ECIR

The ECIR (Eastern Canada Ice Rail) is an old name for the ice highway system run by ii_adzasc that currently is called MECA Rail. It was inspired off the high speed rail company Brightline in Florida. It was originally supposed to be a fully overground railway and there was supposed to be direct service from Pee Pee Island to Rennes. This was changed due to the construction of the Newfoundland Railway and griefing of the tracks in Midgard (now South Domino). At this point it was changed to be an ice highway. The lines are being built to MECA and GMFP towns but only ones that are feasible for extensions. MECA Rail will serve 6 provinces (Newfoundland & Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba), 1 territory (Nunavut) and even go into the US (North Carolina, Minnesota, North Dakota). A Bermuda station is also planned on the line to North Carolina. MECA Rail used to follow a system where each line would be a letter. Only A line and B lines were planned until the lettered lines were shortly renamed to being colors. MECA Rail is an ice highway that uses soul sand for ascending and damage-free falling for boats descending. This had to be implemented due to magma blocks not working properly to descend. Systems has been changed to be at 1 Y level in Keewatin

Timeline:

October 30, 2021 - Construction starts on the first phase of the ECIR A line (now called the Blue Line)

November 30, 2021 - ECIR officially opens and A line opens from Domino to Québec

December 3, 2021 - Construction starts on the first phase of the B line (Domino to Labrador Navy) (now called the Red Line)

December 26, 2021 - An infill station opens at Poo Hamlet

December 27, 2021 - Construction starts on the Greensboro-Fort Sumter line (Yellow line) after approval from mayors SplayBlowfish and tamewilde (Construction is now announced to be periodic for now)

January 6, 2022 - Line from Labrador Navy to North Hampden opens. Domino extension announced to be delayed

January 20, 2022 - Construction starts on the Reindeer Lake - New Trebizond line

January 30, 2022 - Construction starts on the Stanhope branch

February 4, 2022 - Construction starts on the Quebec extension from Šnipiškės

March 19, 2022 - Nouvelle-France station opens

April 9, 2022 - An infill station at Old Fort opens

April 17, 2022 - The extension to Rennes opens without Arflandia station for now