Welcome to North Keilah
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The last picture was a picture of this city, North Keilah. Iconium's rail system consists of tram and commuter rail service.
On to the update...
Note: All shots are available in full resolution by simply accessing the picture's address in another browser window.
The cities of Keilah and North Keilah are amongst the newer cities within Chora. Their late development was largely in part to their isolated position. The shots today are taken around the late 90s/early 2000s. However, it was during the 70s and 80s that these cities emerged due to the demand of electronics manufacturing. Land was available and affordable; investors rolled up their sleeves and put Keilah/North Keilah on the map. Today, these cities offer new and clean communities. With an excellent transportation system (especially for those commuting down to Keilah), and property costs still very competitive, North Keilah was drawing many large businesses to the island (the beautiful ocean and mountains help too).
North Keilah stands out because of CTC - Chora Telecommunications Company. Originally a CLEC (yes, you will have to click it if you don't know what a CLEC is), CTC expanded its services to the city of Keila in the early 1900s after the depression. The business offered local and long distance to both Keilah and North Keilah. CTC took off because of its GSM network. First deployed in 1996, CTC's business grew dramatically as it was the only carrier in the region offering mobile phone service.
Here is a shot of CTC's main switch facility (note the cell site in the upper left corner - those vertical white things are the radios).
The tower next to the switch is building 1 of CTC towers. They serve as the company's headquarters.
Here is another shot zoomed out:
This shot was taken in the mid-80s just before North Keilah's transit re-development. Today, downtown acts as a rail loop with a junction at the intersection pictured above (the loop can be seen in the overview picture further down). You can also see the North Keilah Central Police Station. This station also serves as a training facility.
As I mentioned, commuters are offered outstanding rail service down to Keilah-the commuter line runs almost 24/7 (the lines are not active from midnight - 3 AM). The stations were upgraded in the early 90s to what they are now. Here is a shot of a commuter rail passing through the city towards Keilah.
This is North Keilah's main station. Its located in the downtown core between the apartment complexes and the commercial district. This location gives commuters easy access to the station. For those who live near the mountains, NKTransit has a line that runs into downtown and there is an elevated rail station very close to the main commuter station.
Here are some shots of the industrial district (note the high-tech industries):
Here is an overhead shot of the city @ night:
The downtown core:
And of course I'm going to leave you with a teaser shot of Keilah's Central Station:
Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate the comments/feedback. I welcome suggestions so please let me know if you have one!
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