of clarity. Shown here are examples of single-line maps, one is of MINK Russkaja-Energia Town Tram line 12 and the other is for Figaro Transport (MINK operating name in Figaro) Premetro line M7.
Fleet
An incomplete list of the current MINK fleet.
Tramway / Light Rail
- MTSV-1 "Jackal" -- Used on Figaro Premetro, Russkaja-Energia Tramway and many others
- MTSV-2 "Gecko" -- Used on Russkaja-Energia Tramway, St Agne Tramway, Larkin Tramway and Thedoria Tramway Line 8
- MTLF-1 "Lowrider" -- Used on Figaro Premetro, Jarck Light Rail, New Lumia Tramway, Limalo Bay Tramway and Deklerkion Light Rail
- MTLF-1.5 "Lowrider+" -- Used exclusively on Russkaja-Energia Tramway and Thedoria Tramway (except line 8)
- MTLF-2 "Nuveo" -- Used on Sureton Tramway, Dynosarton Light Rail, Gillarliay Light Rail and many others
- MTLF-3 "Stretcher" -- Used on Russkaja-Energia Tramway, Sureton Tramway, Girlandé and many others
Metro
- MMSV-1 "Deep Blue" -- Used on all metro systems except Russkaja-Energia, Dynosarton (Line T3 only), Girlandé (Line 5 & 6 only) and New Lumia
- MMSV-1R "Deep Red" -- Used on Russkaja-Energia Metro and New Lumia Metro
- MMSV-1M "Deep Coral" -- Used on Girlandé CIty Metro (Line 5 & 6 only)
- MMSV-2 "Marjetorn" -- Used on all metro systems except Russkaja-Energia, Dynosarton (Line T3 only), Girlandé (Line 5 & 6 only), Sureton and New Lumia
- MMSV-2S "Surevale" -- Used on Sureton Metro
- MMSV-2R "Mulmia" -- Used on Russkaja-Energia Metro and New Lumia Metro
- MMSV-2M "Frederiksen" -- Used on Girlandé City Metro (Line 5 & 6 only)
- MMSV-LF1 "Lowliner" -- Used on Dynosarton Metro line T3
Peoplemovers
- M-PPM-1 "Shuttler" -- Used on Blakely People Mover and Gurlna Bridge People Mover (Except Bletchley End - Eriksandorn Railway Station line)
- M-PPM-2 "Belterney" -- Used on Gurlna Bridge People Mover (Bletchley End - Eriksandorn Railway Station line only)
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