ART- Terminal Bay Station

The Terminal Bay Station is an elevated level station of Antherstone Regional Transit 's Highgate Line and is one of the terminus stations.

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Appearance
The station is uniquely different from all the other current and planned stations as the Terminal Bay Station only has 1 platform meaning it is a side station. Doors on this station open on the left side and trains need to switch tracks before entering the station.

The Terminal Bay Station is one of the Demonstration Stations and is 1 of 3 built stations. It currently serves as the Terminus for the Demo Highgate Line and will serve as the main terminus and transit connector in the future.

The station is elevated, like most other stations and has two escalators and one elevator. The station does not have a Public Washroom but has a Mall Outlet nearby.

The station itself is outfitted with clear & understandable signage as well as a next-train arrival panel to estimate at what time will the next train arrive at the station.

Appearance Controversy
The original station has shown controversy in the NetworkTransit and NewLogistics Corporation server for being inaccessible if there is a stalled train as well as being underbuilt. After several consultations; the station was rebuilt allowing it to have a new concourse level.

While NetworkTransit Critics say that a two-platform station is more feasible; NewLogistics claim a second platform was not needed as Terminal Bay is expected to be a Terminus Station for a while with no extensions planned to go West of Terminal Bay.

Services
The Terminal Bay Station is a planned Transit Connection Hub with more than 10 potential routes of which 2 have been approved already. The station has a large area which could be potentially used as a Park & Ride or a Bus Exchange.

At the moment; Terminal Bay is slated to be serviced by the Highgate Line which'll provide a new home for the 1 Broadway to Terminal Bay futuristic route.

Design
The design of Terminal Bay originally promised a similar Arsville Demo Station looking type of station; but upon completing the Terminal Bay Station, Developers have agreed that the station somewhat follows the Arsville Demo 's but is also uniquely customized as well.

Antherstone has confirmed that each station will now have their own style of building instead of following the Arsville Demonstration Line Stations.

One Platform
As mentioned before; Terminal Bay is a unique station as it only has 1 platform. Normal stations & Terminus Stations usually have 2 platforms but an exception was made for Terminal Bay as no extensions heading west of Terminal Bay are expected.

Instead, the station uses it's extra station space to park extra trains or Not in Service trains to save space on the network. The extra space can be converted into another platform if there is an extension or if the station's capacity overfills.

Antherstone has confirmed saying that the extra station space can be converted into a platform; but due to complications with the track switching process, the train would need to travel further in-order to switch back onto the right side of the tracks. "The longer a train needs to arrive at a switching point, the more inconvenient it becomes for other trains" Antherstone said in a reply.

The original station did have 2 platforms but NewLogistics Corporation confirmed that a second platform wasn't necessary.