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Belfastsocrates
Situated in the Illford District of Passau City is Perseus Rail's Illford Depot. This depot is owned and managed by Perseus Rail and is the largest in the country. Its primarily role is to maintain, clean and service the large custom-designed Bombardier Electrostar commuter train fleet. The depot is also utilised as a marshalling yard for trains when not in use.The depot comprises a range of buildings and areas with specific purposes. The largest area is dedicated to train servicing and maintenance. The...
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By Belfastsocrates,

Thank you to everyone that continues to comment and read my CJ entries, the feedback and comments are much appreciated. I've been having a complete nightmare in regard to stability recently, despite my attempts to resolve it. I've no idea what's causing it but it's making progress slow and somewhat saps my enthusiasm when I lose nearly created areas when trying to save. Any time I get a successful save, generally after only small changes to the tile, I then re-load the game and if it's corruption free I...
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I've been soooo busy with work and real life the past couple of weeks so I've not had a lot of opportunities to load the game. In the time I have had I've been lotting and creating a new railway depot incorporating a maintenance and train washing area for Perseus Rail's commuter trains. This depot will be located within a semi-industrial area which is home to some distribution centres/warehouses as well as high-tech industry and research facilities. It'll be my first foray into the creation of 'industrial...
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Free time for game play has been really restricted lately but with the time I get I've been working on developing a light industrial area around the existing Perseus Rail depot. It'll be a mix of buildings devoted to research, some high-tech engineering/manufacturing and distribution/warehousing. This sort of development is out of my normal comfort zone but I'm hoping to have some preview images and possibly some finalised shots in the next week or so. The area I'm working on will actually be spread over...
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By Belfastsocrates,

Thank you for all your continued support and wonderful comments. I have also went though all of the CJ updates and fixed any formatting issues due to the site update, everything should be appearing as normal now @Sexysark:P - Thank you! @Kim Sunwoo - I thought it would be a little different and interesting @gviper - That's very kind, thank you@Mymyjp - Well....you know me....I do like to have stunning public spaces @slickbg56 - Passau is a great place for a jog! We like to give us walkers, runners and...
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The Victoria Library is one of the University of Passau's greatest treasures. It was initially constructed to serve as the library of Victoria College, a college established to provide university education to women in Perseus. Victoria College was amalgamated with the University of Passau in 1915 and its students became full members of the University. The library was retained and today continues to serve its role as a library and reading room. The library's collection comprises 600,000 items, covering...
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Firstly my apologies for such a long delay between updates, real life has a tendency to monopolise my time rather frequently.A fellow member previously commented on the marina that was featured in earlier updates, as such, I have taken such advice on-board and decided to completely redesign the marina area and instead assigned the area to act as the University of Passau's Boat Club.The University of Passau Boat Club was founded formally in 1850, although rowing at the University of Passau has a history...
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Passau City Council launch public design competition for the Perseus MallPassau City Council has launched a public design competition and is inviting ideas and concepts for the redevelopment of the Perseus Mall and surrounding public realm. The Perseus Mall was constructed in the late 1980's and incorporates a range of gardens, public squares and artwork. However Passau City Council have been concerned that the area focuses too much on hard landscaping and have discussed a reorganisation of the area...
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By Belfastsocrates,

Apologies for my tardy appreciation of your comments. I welcome all comments and I'm so pleased people take the time to do so, it really means a lot to me an a CJ Author to have such feedback.@Kim Sunwoo - Thank you, I do try to add some info along with the images. I try to give people an idea of what's in the image and why this part of the city looks the way it does.@v701 - You're absolutely correct, perfection does not exist A city-builder's life is never done, always time to improve or change. I am...
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I've been working on Passau City for many years and it's no where near finished with lots of empty areas to fill, tweaking to complete and new development/areas to plan and populate.Passau is also my SC4 canvas and as such the city is almost entirely plopped which is a massive undertaking, combined with a significant amount if individually lotted buildings, plazas and so on you can see why it's taken so long and is yet unfinished.I thought it'd be nice though to have an idea of how the city currently...
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Located at the heart of Carrick Island is the Gilbert Scott Building. Designed by, and named after, the renowned British architect George Gilbert Scott, it was one of his last buildings with construction commencing in 1874 and completed on August 10th 1884, six years after his death.The building is a 144m (472 ft) long by 75m (246 ft) deep, and six storey high, symmetrical structure built in the modern Gothic Revival style. As such, it displays a multitude of stone carvings, including gargoyles,...
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Passau Island's innovative new flood defences successfully testedConor Aston, Minister for Transport and Regional Development, was joined by James Bradbury, Minster for the Environment, to witness the first full-scale in situ test of the new automated tidal and storm surge defence barriers which will protect the Passau Island development. The barriers are the first automated sea defence system of it's kind in Perseus and it's hoped they will be installed along the sea frontage and tidal river sections of...
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The so-called 'University Island', officially known as Carrick Island, is an island located in the River Carrick. Up until 1815 it was a large sandbank, the result of sediment build-up in the largely tidal Carrick River. The Passau City Corporation began reclamation work in 1815 and created a new area for development. The University of Passau were the first to acquire land and commence construction, the first buildings to be completed were the new University of Passau Science Library and Gregson Camera....
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By Belfastsocrates,

@slickbg56 - Thank you very much! This university has taken me so long to build up and I've still loads more to showcase. I hope you enjoy the new updates from around the campus@Ln X - Yeah I wasn't sure how the fountain would look but I think it has worked out. Thank you for your kind words@TekindusT - I know! Maxis stuff! I think some Maxis buildings have a certain appeal to them and as you say can work in certain environments. I'm very pleased you enjoyed the update@Mymyjp - You're very kind indeed,...
Belfastsocrates
The University of Passau's Biomedical and Life Sciences Campus is a recognised global centre of excellence and the focus of the University's research activities as well as being home to the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Biomedical and Biological Sciences. It's also home to the renowed Institute for Global Food Security, Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Nanotechnology Research Centre and the Life Sciences Core Technology Centre.
Belfastsocrates
The University of Passau's Biomedical and Life Sciences Campus is a recognised global centre of excellence and the focus of the University's research activities as well as being home to the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Biomedical and Biological Sciences. It's also home to the renowed Institute for Global Food Security, Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Nanotechnology Research Centre and the Life Sciences Core Technology Centre.Click here for the full size
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By Belfastsocrates,

@sarthakknight - Thank you so much, I've tried to create a beautiful European city with influences from a lot of places so I appreciate your feedback.@pinkindustry - Welcome to Perseus and thank you for your feedback@jmsepe - Thank you @JP Schriefer - Nice to see you again, thank you for commenting@tankmank - Thanks Josh, always nice to see your comments.@juliok92012 - Thank you, I rather like that image as well.@Mymyjp - Thank you so much,@ Ln X - That's very nice to hear, I was hoping to achieve a good...
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The Gregson CameraThe Gregson Camera was one of the first two buildings to be completed on University Island. Both buildings were completed in November 1830 and were dedicated by His Majesty King William IV whom was undertaking a visit to the British colony following his succession to the throne in June.The new library building was commissioned by Sir Michael Gregson, the Chancellor of the University of Passau at the time, and was paid for as the result of a gift from Lord Beersbridge, a University alumnus...
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On the 11th November 2014 the Viceroyalty of Perseus stopped to mark Armistice Day and remember the thousands of Persusian nationals that died fighting tyranny in the First and Second World Wars.The tributes were led by His Imperial Highness Prince Julius who led a wreath at the National Cenotaph in Passau he was joined by the Governor-General of Perseus, leaders of Perseus’ political parties, Ambassadors from Commonwealth Nations and European nations as well as the Ambassadors from Ireland and Germany,...
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Passau's Illford District is home to the internationally renowned University Of Passau, a seat of Persusian learning for over 200 years. The University of Passau's campus is primarily concentrated across the Illford District and is the largest university in Perseus and its most prestigious.200 years of growth and development have resulting in a varied campus encompassing a range of architectural styles and each area of the large campus has a distinct character. That development continues to this day with...
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Following the granting of land to the Passau City Corporation in 1810, significant efforts were made to establish the area as a major centre of commerce, only a small amount of the early Georgian commerical buildings remain and are focused on the area to the east of the Perseus National Library.Most of the original buildings were demolished by the Victorians and Edwardians and replaced by soaring and massive office buildings and warehouses. The area was home to the first purpose-build office building in...
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The City of Passau is comprised of many distinct neighbourhoods which have their own attractions, character and history. One of these areas is officially known as the Illford District and more commonly referred to as the New Town.Illford was originally a large estate and parkland owned by the Charles Haughey, 1st Earl of Caledon and was used as a private hunting estate and served as the family's residence when visiting the capital. In 1810, Arthur Haughey, 10th Earl of Caledon died without leaving an heir...
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Passau Island officially dedicated by His Imperial Highness Prince JuliusHis Imperial Highness Prince Julius today officially dedicated what is Perseus’ largest ever land reclamation project. Major reclamation work has been completed and construction has already commenced on several sites. Today His Imperial Highness presided over an official ground-breaking ceremony and the dedication of a cornerstone for the Imperator Tower which will be the tallest building on Passau Island and compliment the already...
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Passau is a large and complex city and management of the city falls under the remit of Passau City Council and the City Executive. The City Council is an elected body of 120 councillors representing 60 wards with elections occurring every six years. The City Council is headed by the Lord Mayor of Passau, which is a primarily ceremonial role and operates on a rotational basis between the political parties and independents that comprise the council. The new Lord Mayor is presented to the city every year by...
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