Welcome back! First of all I want to highlight that I've had some troubles in publishing the previous journal (it did not came on top due to the fact that I forgot to publish it immeditely!), since it's quite important if you missed here it is: http://community.simtropolis.com/journals/entry/26297-chapter-vii-the-masterplan-phase-one-update/

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boformer (forum) Nice station, with all the different trains! The train network is actually what keeps me interested in the game. It is really challenging to lay down the rails in a realistic way (curves, slopes) and to fit the stations into my cities. Maybe you could record a "first-person" train video when your city is finished.

This is a good idea! In a more advanced stage the video option will certainly be taken into account.

GATEWAY

As mentioned in the previous chapter this entry is dedicated to Marshall Cove, the inlet which is located just south of Hellfire Bay. On its banks is the district called Gateway mainly for the fact that is the hub to the city for those coming to Aurora from the south of the region. It is a neighborhood particularly wide, although definitely not high in population density (less than 5k), especially because it's mostly occupied by a financial district (and you can see its quite impressive skyline) and a and a big freight and passengers railway hub which has the task to switch the traffic flow between the one direct to the city center and the one intended to go to Hellfire Bay.

THE WORLD TRADE CENTER

In the northern part of Gateway, that directly overlooks Hellfire Bay, have been made the three office towers that form the Aurora World Trade Center, in practice a major business center for all those companies who can not give up a view and a quick connection to Victoria Harbor.

THE CALTECH

Immediately nearby WTC, on the other side of  the highway, there is the large Caledonian Insititute of Technology (a.k.a. Caltech), the most famous research and education center of the whole region, frequented by more than a thousand of students and scientists!

MORE TOWERS!

Because I think you'll like skyscrapers can not miss a couple of photos of the business cente immediately east of what has been described so far. This is no match to what there is in Downtown, but since these are the first real scrapers I'm showing I think it really worth dwelling on for a moment.

STREET VIEW

From the picture above, we move westward in Gateway with a couple of shots taken at street level. The first looking east:

Then another taken 500 meters further to the west, looking west:

SOUTHGATE

When the long east-west artery about one kilometer and a half long ends, the shape of the district turns south and that is where is the hub known as Aurora Southgate which, as told earlier, is one of the main junctions of the city (and yes, there is obviously also one north). In addition to the logistics center for the stationing of cargo here it is also a main passenger railway station through which pass both trains to Aurora Central Station and those for Hellfire Bay.

Below is a view of the whole complex:

The last image is for the south end of southgate, next to where Gateway joins the neighboring districts:

It's really everything for this chapter, see you next and as usual I recommend not to miss your comments!

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